Dan Critchlow Archives: 03/2019

Folarin Balogun scored his 20th goal of the season for the Arsenal academy on Monday, and he’s trying to stay focused on taking his chances when they fall his way.

Andrea Sartori of professional service company KPMG says Ivan Gazidis is going to try and replicate what he did with Arsenal in Milan, but he has his work cut out for him.

Jeremie Aliadiere, the former Arsenal star who spent time playing at Lorient with Matteo Guendouzi, says the midfielder needed to change his attitude to be a real success.

Rennes manager Julien Stephan says he’s ‘certain’ Hatem Ben Arfa will have a great match against Arsenal on Thursday night, calling the 31-year-old a champion.

Reliable Di Marzio journalist Fabrizio Romano has confirmed that Arsenal showed an interest in AS Roma’s Cengiz Under in January and have since scouted him in March.

Bernd Leno’s double save against Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday has drawn praise from the club’s former goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny, which has pleased some Arsenal fans.

Gedion Zelalem is in talks over a move back to the United States, with Sporting Kansas City interested in a permanent transfer, according to reports.

Arsenal have no new injuries to deal with ahead of their clash with Stade Rennais FC on Thursday, the club confirmed in an update.

Rennes manager Julien Stephan says being drawn against Arsenal makes their Europa League tie feel more like a Champions League clash.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang thinks Hatem Ben Arfa and Ismaila Sarr will create some problems in Arsenal’s clash with Rennes on Thursday, but he insists the Gunners trust in their own ability.

Charlton defender Naby Sarr curled in an impressive free-kick recently, and he celebrated in a manner inspired by Arsenal forward Alexandre Lacazette.

Before he even came to England to join Chelsea, Petr Cech played for Arsenal’s Europa League opponents Rennes for two seasons, and the French media are preparing for the ‘return of a legend’ this week.

Arsenal face Rennes on Thursday in the last-16 of the Europa League, hoping to make a strong start to the tie away from home at Roazhon Park.

Ramy Bensebaini has admitted he almost joined Arsenal back in 2015, and the only thing that ended up stopping him was paperwork problems as a result of his nationality.

Bayern Munich are targeting Arsenal’s 18-year-old winger Xavier Amaechi, seemingly hoping the youngster will follow in Serge Gnabry’s footsteps to Germany.

Folarin Balogun stepped up to the u23s and scored on Monday, emphasising that he should be getting more opportunities at the top academy level.

Dan Crowley says he’s formally requested to transfer his national allegiance from England to the Republic of Ireland, and he’d love a call-up to the side.

Liverpool have joined Arsenal in the race for Matthias Ginter, after the Gunners’ recent scouting missions to watch the player, according to reports in Italy.

Emi Martinez has won the hearts of the Reading fans and he picked up another man of the match award from the club after his showing against Ipswich Town on Saturday.

Laurent Koscielny made it into Jamie Redknapp’s Team of the Weekend for the most recent round of fixtures, but a couple of others were surprising absentees.