Lee Hurley Archives: 08/2016

Zinedine Zidane is said to want Julian Draxler, linked forever with Arsenal, to replace Jese, linked with Arsenal, who has now signed for PSG on a five-year deal.

Josh Kroenke has claimed his family are ‘never afraid to spend money’ but before you get too excited, he was talking American sports.

According to a number of reports on Thursday, Arsenal are getting ready to offer €35m plus Olivier Giroud to sign Mauro ICardi from Inter Milan.…

Johan Cruyff believes in the world of football only Barcelona and Arsenal don’t have to adapt to their opposition, however, when Arsenal play the Spaniards they are forced to.

Gaston Pereiro look set to stay where he is in the Netherlands despite being scouted by a number of top clubs, including Arsenal.

Hull City are interested in taking Emiliano on loan for next season in what would represent an excellent opportunity for the youngster but leave Arsenal very short in the keeping department (Sun bit at the end).

Kelechi Iheanacho’s former manager, Kennedy Ezenwere, has revealed that he blocked the player’s move to Arsenal before he signed for Manchester City.

AC Milan have reportedly withdrawn their offer to Valencia for Shkodran Mustafi as they appear to be short of money while their club sale goes through.

Arsenal fans thought they had received a bit of a boost when it was announced that Michael Oliver will referee their season opener against Liverpool this weekend.

With bad news seemingly around every corner, Aaron Ramsey has delivered some good by declaring himself fit and ready for Liverpool next weekend.

Pre-season is finally over and it’s all eyes ahead for the start of a new Premier League season with a mouth watering fixture against Liverpool on the horizon for Arsenal. Watch all the goals here.

If you’ve been keeping a track of all the forwards Arsenal have been linked with during this transfer window, you can scratch Jese Rodriguez from it because he’s signed for PSG.

When Arsenal sold Issac Hayden to Newcastle United, the fee was reported as ‘undisclosed’ by all involved – a standard statement from Arsenal who never mention anything as filthy as money when they announce deals.

When a video of Granit Xhaka singing his Arsenal initiation song appeared on the internet, it was awful. Here’s what it is all about.

Julian Draxler does indeed have a release clause for €75m however it will only come into effect next summer meaning that he looks set to remain at Wolfsburg for a further season.

Arsenal have allegedly been scouting Charlton’s ‘wonder kid,’ Ademola Lookman (amazing name), along with almost everybody else in the Premier League.

Arsene Wenger is said to be ‘hot’ on 20-year-old German defender, Lukas Klostermann, who has been linked with a move to Tottenham according to Bild.

If you think that Arsenal are having a bad time of it at the minute, you might be relieved to know that they are not alone.

Takuma Asano isn’t letting Serge Gnabry steal all the Arsneal headlines from the Olympics as he grabbed his second of the tournament with another lovely takent effort.

Arsene Wenger has downplayed what looked to be a very serious injury to Gabriel by saying he is ‘likely’ to miss the season opener against Liverpool next weekend.