Lee Hurley Archives: 10/2022

Arsenal were briefly interested in signing Calvin Bassey from Rangers before the centreback moved to Ajax in the summer.

Real Madrid are finally ready to let Dani Ceballos leave the club for good when his contract expires in the summer according to a report.

Wilfried Zaha could reportedly ‘shun’ contract talks with Crystal Palace as he eyes a big move for free in the summer.

As the World Cup closes in, the English press have become very concerned with the amount of football Bukayo Saka is playing for the club that pays his wages.

Mikel Arteta has urged Ainsley Maitland-Niles to ‘focus’ more on the present if the 25-year-old wants to have a future.

Arsenal are apparently one of a number of clubs showing interest in Rocco Vata who has been described as ‘the jewel’ of Celtic’s youth setup.

Arsenal are currently in talks with William Saliba over a new contract so of course there is a lot of gossip about him in the media, but some of what is being claimed is total nonsense.

Unai Emery and Mauricio Pochettino have both been linked with the now-vacant Aston Villa job with the former Arsenal man said to heading for talks.

Mikel Arteta hailed Granit Xhaka after Arsenal sealed qualification for the knock-out rounds of the Europa League as the Swiss midfielder’s transformation continues.

Kieran Tierney says he is ‘proud’ to have made his 100th appearance for Arsenal even though he didn’t know the milestone was up as he went into the game.

Arsenal are apparently one of a number of clubs watching 16-year-old Brazilian, Endrick, and Gilberto Silva has been speaking about how Arsenal can get ahead of the pack before the player is allowed to leave Brazil when he turns 18.

Arsenal stretched their winning run to eight when they beat Ruud van Nistelrooy’s PSV Eindhoven on Thursday night in their rearranged Europa League game.

Some PSV fans seemed to take losing to Arsenal in the Europa League quite badly with reports of seats being ripped out and images of a flare that was reportedly aimed at Arsenal supporters.

Arsenal have been charged for their part in the drama against Leeds caused by the referee getting both the penalty call and red card decision wrong.

Nuno Tavares is really enjoying his time on loan with Marseille as the Arsenal man finds his feet after receiving ‘essential’ support.

Bukayo Saka seemed to pick up an injury in the second half of Arsenal’s win over PSV Eindhoven, so is the winger ok? Yes, it seems he is.

During the summer transfer window, Arsenal was planning to sign a midfielder – Youri Tielemans from Leicester City but it didn’t work out. This made…

If Arsenal are still interested in signing Youri Tielemans from Leicester in January they are facing a growing list of clubs who are being linked with him as the darker nights brings out all the gossip.

As Arsenal and Gabriel Martinelli work out the details of a new contract, the Brazilian has been linked with a number of clubs, including Chelsea and Real Madrid with former Arsenal man, William Gallas projecting his own fears on to him.

It will always be one of the biggest ‘what ifs’ in football for me – what if Abou Diaby had never met Dan Smith?