Lee Hurley Archives: 05/2016

Calum Chambers has had quite the week, and it just got better.

Alex Song claims his wife once told him to dye his hair blonde so he would stand out more on the pitch (she should have told him to be better at football as that would have worked too) and it seems as if Aaron Ramsey has followed suit.

Arsenal have revealed that Granit Xhaka will wear the number 29 next season and not 16 as they previously announced.

Jack Wilshere has been named in the England squad for Euro 2016 and looks set to end the summer having played considerably more minutes for his country than his club.

Olivier Giroud was booed and scored a great goal playing for France in a friendly on Monday night.

Mesut Ozil has revealed that finishing above Tottenham was a ‘nice end to the campaign but that he would have preferred to win the league.

Germany manager Joachim Low surprised no-one with the inclusion of Mesut Ozil in his squad for the Euros but he did offer a few other surprises.

With Hector Bellerin receiving his call up to the Spain Euro squad after Dani Carvajal was ruled out because of the injury he picked up in the Champions League final, it looks as if the speculation linking the youngster with a return to Spain won’t be settling down any time soon.

Hector Bellerin has revealed that when he first moved to London, Mikel Arteta and his wife, Lorena Bernal, ‘adopted’ him and helped him settle.

Calum Chambers was part of the England u21 side that beat France 2-1 at the weekend to win the Toulon Tournament for the first time since before Calum was born.

Kinder have released some special edition eggs ahead of the Euros this summer and Mesut Ozil’s face is one of the players that they’ve chosen to feature.

Chuba Akpom was part of the Hull squad that won promotion back to the Premier League on Saturday at Wembley.

Mathieu Flamini has given an interview in France and in it, the journalist mentions that the midfielder is discussing an extension with the club.

Joel Campbell grabbed an assist for his country as they beat Venezuela 2-1. Watch the highlights here.

Alexis Sanchez was helpless to stop his side lose 2-1 against Jamaica in a friendly in the early hours of Saturday morning ahead of the Copa America Centenario.

Hector Bellerin has been speaking to the media in Spain and his comments have left enough space for just about every dodgy media outlet in the country to misrepresent them.

Calum Chambers was captain of England u21s as they made the final of the Toulon Tournament on Friday afternoon

Sir Alex Ferguson has hailed Arsene Wenger once again.

Alex Iwobi has become the latest Arsenal player to change his shirt number, this time changing from 45 to Alexis’s old number, 17.

Petr Cech is now the most-capped player in Czech history after being handed a start in their friendly against Malta.