Lee Hurley Archives: 09/2016

Granit Xhaka got a start against Basel in the Champions League in light of Francis Coquelin’s injury and the Swiss set about impressing against his old side.

If it was a domestic club publicly courting Arsene Wenger rather than England I’m sure a few people would have a lot more to say about it but it seems the FA can do what they like

Wales manager Chris Coleman has aimed a few poorly-veiled digs at Arsenal over Aaron Ramsey’s hamstring injury which is set to rule him out for the next round of international fixtures.

AllAfrica.com are claiming that Alex Iwobi will be one of four Nigerians that will be nominated for the Confederation of Africa Footballer of the Year.

Ahead of the launch of FIFA17, Alex Iwobi sat down with The Football Republic to play the game and have a little chat.

There’s no denying it – Theo Walcott is a changed player this season. Here he explains why and how.

Theo Walcott and Laurent Koscielny spoke to BT Sport immediately after Arsenal’s win against Basel in the Champions League on Tuesday and, just like their boss, they weren’t letting themselves get carried away with the result or the performance.

Arsene Wenger met with the press after his side’s comprehensive win over Basel in the Champions League on Tuesday night.

Arsene Wenger was keen to downplay any excitement after another great win, this time over Basel in the Champions League on Tuesday night.

Champions League time again and this time our first ever game against FC Basel and Granit Xhaka’s brother.

Arsenal and Reading fans will pay just £10 or £20 (or £5/£10 if under 16 or over 65) for the EFL cup game on 25 October.

Arsenal and Liverpool are said to be watching Sassuolo’s Grégoire Defrel who has scored four goals, with two assists, in five Serie A games this season.

Reports across Europe are claiming that Arsene Wenger is considering a move for Real Madrid’s Isco, valued at around £30m, in the January transfer window.

Both Arsenal and Tottenham had one player each in the European Team of the Week with Chelsea, unsurprisingly, not contributing anything to the conversation.

Wojciech Szczesny is struggling to explain Roma’s form this season, with the Arsenal man claiming that it has to be down to their ‘heads’ and ‘attitude’, something he should know enough about after some of the performances we saw from him at Arsenal.

L’Equipe in France are reporting that Francis Coquelin will not be ruled out for the rest of the calendar year as had been feared and could be back in as little as 15 days after reports showed the injury was not as bad as first feared.

Jack Wilshere made his second start for Bournemouth at the weekend in their 1-0 win over Everton and manager, Eddie Howe, has been praising the Arsenal man once again.

Calum Chambers finally got a game for Middlesbrough but he could not help his new side avoid defeat to Tottenham.

Reports are growing that Francis Coquelin could be facing a number of months on the sidelines after he did his knee against Chelsea on Saturday.

If there’s one thing we can all agree on it’s that Arsenal battered Chelsea, so it’s somewhat surprising to see Petr Cech, who faced only two on-target shots in 90 minutes, included in Garth Crooks BBC Team of the Week.