The CIES Football Observatory have ranked Granit Xhaka’s sale to Arsenal as the fifth best of the summer meaning Arsenal paid a lot more than they should have for him given his current market value.
Alexis Sanchez has been made captain of Chile for the first time, a move that has left him feeling ‘very motivated’ according to those close to him.
Gilberto Silva will join Edwin van der Sar and Gerard Houllier to discuss ‘Academies: A Foundation for Success’ at the upcoming Soccerex Global Convention at the end of the month.
Arsenal will have to do without Mohamed Elneny in January as Egypt head to the Africa Cup of Nations just about when Arsenal’s injury crisis should be in full swing.
I’m not entirely sure how you compare a goalkeeper and a forward, but EA Sports have managed to find a way and they’ve decided that Hugo Lloris is worth more points than Alexis Sanchez.
Anders Limpar has called Arsene Wenger ‘the best manager ever’ and believes that when he finally steps down, a former player should replace him.
Mesut Ozil has revealed that he could end up in America playing in the MLS, and he appears to be hankering after LA Galaxy.
Just even thought of doing this recap is boring me, such is the lack of anything interesting going on now we are right in the heart of the interlull.
Luis Boa Morte has said that Joel Campbell will be ‘better for Arsenal’ after his loan spell with Sporting CP this season.
Carl Jenkinson is closing in on a return to action after being sidelined for the past seven months.
Freddie Ljungberg has been bigging up Jack Wilshere as claims Wenger and the midfielder had ‘talks’ take on a life of their own.
Jack Wilshere made his debut for Bournemouth on Saturday when he played the first half against AC Milan.
Currently on international duty with Switzerland, some of Granit Xhaka’s teammates were asked to complete the following sentence – ‘Granit is a…’
Olivier Giroud has given an interview to Le Parisien in which he talks about being hated.
Mad Jens has taken to twitter to give us all a glimpse of the Arsenal dressing room after they beat AC Milan on Saturday at the Emirates, raising over £1m for charity in the process.
Mesut Ozil started and played a part in two of Germany’s three goals as they beat Norway on Sunday evening 3-0.
Northern Ireland goalkeeper, Michael McGovern, claims that his teammate, Jonny Evans, never got enough respect at Manchester United and he’s not surprised that Arsenal were apparently looking to sign him.
Alexandre Lacazette is currently in the process of renegotiating his Lyon contract and it looks as if he will have a €70m release clause inserted, making him ‘worth’ twice what Arsenal were quoted this summer.
One of the signs of a winning team is a great team spirit, that’s why this made me so happy.
Lucas Perez may have arrived as a striker shorn of the world-class tag that many Arsenal fans wanted to see this summer, but he looks like he could well be a very shrewd bit of business in what was a crazy window.