Lee Hurley Archives: 03/2020

We all know that VAR has not been Arsenal’s friend this season but did you know that it also seems to be giving former Arsenal man, Sven Mislintat, a major headache in Germany, too?

The Guardian today claim that Roberto Mancini is planning to lure Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to Milan this summer “by leaving a trail of breadcrumbs between the Emirates and San Siro.”

Former major Arsenal shareholder, Alisher Usmanov, has landed his nephew a job with Everton, a club he has repeatedly been linked with investing in.

Alexandre Lacazette has scored 79 per cent of his Arsenal goals at the Emirates meaning the forward has only netted 21 per cent away from home.

Mikel Arteta has admitted that he is considering keeping Henrikh Mkhitaryan at Arsenal next season rather than selling him in the summer to Roma who want to buy him.

A few eyebrows were raised on Saturday when Mikel Arteta’s team was announced to face West Ham and he had, once again, opted for Eddie Nketiah ahead of Alexandre Lacazette and after the game, the Arsenal boss explained why.

Against Manchester City on Wednesday, Arsenal will get a set of match officials that does not involve Martin Atkinson, Mike Dean, nor Chris Kavanagh in what almost feels like a minor miracle.

Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne is expected to be fit for our game on Wednesday night after picking up a shoulder injury.

Due to Brexit, Arsenal, and the rest of the football clubs in England, will no longer be able to sign European players under the age of 18.

Arsenal are expected to undergo yet another major clearout this summer to make way for the players Mikel Arteta wants to bring in to form his own squad.

The Daily Mail today reported that Pierre-Emerick’s wage demands are likely to see him sold in the summer.

In the rush to avoid the spread of Coronavirus/Covid-10, the FA’s medics were today praised by the Daily Mail for being ‘ahead of the curve’ when they banned England players from shaking hands with players during the last international break – in November.

In what looks sets to be just another Brexit sideshow,a fight is brewing in the Premier League over homegrown quotas and which teams are allowed to attend the meeting that will determine the numbers.

Martin Atkinson took charge of his sixth Arsenal game this season as the Premier League and FA continue to give this man more Arsenal matches than any other but even he couldn’t stop Arsenal beating West Ham.

After sitting on top of the table all season, Arsenal have finally dropped down a place as referees move Bournemouth to the top of the yellow card table.

Arsenal were apparently reluctant to play Manchester City next week due to the short notice given to travelling fans but agreed to help ease City’s congestion after Pep Guardiola’s men convinced UEFA to let them play at the same time as a Champions League game.

Mesut Ozil is a busy man away from the pitch with a number of charitable endeavours and he’s been tweeting about his most recent moves aimed at promoting gender equality, teamwork as well as off-pitch initiatives focusing on clean water and recycling.

Double pass, a spin-off company of the University of Brussels (Belgium), specialising in sport technical and talent development management, has been chosen as the partner…

Watford will be without one of their most influential and dangerous players in Gerard Deulofeu when the sides face each other after the Spaniard was ruled out for the rest of the season.

Arsenal beat Portsmouth in the FA Cup on Monday evening so with most of the news centering around that, let’s look at the stories doing the rounds today.