Lee Hurley Archives: 05/2021

Gabriel Martinelli arrived at Arsenal at the start of the 19/20 season for just £6.03m so how much is Gabriel Martinelli worth now?

As football came to a close last weekend, actual news has been light on the ground, but here is a roundup of the top Arsenal news and gossip stories this week.

Kieran Tierney feared his Euro dreams were over when his knee ‘popped’ while playing for Arsenal against Liverpool. When Arsenal said that Kieran Tierney would…

Arsenal are out of Europe for the first time in 25 years so of course this is when they finally do away with away goals in UEFA competitions.

Mikel Arteta is apparently interested in bringing Raheem Sterling and Riyad Mahrez to Arsenal this summer with Manchester City willing to sell both players.

Whilst this time of year does bring a lot of excitement and tension of exactly who will finish where in the table, it does also…

Working with Jose Mourinho would ‘appeal’ to Granit Xhaka according to Blick in Switzerland who interviewed the midfielder ahead of the Euros and then delivered some interesting information.

Viktoria Schnaderbeck has undergone surgery on a knee injury after 201 days on the sidelines with a knee injury.

Vivianne Miedema’s agent, Leoni Blokhuis, has denied that her client will be heading to Lyon as part of a swap deal that would bring Nikita Parris to the club.

Dan Crowley and Jon Toral have become the latest former Arsenal youngsters to be released on a free after Jack Wilshere was let go by Bournemouth at the end of his short-term contract.

Bayer Leverkusen would like to sign William Saliba this summer with his future under Mikel Arteta still not assured and Arsenal linked with Bayer Leverkusen’s Edmond Tapsoba.

Martin Odegaard will be part of the Real Madrid squad for the 21/22 season according to a report in Spain that claims they also want to sign Paul Pogba or Houssem Aouar.

Jack Wilshere has been released by Bournemouth after signing for the Cherries on a short-term deal in January not long after expressing Arsenal regrets.

On this week’s podcast, Matthew and Paul look back at victories over both halves of the M23 rivalry and the sparkling end of season form of our record signing.

Former Arsenal Head of Coach and Player Development, Marcel Lucassen, who resigned from the club as allegations of racist remarks were being investigated, has been appointed Director of Football Development at KNVB.

Arsenal have signed Mana Iwabuchi to replace Jill Roord who will join Wolfsburg at the end of the season.

Dani Ceballos has confirmed his Arsenal exit, posting a long goodbye message on his Instagram feed.

Granit Xhaka has been named by the CIES Football Observatory in the Premier League Best XI of the Season.

You won’t find many Arsenal fans who think that 20/21 was a good season but was it really that bad and was it worse than Tottenham’s season?

What does it mean now that Arsenal have missed out on qualifying for the European Conference League?