Dan Critchlow Archives: 02/2020

In their Shareholders’ Meeting today, Premier League clubs voted to move the transfer deadline day back to the end of August or start of September.

Arsenal are restructuring their youth scouting department after sacking Steve Morrow and a number of other scouts in November.

William Saliba gave an improved individual performance against Marseille on Wednesday night, but it wasn’t enough to avoid a second consecutive defeat.

Arsenal technical director Edu spoke to Lille about signing Gabriel Magalhaes in January, and the club plan to go back in the summer, according to reports.

Arsenal admire Brentford winger Said Benrahma and have him on their shortlist ahead of the summer, according to reports in the English media.

Bernd Leno thinks Arsenal just need to start taking their chances, arguing the defensive improvement is clear to see under Mikel Arteta.

Gabriel Martinelli won Arsenal’s Player of the Month award for January, with 49% of the fan vote.

Doncaster Rovers took two players on loan on transfer deadline day, creating an interesting problem for the club currently looking after Arsenal’s Ben Sheaf.

Former Gunner Gervinho is training alone after trying to force a move from Parma to Qatari club Al-Sadd at the end of the January transfer window.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was one of the strikers on the Barcelona transfer shortlist in January, according to technical secretary Eric Abidal.

Mathieu Debuchy and Yohan Cabaye praised William Saliba this week, after the centre-back’s return from injury with Saint-Etienne.

Cork City are close to announcing the loan signing of Arsenal academy defender Joseph Olowu, according to reports.

Gabriel Martinelli says Arsenal preferred not to let him join up with the Brazil u23s for their Olympic qualification tournament over the last month.

Ian Wright thinks Mikel Arteta is already improving Arsenal’s defending and getting more out of the likes of Granit Xhaka and Shkodran Mustafi.

William Saliba started in his first defeat of the 2019/20 campaign, losing 3-1 to Metz on Sunday.

Arsenal sent a firm offer to Lille for centre-back Gabriel Magalhaes in January, but they didn’t meet the Ligue 1 club’s asking price.

Matthew Smith received a nomination for the PL2’s January Player of the Month award on Tuesday, after a few impressive performances.

Calum Chambers is the only member of the current Arsenal squad who will miss out on the trip to Dubai this week, according to reports.

Mikel Arteta says Bukayo Saka had a knock to both his knee and his hip in the first half against Burnley, carrying an injury during the game.

Southampton could hardly believe the late Arsenal approach for Cedric Soares, as they expected him to leave for free in the summer.