Lee Hurley Archives: 08/2022

Mikel Arteta has hailed Stan Kroenke’s ownership of Arsenal saying it is ‘as good as I’ve seen in football’ with the Gunners sitting second in the transfer spend table across Europe.

Chelsea have reportedly submitted a bid of £15m as they try to sign Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang from Barcelona.

Craig Pawson will take charge of Arsenal’s game against Bournemouth on Saturday and he will be ‘assisted’ by Paul Tierney on VAR.

There isn’t that much going on as we wait for Mikel Arteta’s pre-Bournemouth press conference, but here’s a roundup of what’s making the headlines today.

Manchester United are reportedly interested in Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang who had ‘nothing to say’ when asked about the rumours of Chelsea’s interest.

When  Monreal signed for Arsenal in 2013, he was brought in early due to a defensive injury crisis but the man known as ‘Cabra’ as a kid made himself a real cult hero with the Arsenal fans.

Barcelona will accept an offer for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang from Chelsea in the region of half what they paid for Robert Lewandowski, according to a report.

Houssem Aouar is on the verge of signing for Nottingham Forest two years after he was supposedly meant to sign for Arsenal.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang will not be leaving Barcelona to join Chelsea according to a report in AS, at least, not at the minute.

Manchester City apparently want to buy Kieran Tierney to replace Oleksandr Zinchenko who joined Arsenal earlier in the summer.

Granit Xhaka is relishing life in a new position after grabbing a goal and an assist as Arsenal beat Leicester 4-2 at the Emirates but Mikel Arteta has said that Fabio Vieira will also play in that role.

Villarreal’s manager, Unai Emery, has admitted they will sell wonderkid Yeremy Pino if a big enough offer comes in.

Mikel Arteta has heaped even more praise on William Saliba as the youngster put in another great display against Leicester City, never letting his head drop after scoring an unfortunate own goal.

Sandro Tonali has responded to reports that Arsenal are interested in signing him after it was claimed the Gunners had met with AC Milan.

Arsenal have been censured for a second time by the Advertising Standards Authority over ads for ‘fan tokens’ that were said to have ‘ taken advantage of fans’ inexperience’ while also failing to make clear that the tokens were cryptoassets that required the purchase of another cryptocurrency.

Arsenal have hired former Manchester City Airport boss, Karen Smart, as their new chief operating officer.

Arsenal are interested in signing the defensive midfielder Sandro Tonali from AC Milan according to a report from Italy.

Real Madrid man Isco has finally found a new home which means the media can stop linking him with Arsenal.

The FA’s probe into betting patterns around a yellow card picked up by Granit Xhaka was passed on to the National Crime Agency a few months ago after a six month investigation and the NCA are now probing links to the Albanian mafia.

Mikel Arteta is the second fastest Arsenal manager to reach 50 league wins with the club after his side’s 2-0 win over Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park on Friday evening.