Dan Critchlow Archives: 02/2019

Matthew Smith has hit 10 u18 Premier League assists in 14 games in the current campaign, and the young midfielder’s creativity continues to catch the eye.

Stephy Mavididi has spoken to the media about adapting to life in Italy, and the chance to work alongside Cristiano Ronaldo at Juventus.

Paris Saint-Germain won’t stand in Christopher Nkunku’s way if the 21-year-old wants to join Arsenal this summer, according to reports.

Joe Willock is having a great season with the Arsenal u21s, u23s and the first team, particularly when it comes to goalscoring.

David Ospina’s father Hernan says it’s ‘wonderful news’ that Napoli plan to sign his son permanently, after recent comments from manager Carlo Ancelotti on the issue.

Arsenal and Northern Ireland u21 defender Daniel Ballard has compared Freddie Ljungberg’s management style to that of Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola.

Sokratis Papastathopoulos won’t be part of a defensive summer clear out at Arsenal, according to reports, despite doubts about many of his teammates at the back.

Arsenal will accept a bid for Calum Chambers this summer if it meets their valuation of the player, according to reports in the English media.

Emile Smith Rowe has returned to training with RB Leipzig, albeit on an individual basis for the time being, as they prepare to face TSG Hoffenheim.

Matteo Guendouzi has admitted that even he is surprised by how quickly he’s broken into the Arsenal first-team, given nobody knew who he was a year ago.

Arthur Okonkwo appears to have joined Arsenal’s growing list of goalkeeping injuries, with the 17-year-old missing out on the u18s match against Leicester City on Tuesday.

Tyreece John-Jules scored a first-half hat-trick for the u18s on Tuesday, in his first start at any level since his recent hamstring injury.

After the calamitous performance in Belarus last week, Unai Emery needs to make a few changes if he wants to turn things around and progress to the last-16 of the Europa League.

Arsenal defender Sokratis Papastathopoulos thinks Konstantinos Mavropanos can become a much better defender than him, and he says the 21-year-old should aim higher than that.

Arsenal u23 manager Freddie Ljungberg thinks Eddie Nketiah is ready to play against BATE Borisov on Thursday if the young striker gets the call from Unai Emery.

Arsene Wenger says Aaron Ramsey’s departure will be a loss for Arsenal, after the Welsh international recently confirmed his summer move to Serie A side Juventus.

For those who haven’t been closely following Arsenal’s loanees this season, it might interest you to take a look at all of their goals and assists for the campaign so far.

Mesut Özil went on a weekend trip to Turkey over the last couple of days, and the media took the opportunity to try and force a story out of it.

17-year-old goalkeeper Harry Seaden is training with the Arsenal u18s, as the club look to fill the gap created by multiple goalkeeping injuries, according to youth expert Jeorge Bird.

Alexis Sanchez is worried that he hasn’t shown his best form for Manchester United, and he’s put part of the blame on the fact he hasn’t had the ball enough this season.