Lee Hurley Archives: 08/2016

Well, if you were waiting on a player coming in, you were disappointed. Deadline day was all about the outs at Arsenal

It seems as if the stories of Arsenal swooping in to snatch Lucas Perez from Everton have more than a dollop of truth as the Gunners moved late for a player they had been watching since last season.

Arsenal have confirmed that Glen Kamara will spend the next few months on loan with Colchester United in League Two.

At this point you have to feel a little sorry for Granit Xhaka, as every time he opens his mouth about his international situation, he seems to annoy someone else.

Jack Wilshere has ended a day of speculation which saw him wanted across Europe by signing for Bournemouth.

Not long after the CEO of Viking SK said that they were in talks to take Kelechi Nwakali on loan, it was announced that he had joined MVV Maastricht.

The Sun are reporting that Arsenal have ‘blocked’ Yaya Sanogo from joining Leeds United on loan for the season after Garry Monk made an enquiry about the leggy one.

The CEO of Viking FK, the side Arsenal faced in pre-season, has confirmed that they are in talks with Arsenal over taking Kelechi Nwakali on loan should they fail to get a permanent work permit for the Nigerian.

Mario Lemina has said that if anyone wants to know if Arsenal were interested in him they should ask Juventus.

Le10Sport in France are exclusively reporting that Arsenal are blocking Mathieu Debuchy’s exit from the club after allowing Calum Chambers move to Middlesbrough on a season-long loan.

Calum Chambers has been snapped on his way for a medical with Middlesbrough as he prepares for a season there on loan.

Well, this is already an annoying transfer and it’s only a few hours old.

Bayern Munich will pay ‘over €8m’ for Serge Gnabry according to Kicker.

Serge Gnabry’s dad has confirmed that Serge has left Arsenal to join Bayern Munich on a permanent basis.

Currently on international duty with Switzerland, it seems as if Granit Xhaka has issued a statement saying he will do whatever he can to get to play for Kosovo.

Sport1 in Germany are reporting that Serge Gnabry to Bayern Munich is as ‘good as done’ in what is a story that is causing mass confusion amongst Arsenal fans.

Granit Xhaka’s father, Ragip, has hit out at people calling his son a ‘traitor’ for not switching from Switzerland to Kosovo.

Here’s a round up of the Arsenal-related bits and pieces that we came across yesterday but didn’t have the time (or people-power) to cover fully.

Arsenal will also pay the additional €1m that has to be paid out to Perez’s former teams.

Arsene Wenger has confirmed that Gabriel’s recovery from injury is going ‘very well’ and even suggested that the defender could return from injury a little earlier than expected.