Lee Hurley Archives: 11/2019

Fewer things put into focus the decline of Arsenal as an attacking force than a graph published over the weekend by David Wall.

As Unai Emery met with the press after Arsenal’s game on Saturday, quotes started to emerge on Twitter with one claiming he’d said “The best…

Unai Emery has told assembled reporters at his post-match press conference that the club are behind him but reports of Raul Sanllehi and Edu in the mixed zone after the game tell a different story.

According to a report last week, Arsenal’s chairman Sir Chips Keswick is keen to bring David O’Leary back to the club to help with ‘haphazard recruitment’.

Southampton’s boss Ralph Hasenhuttl has called on his side to be ‘nastier’ against Arsenal when they rock up at the Emirates.

Unai Emery has reportedly given Lucas Torreira a series of videos of his own performances in a bid to get the midfielder playing better when he could simply play him in his preferred position instead.

Arsenal fans want Unai Emery out of the club but as Jose Mourinho takes over from Mauricio Pochettino at Tottenham, will the Spaniard be the next to go?

According to a report from Spain, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang will not renew his contract with Arsenal anytime soon and is thinking about moving to Barcelona.

Hector Bellerin’s agent has reportedly told Sky Italia that there is interest from that country in his client but this is neither surprising nor anything I think we should worry about. Yet.

Lucas Torreira’s agent, Pablo Bentancur, has explained that AC Milan, as we know, tried to land his client in the summer but that Raul Sanllehi told the Italians their not-for-sale position was unshakable.

Sead Kolasinac’s performance for Bosnia was described as ‘disastrous’ by one Italian publication after their game against the Azzuri.

Mohamed Elneny has reportedly offered himself to AC Milan but the Italians aren’t interested in signing him.

Arsenal played Tottenham at the Tottenham stadium on Sunday in front of a record-breaking 38,262 fans, running out 2-0 winners thanks to second half goals from Kim Little and Vivianne Miedema.

Granit Xhaka is reportedly house-hunting in Milan ahead of a January move away from the club.

Arsenal legend Ian Wright will be on our screens a lot more but not doing his usual football punditry, nope, the former record-breaking forward is finally heading into the jungle.

After Granit Xhaka stormed off at the Emirates, throwing away his club captaincy, there were reports that a number of Arsenal players went to see him at his house. He has now revealed what they said and some other stuff.

Granit Xhaka has told the press in Switzerland that he was ‘hurt’ and ‘frustrated’ by Arsenal fans when he was booed for strolling off the pitch when Arsenal urgently needed a goal but he seems ready to come back into the team.

Raul Sanllehi and Vinai Venkatesham met 200 Arsenal staff at a planned get-together where they both addressed Arsenal’s faltering form under Unai Emery.

Alexandre Lacazette is grateful for the current international break, hoping that it will help things settle at Arsenal. 

Ashley Smith, who was recently jailed for 10 years for his part in the attempted robbery on Mesut Ozil and Sead Kolasinac has been badly beaten by fellow inmates.