Lee Hurley Archives: 09/2018

Gedion Zelalem has reportedly suffered a minor setback as he continues his recovery from a serious knee injury.

Rafa Benitez has been charged by the FA for mentioning that Andre Marriner likes to give Newcastle players red cards, something that is quite hard to deny when you look at the figures.

Arsenal are reportedly interested in signing Youri Tielemans who is apparently struggling to get time at Monaco.

Vlad Dragomir scored a quite delightful goal for Perugia this weekend as he continues to build his career away from the Emirates.

Tony Adams reportedly contacted Ivan Gazidis over the summer only to be told there was no role for him at the club under Unai Emery.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has been fined £1,250 after he was caught speeding on the M1.

Arsenal are reportedly keeping an eye on Rennes winger, Ismaila Sarr.

After reports AC Milan were hopeful Ivan Gazidis could convince Aaron Ramsey to switch London for Italy, some outlets are claiming he wants to bring Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang with him too.

The Daily Star report that Arsenal are the favourites to re-sign Alexis Sanchez in a rumour I was not expecting to see at all.

There were many things I expected to see as I had a look around the UK press on Monday morning, but the Daily Telegraph declaring Arsenal as title challengers was not one of them.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette both got on the scoresheet again as Arsenal beat Everton on Sunday at the Emirates and when that pair starts, Arsenal usually win.

Unai Emery confirmed that Sokratis is suffering from a knee problem and he is hoping that it is “not too serious.”

Troy ‘Cajones’ Deeney has hit out at England for selecting Danny Welbeck even though the forward can hardly get any game time for Arsenal.

Mesut Ozil has thanked Jerome Boateng after the player backed him following this summer’s events.

Ryo Miyaichi marked his return from yet another serious knee injury with a goal for FC St. Pauli.

Everton’s manager Marco Silva refused to rule out handing Yerry Mina his debut on Sunday when the Toffees turn up in London to face Arsenal at Ashburton Grove.

Former Arsenal forward, Gervinho, scored a quite wonderful solo goal in Italy this weekend.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was named in the UEFA Europa League Team of the Week after his brace against FC Vorskla.

It’s easy to get carried away with Mesut Ozil scoring two goals in two games but it’s hard to escape the fact that this season he’s being asked to be a regular member of the squad and he actually seems to be enjoying it.

Tottenham have denied the cost of their stadium has risen to £1.2bn after more delays could see this season written off for the club in terms of opening their new venue.