Lee Hurley Archives: 01/2018

Sometimes it’s hard to be an Arsenal fan. Who am I trying to kid, most of the time it’s f**king awful, but some times are worse than others.

Ivan Gazidis has been snapped in Dortmund amid rumours Arsenal are closing in on a deal to sign Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

Bayern Munich coach Jupp Heynckes has backed the decision by Bundesliga rivals Borussia Dortmund to drop star striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang amid reports he is chasing a move to Arsenal.

The Daily Mail are reporting that Arsenal and Manchester United have completed the deals required that will see Alexis Sanchez join Jose Mourinho with Henrikh Mkhitaryan going the other way.

Netherlands’ record goalscorer Robin van Persie will complete a deal to join Feyenoord from Turkish side Fenerbahce next week, the Rotterdam club announced Friday.

Borussia Dortmund insisted that Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has a future at the club, after he was left out of the squad for the trip to Hertha Berlin on Friday.

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola accepted he had lost out in the race to sign Alexis Sanchez as Jose Mourinho insisted Friday it was still not certain the Chile forward would join Manchester United.

The Mirror are reporting that after ‘dramatic’ late night developments, Alexis Sanchez has said goodbye to his Arsenal teammates and is set for a United medical today.

After initially being brought back into the fold after disciplinary action, the latest reports from Germany claim that Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has been left out of the Borussia Dortmund squad that travelled to Berlin for their Friday evening game against Hertha Berlin while a BBC journalist is claiming the deal is done.

All he wants to do is play! It’s something you hear constantly about Alexis Sanchez and it’s true, but he’s not above wanting to do that for the highest amount possible like all the others.

For the first time in around 10 years, Arsenal fans were united once again as they called for Arsene Wenger to leave the club. People who had said they wanted him to go but wouldn’t ask for him to be sacked were calling for just that.

Arsenal’s latest embarrassment came at the hands of Bournemouth, but which players were the most culpable and which ones actually showed some pride in the shirt?

Arsenal fell to yet another embarrassing defeat, this time away at Bournemouth, as Arsene Wenger showed he is completely incapable of turning this total shambles around.

There is no way for Wenger to redeem himself to enable a long-term stay at the club beyond 2019 when his current contract expires. Even…

‘That Greek boy’. That’s how Arsene Wenger referred to his newest addition, Kostantinos Mavropanos, during his post Nottingham Forest press conference.

Waking up on Saturday morning to read reports that Phil Neville was the frontrunner and favourite to take the England’s women’s job, I wasn’t sure if I was still asleep or drunk from the night before, even though I hadn’t even been drinking.

Manchester City are apparently ready to walk away from a deal to sign Alexis in January due to financial demands, but are they really or is Pep Guardiola just up to his old tricks?

Reports are coming out of Spain that Arsenal and Valencia have reached a deal over the transfer of Francis Coquelin who has a three-year deal on offer.

Valencia are reportedly in ‘advanced’ talks with Arsenal over the transfer of Francis Coquelin, a player who was unexpectedly propelled into the headlines on Monday afternoon.

Theo Walcott’s agent Warwick Horton has denied telling Italian outlet, Tuttomercatoweb, that Walcott wanted to play in Serie A.