Lee Hurley Archives: 04/2018

Arsenal are reportedly confident they can land Luis Enrique ahead of Chelsea after the Blues baulked at the Spaniards wage demands, said to be in the region of £15m-a-year.

Mohamed Elneny will be fit for the World Cup according to Egypt’s assistant coach, Mohamed Fayez.

Atletico Madrid’s Juanfran will miss both matches against Arsenal, handing the Gunners a boost ahead of the tie.

Arsenal are reportedly prepared to pay €20m for Sporting’s right-back, Cristiano Piccini.

Arsenal are set to allow Gerry Peyton, along with Boro Primorac and Tony Colbert, leave this summer when Arsene Wenger leaves the club.

According to the Daily Mail and Daily Telegraph on Tuesday morning, Arsenal will restrict any spending under a new manager to £50m unless he generates more cash from sales in what seems an unlikely story.

Arsenal’s Joao Virginia is targeting the Arsenal number one shirt and the goalkeeper, who is apparently referred to as a ‘colossus’ around the club, could well be in line to get it.

Arsenal are reportedly planning on bringing Arsene Wenger back to the club in some sort of off-field capacity in the near future according to a report that was in the Telegraph towards the end of February.

Alexandre Lacazette has met with a ‘superfan’ who has the striker’s entire face tattooed on his arse.

Arsene Wenger quitting Arsenal at the end of this season has given Real Madrid’s president, Florentino Perez, a real problem according to a report in Don Balon.

The majority of the UK papers criticised the atmosphere at Ashburton Grove on Sunday as they continue to be clueless about what is really going on at Arsenal.

Patrick Vieira has ruled himself out of the running for the Arsenal manager’s job…for now but Pep Guardiola thinks he’s ready for it.

Arsene Wenger confirmed that Henrikh Mkhitaryan will not be fit to face Atletico Madrid on Thursday night in Arsenal’s Europa League semi-final first leg.

24 hours on from the news that Arsene Wenger will be leaving Arsenal after 22 years in charge, I’m still not entirely sure that it’s sunk in.

After 22 years at the same football club, the ability to shock and rock a fanbase that has seen and heard it all still lives on in Arsene Wenger, because that’s exactly what he did on Thursday morning when he announced he would end a lifelong tradition and break a contract for the first time.

Arsenal fans will be required to shell out £79 for a ticket to the second leg of their Europa League semi-final against Atletico Madrid, more than Liverpool fans will have to pay at Roma and twice as much as Atleti fans will have to pay at the Grove.

Arsenal are considering offering Santi Cazorla a new contract even though it seems unlikely the Spaniard will ever be able to play at the top level again.

The main men charged with selecting a manager to replace Arsene Wenger cannot agree on who the best man for the job is, according to a report in today’s Daily Telegraph.

Newcastle’s Matt Ritchie has apologised to Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang after a video went viral of the Newcastle United man appearing to snub Auba at the end of the game.

There is a scenario that could see Arsenal starting next season with a Europa League qualifier just 11 days after the end of the World Cup.