Dan Critchlow Archives: 01/2018

Robert Pires’ son Theo wore his father’s famous number seven as he played for the Gunners’ under-10 team against West Ham at the weekend.

Arsenal and Manchester United both sent scouts to watch Danilo Pereira as Porto played Tondela last Friday, according to reports from Portugal.

Stephy Mavididi scored again while Lucas Perez and Marc Bola both provided assists in an encouraging weekend for Arsenal’s loanees.

The FA’s advertisement for the England Women’s assistant manager asks for more experience than managerial prime candidate, Phil Neville, has.

Ricardo La Volpe, former coach of the Costa Rica national team, blames Joel Campbell’s coaches for not getting the best out of him.

Robert Pires denies Alexis Sanchez wanted to leave Arsenal for money, and says the Chilean is going because the Gunners wouldn’t buy players to support him.

Arsenal’s share price is rising even higher as the recent trade of three shares broke the previous record sale.

Henrikh Mkhitaryan is on the verge of completing his move to Arsenal from Manchester United. We’ve rounded up all the latest updates from a busy day for the Armenian.

Granit Xhaka says Arsenal’s style of play will suit Henrikh Mkhitaryan, and he’d happily put the days of playing against the Armenian international behind him.

Arsenal’s transfer setup is getting more complicated with a number of new appointments over the last year. We’ve broken that down with an overview what they all do.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s potential move to Arsenal is starting to pick up speed, so we’ve rounded up all the latest updates from another day of activity.

After three-and-a-half years, it’s time to say goodbye to Alexis Sanchez, who is leaving Arsenal for Manchester United. Did the Chilean live up to the hype in North London?

After missing a few games over the festive period, we looked into the claims that Mesut Özil gets a yearly winter break with Arsenal.

To get a true sense of a player, sometimes you need to hear what fans think of him so when a Dortmund fan voiced his honest opinion about  Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang on the Borussia Dortmund subreddit, it seemed too informative not to receive a wider audience.

Louis Saha says it’s disappointing to see Henrikh Mkhitaryan leave Manchester United, as the 29-year-old could be great for Arsenal.

Manchester United fans are praising Ed Woodward for the Alexis Sanchez-Henrikh Mkhitaryan swap deal, but do the Arsenal board deserve some credit for their part in the double deal?

On the verge of a Manchester United move, Alexis Sanchez retweeted a Daily Mail article calling the deal a “bargain” for the Red Devils and denying the Chilean is a mercenary.

Malcom says it’s his dream to play in the Premier League but Arsenal and Tottenham haven’t made any bids for the player this window despite claims to the contrary.

Mathieu Debuchy’s move to Saint-Etienne might fall through after the French club prioritised signing Neven Subotic from Borussia Dortmund.

Sol Campbell says he’d have no hesitation about returning to Arsenal if he gets the opportunity, after the Gunners put in another poor defensive performance against Bournemouth.