Dan Critchlow Archives: 12/2017

Jamie Redknapp thinks Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has vastly improved since he left Arsenal, and says Liverpool have a real player now.

Arsenal fans weren’t impressed with Alex Iwobi’s performance against Newcastle, but the criticism on social media may be too harsh when looking at his statistics.

Huddersfield manager David Wagner praised Mesut Özil over the weekend, highlighting the German international’s defensive improvements.

Lucas Perez and Takuma Asano were the only Arsenal loanees to feature over the weekend, and both were involved in games they’d prefer to forget.

Arsenal are in a race with Chelsea for Bayer Leverkusen’s highly-rated Leon Bailey, and could make an approach in January to procure his signature.

It was another busy weekend for Arsenal, and with most of us spending it watching Özil’s volley against Newcastle on repeat, I wouldn’t blame you for missing a few things.

Arsenal have made the “Fandom 250”, a ranking of the top 250 fanbases in the world run by Fanside.com.

Copa90 presenter Poet, who sometimes works with Adidas, says he’s been told that Özil is leaving for United and there’s going to be a big Adidas campaign.

Danny and Nicky Cowley, who led Lincoln City to an FA Cup quarter-final with Arsenal, laughed whilst recalling watching the Gunners face Bayern Munich earlier that week.

Thierry Henry says the most important thing for young strikers is to have a good relationship with the midfielders behind them.

Arsenal could look at picking up Manchester United goalkeeper Dean Henderson on a free transfer at the end of the season, according to reports.

Jeff Reine-Adelaide is a player many fans are excitedly waiting on to make a breakthrough in the senior team, but that seems to be taking longer and longer to happen, so what’s going on with the 19-year-old, and will he ever get the chance he needs for Arsenal?

It’s no secret that Tottenham star Harry Kane used to be on the books with the Arsenal academy, but why did the Gunners let him go?

After Laurent Koscielny and Nacho Monreal started two games in central defence in just a few days, many fans are asking why Calum Chambers and Rob Holding aren’t being given a chance.

Birmingham City and Norwich City reportedly want to sign Krystian Bielik in January, if the Polish defender can recover from injury in time.

Arsenal have progressed to the semi-final of the FA WSL Cup, with a 3-1 win over Sunderland on Sunday afternoon.

West Brom offer Evans new contract to ward off bids from Arsenal and City

Martin Keown thinks Granit Xhaka should be worried about his position when Aaron Ramsey returns, thanks to Jack Wilshere’s promising recent form.

Alexis Sanchez has reportedly turned down a £400,000-a-week offer from Hebei China Fortune, because he wants to play for Manchester City.

Arsène Wenger says it’s important that Mesut Özil continues to take risks, after the German scored a lovely volley against Newcastle on Saturday.