Dan Critchlow Archives: 01/2019

Arsenal travel to Blackpool on Saturday to kick off their FA Cup campaign for the season at Bloomfield Road.

Tyreece John-Jules has been nominated for December’s Premier League 2 Player of the Month award, after a positive few weeks for the 17-year-old.

West Ham United are ‘open to selling’ Reece Oxford in January, but the transfer may have to wait until the summer due to Arsenal’s limited funds.

Bukayo Saka is expected to make his second senior start of the season against Blackpool on Saturday, according to reports.

The January transfer window is now open, sparking plenty of talk about who Arsenal could sign this month, but there are also suggestions that one or two might be on the way out.

Barcelona’s Denis Suarez has offers from Arsenal and Chelsea to complete a January transfer, and he plans to decide whether to join them in the next week.

Samir Nasri admits he thought his footballing career was over during his recent 18-month ban, before eventually returning to the professional game with West Ham United.

AS Monaco are confident they’ve won the race to sign Cesc Fabregas, who wants one more game with Chelsea this weekend before moving on.

Arsenal are considering a move for 28-year-old Torino defender Nicolas N’Koulou, according to reports in Italy.

19-year-old Polish goalkeeper Radoslaw Majecki could join Arsenal in January, along with cover at centre-back, according to reports in the English media.

Juventus will try to sign Aaron Ramsey this month, if they can reach an agreement with the player, rather than waiting until the summer when they could have him for free.

Arsenal finished their first game of the new year 4-1 winners against Fulham at the Emirates Stadium, a scoreline which doesn’t quite reflect how close the game was at times.

Former Real Madrid star Kaka has revealed that Mesut Özil helped contribute to his downfall at the club, as Jose Mourinho preferred the German playmaker in his team.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is in the final three for the CAF Player of the Year for 2018, alongside Liverpool forwards Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane.

Arsenal have reportedly placed a bid of €16m with Real Madrid for Keylor Navas, who posted an apparent farewell to the fans on Instagram this week.

Juventus director Fabio Paratici has confirmed that the club are interested in Aaron Ramsey, but he insisted there’s no deal agreed just yet.

Unai Emery was impressed with Alexandre Lacazette’s reaction after the Emirates Stadium crowd booed his substitution against Fulham on Tuesday.

Lille winger Nicolas Pepe has confirmed that he plans to stay with LOSC Lille until the end of the season, despite strong links to an Arsenal transfer.

Raphael Honigstein says an inside source has told him that when Mesut Özil misses games it’s because Unai Emery doesn’t fancy him for that particular match.

Arsenal can’t dwell on their defeat to Liverpool for too long, as they have a game against Fulham at the Emirates Stadium on Tuesday to kick off 2019.