Dan Critchlow Archives: 02/2019

Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur have joined Arsenal in the race for Pablo Fornals, according to reports.

Arsenal have been strongly linked with a move for AS Roma director Monchi in recent days, and reports suggest he’s already got his first two transfers lined up if he joins.

Emil Forsberg says he doesn’t think RB Leipzig want players in their thirties, and he’s not sure he’ll stay in Germany that long, with old dreams of playing Italy, Spain or England.

Ajax are set to block Arsenal’s bid to steal Marc Overmars away from them to become the club’s new technical director.

Arsenal are set to offer Rob Holding a contract extension at the club, despite his long-term injury this season, according to reports in the English media.

Arsenal are leading the race for Crystal Palace defender Aaron Wan-Bissaka, but they’d have to pay at least £40m to land the 21-year-old, according to reports.

The Arsenal academy made three signings in the 2018 summer window, let’s have a look at how each of them are getting on in their first seasons with the club.

Napoli are close to signing David Ospina on a permanent basis, with a €4m deal all but agreed for the summer, according to reports in Italy.

Folarin Balogun scored his 15th goal of the season at u18 level on Saturday, and it’s now surely only a matter of time until he gets promoted to the u23s.

Jose Mourinho gave his former adversary Arsene Wenger some rare praise recently, after the latter was presented with the Laureus World Sports Awards’ Lifetime Achievement award.

AS Roma director Monchi has reportedly been offered the technical director job at Arsenal, who aren’t put off by his £1m release clause, according to reports.

After progressing to the last-16 of the Europa League in midweek, Arsenal return to Premier League action on Sunday, hosting Southampton at the Emirates Stadium.

Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri has made a couple of bizarre claims about Arsenal’s season, as he tries to distract from his own team’s failings.

Sokratis Papastathopoulos and Alex Iwobi have stressed the importance of Mesut Özil to the Arsenal team after the German made his return to the starting XI against BATE Borisov.

Laurent Koscielny has suffered a minor injury to his left calf, but there’s still a good chance he returns in time for the weekend or next week’s matches.

Arsenal will tour the USA in pre-season this summer, with details of the locations and opponents seemingly leaking on social media.

Arsenal will face up against two of their former triallists in the upcoming Europa League clash with Stade Rennais FC, following the draw on Friday.

After a terrible round-of-32 first leg against BATE Borisov made fans nervous of an early Europa League exit, Arsenal breezed through the second without any problems.

Paris Saint-Germain chairman Nasser Al-Khelaifi met with Arsene Wenger last week, amid growing rumours that the former Arsenal boss could take a job in the French capital.

Arsenal youth coaches Simon McManus and Kerry Green have travelled to Rwanda to lead a five-day ‘coaches-the-coaches’ football clinic in the country.