Dan Critchlow Archives: 09/2018

Arsenal secured a fifth consecutive win and a first clean sheet of the season against Everton on Sunday, and moved up to sixth in the table.

Arsenal turned down the chance to sign Virgil Van Dijk when he was worth just £12m, according to Celtic assistant manager John Collins.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has spoken out against the Gabon football federation over their decision to name his father as their manager without the 53-year-old’s permission.

A source at Hertha BSC insists that Arne Maier won’t leave the club in the January transfer window, despite links to the likes of Arsenal, Manchester United and Juventus.

It’s fair to say Manchester United fans have really started to turn on Alexis Sanchez, after another poor performance from the Chilean in their 1-1 draw with Wolves on Saturday.

Arsenal fans have urged the club to take away tickets from season ticket holders who regularly fail to turn up for matches.

Sam Greenwood is making a quick start to life in the Arsenal academy, immediately adding his name to the list of top attacking talents at the club.

Sead Kolasinac and Carl Jenkinson have been snapped back in training early, despite reports they wouldn’t be back until next month.

Arsenal welcome Everton to the Emirates Stadium on Sunday, after securing their first win of the Europa League campaign against Vorskla on Thursday.

Jens Lehmann thinks David Ospina was a bit unlucky with Arsenal, but admits the goalkeeper’s height was probably an issue for him in the Premier League.

Arsenal reportedly haven’t cut ties with BYD, despite covering up their logo for the Europa League clash with Vorskla on Thursday.

Julio Pleguezuelo picked up an injury with the Arsenal u23s on Friday night, and the timing couldn’t have been much worse.

Arsenal have spent ‘at least £50,000′ on KonnecTo, a platform that would help them to collect and analyse customers’ personal interactions, according to a report.

Bukayo Saka caught the eye once again in Arsenal’s 4-0 win over Liverpool on Friday night, and he continues to impress at every academy level.

Arsenal players have been hit hard in the latest batch of FIFA ratings, with the majority of the first-team receiving downgrades against their base cards in FIFA 18.

Sead Kolasinac and Carl Jenkinson are both ahead of schedule with their respective comebacks from injury, but Henrikh Mkhitaryan is set for an assessment after the match against FC Vorskla.

Troy Deeney has spoken out against Gareth Southgate’s England squad selection, arguing he should be picked over the likes of Danny Welbeck.

Unai Emery says he hopes Lucas Torreira will be okay for Sunday, but it was safer to take him off early against FC Vorskla.

Unai Emery has confirmed that Bernd Leno will play more minutes for Arsenal in the next week, and refused to attach any blame to the goalkeeper for FC Vorskla’s goals on Thursday.

Arsenal eased past FC Vorskla on Thursday, with a 4-2 scoreline that ended up flattering the visitors, if anything.