Dan Critchlow Archives: 09/2019

Bernd Leno has admitted his disappointment at not being the first-choice option for Germany, though he concedes that has a lot to do with the strength of the alternatives.

Eddie Nketiah has admitted that Unai Emery wanted him to stay with Arsenal this season, but eventually, they decided it was in his best interest to join Leeds on loan.

Henrikh Mkhitaryan has admitted that multiple clubs wanted to sign him this summer before he eventually joined AS Roma on loan.

Dani Ceballos played 77 minutes of Spain’s 2-1 win over Romania on Thursday, and he had a major role in both his team’s goals.

Bukayo Saka won a penalty for England on Thursday with an excellent run, as the Arsenal youth players started their international break strongly.

Arsene Wenger says racism in football is ‘absolutely horrendous’, and he’s called on clubs to use the tools at their disposal to isolate and punish offenders.

James Hillson and Joel Lopez are both in Arsenal’s Europa League A-list, despite not having made their senior debuts, and the reason why is pretty straightforward.

Eight Arsenal players have been called up by their country’s senior team this international break, so let’s have a look at when they’re all in action.

Folarin Balogun has joined Sam Greenwood and Joe Willock in pulling out of England youth duty with injury, before the games have even got underway.

Krystian Bielik has suggested he’d want to move on to a Premier League club if he can’t get promoted with Derby in the next couple of years.

Jordi Osei-Tutu performed well in defeat to VfB Stuttgart on Monday, and we got the lowdown on his performance directly from his loan club.

Unai Emery has been named in Tribuna’s top-20 coaches in Europe, despite some struggles in recent matches.

Arsenal have named just 20 players in their 25-man Premier League squad for this season, but 49 under-21s to make up the numbers.

In stark contrast to many recent seasons, Arsenal only have one senior player running down his contract with the club this season – Matt Macey.

Ian Wright thinks Granit Xhaka should be focusing on developing his own game, rather than taking on the responsibility of the captaincy at Arsenal.

Jordi Osei-Tutu started on the right-wing for VfL Bochum on Monday, as his loan club played their first match since parting ways with head coach Robin Dutt.

The European transfer deadline has passed, and Shkodran Mustafi is still somehow an Arsenal player.

Highly-rated young midfielder Yunus Musah has announced his departure from Arsenal on Instagram, confirming he’ll now join Valencia.

Arsenal academy star Kido Taylor-Hart spoke to the Arsenal matchday programme ahead of the North London derby at the weekend.

Henrikh Mkhitaryan may well have an obligation to buy in his loan contract with AS Roma, despite reports to the contrary.