Lee Hurley Archives: 07/2017

Despite there seemingly being a lot going on at Arsenal over the weekend, just two stories dominate the papers this morning.

Arsenal won the Emirates Cup despite losing to Sevilla and here are the Arsenal player ratings. There were certainly a number of concerns raised – like will the midfield be more solid by next week – but how did the players get on individually?

Arsenal thrashed Benfica in their opening Emirates Cup game in what was the most enjoyable game of pre-season so far. So how did the players do? Here are their player ratings

Alexandre Lacazette has sent a message to Arsenal fans in this month’s Arsenal magazine, saying he’s here to ‘make sure’ the club win titles.

Granit Xhaka arrived in the Premier League last season with a reputation for getting himself into trouble with the ref on a regular basis.

Bordeaux are expecting Wellington Silva at the club on Monday to undergo a medical ahead of his move there from Fluminese, via Arsenal.

Deportivo have offered Lucas Perez a 10-year contract to try and tempt the forward back home.

Riyad Mahrez has reportedly turned down the chance to join Roma as he holds out for a move to Arsenal, a club he could have joined last summer.

Arsenal wouldn’t sell Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain to Liverpool and they aren’t going to sell him to Chelsea either after the west London side became heavily linked with him once again.

The Daily Star are today reporting that Monaco will sell Thomas Lemar to Arsenal – for a price of £55m, which, if you ask me, seems positively reasonable in a window that saw Kyle Walker move for a similar amount.

Chelsea’s Pedro tweeted from his hospital bed to show that he was ok after being absolutely clattered by David Ospina during their friendly game on Saturday.

Fenerbahce are still optimistic that they can seal a deal for Lucas Perez despite not being the Spaniard’s first choice.

Arsene Wenger has admitted he deliberately played a number of players with no experience in certain positions to see how they coped with it against Chelsea.

Antonio Conte confirmed at his press conference that Pedro was taken to hospital after his clash with David Ospina, but thankfully he is ‘ok’.

Wojciech Szczesny has revealed the chance to study under Gianluigi Buffon was a factor in helping him decide to join Juventus.

If you’ve opened a paper recently or looked online, you can’t help but notice the raft of stories linking Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain with a move to Liverpool, City or Chelsea.

Arsene Wenger confirmed that Theo Walcott is still struggling with the bug that swept through the Arsenal camp during their Arsenal tour.

Robert Pires has urged Arsenal to keep hold of Olivier Giroud as the player continues to be linked with a move away this summer.

Sky Sports are reporting that Arsenal have been offered Rafinha by Barcelona.

Serge Aurier, once heavily linked with Arsenal and a self-declared Arsenal fan, has told PSG that he wants to leave the club this summer. The…