Lee Hurley

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Lee Hurley has been a professional writer for nearly 30 years and established LadyArse.com, DailyCannon’s former inception, in 2008. He has been an Arsenal supporter since 1987 and has written for The Guardian, Vice, Huck, Paddy Power, The Mirror, Metro and the Gooner Fanzine amongst many others and also co-owns TransWrites.world.

Watch: All 19 of Mesut Ozil’s 15/16 assists

His team mates may have stopped him from claiming the assist record that he seemed destined to break, but Mesut Ozil's haul of 19 during the 15/16 season was still something quite special. Watch them all here.

Arsenal close to striking two goalkeeper deals

Arsenal are said to be close to sealing two moves – both away from the club – with David Ospina on the verge of a Besiktas switch and Wojciech Szczesny returning to Roma.

Alvaro Morata €30m buy-back option now open

The option that Real Madrid placed into the deal they signed with Juventus which would allow them to buy back Alvaro Morata for €30m is now open and will remain so until June 15th.

Watch: Xhaka’s brother scared by ‘monster’

You probably know that Arsenal new boy, Granit Xhaka, has a brother who also plays football. Here he is being spooked by a teammate
France's forward Olivier Giroud drinks after a training session in Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines on March 26, 2016 ahead of a friendly football match against Russia. / AFP / FRANCK FIFE (Photo credit should read FRANCK FIFE/AFP/Getty Images)

French team rally around Giroud after boos

The French national team have rallied after a section of their support booed Olivier Giroud during their friendly against Cameroon.

Watch: Cech concedes, Rosicky scores

Petr Cech played in goal for the Czech Republic as they defeated Russia 2-1 in Innsbruck.

Podolski: It’s an outrage to call me a mascot!

When the German national team was announced, the biggest shock, after the exclusion of Marco Reus (before people knew he was injured), was the inclusion of former Arsenal joker, Lukas Podolski.

Arsenal players at the Euros – who’s in, who’s not

With all 24 squads now confirmed for the Euros, let’s take a look at the Arsenal interest at this summer’s tournament.

Lewandowski: Henry my inspiration

Robert Lewandowski has admitted that he took inspiration from Thierry Henry when he was growing up.

Iwobi starts as Nigeria win

Alex Iwobi started for Nigeria as they defeated Luxembourg 3-1 on Tuesday evening in the country dubbed ‘Little Switzerland’.
Alex Iwobi and Alexis Sanchez of Arsenal

Alexis posts hilarious shirtless photo with coach

Sporting a physique most of us can only dream of because we're too lazy and ill-disciplined to put in the hours and stop eating the sweets, we don't judge Alexis for showing off his abs whenever he can.

Walcott hires Chelsea captain’s trainer ahead of new season

Theo Walcott has reacted to the news that he won’t be going to the Euros this summer by getting himself a new fitness coach.
David Ospina

Ospina is a wanted man

Everton and a number of other clubs, namely Besiktas and ones in France, are said to be eyeing up a move for David Ospina.
Wojciech Szczesny

Napoli phone Szczesny

Napoli have reportedly entered the race to sign Wojciech Szczesny with the Pole looking increasingly likely to spend next season away from the Emirates again.

Chambers named in Team of the Toulon Tournament

Calum Chambers has had quite the week, and it just got better.

Aaron Ramsey gets new hair colour ahead of Euros

Alex Song claims his wife once told him to dye his hair blonde so he would stand out more on the pitch (she should have told him to be better at football as that would have worked too) and it seems as if Aaron Ramsey has followed suit.

Xhaka changes his Arsenal shirt number to 29

Arsenal have revealed that Granit Xhaka will wear the number 29 next season and not 16 as they previously announced.
LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 26: Jack Wilshere of Arsenal looks on during the Emirates Cup match between Arsenal and VfL Wolfsburg at the Emirates Stadium on July 26, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by David Rogers/Getty Images)

Wilshere makes Euro squad

Jack Wilshere has been named in the England squad for Euro 2016 and looks set to end the summer having played considerably more minutes for his country than his club.

Watch: Giroud scores great goal, discusses being booed

Olivier Giroud was booed and scored a great goal playing for France in a friendly on Monday night.
Mesut Ozil of Arsenal takes on Dele Alli of Tottenham during the Barclays Premier League match between Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal at White Hart Lane on March 5, 2016 in London, England.

Ozil: It was nice to finish above Tottenham, I’m proud to be Player of...

Mesut Ozil has revealed that finishing above Tottenham was a 'nice end to the campaign but that he would have preferred to win the league.

Ozil in German squad for Euros as he reveals why he didn’t play v...

Germany manager Joachim Low surprised no-one with the inclusion of Mesut Ozil in his squad for the Euros but he did offer a few other surprises.

Bellerin: I am a mixture of Barcelona and Arsenal

With Hector Bellerin receiving his call up to the Spain Euro squad after Dani Carvajal was ruled out because of the injury he picked up in the Champions League final, it looks as if the speculation linking the youngster with a return to Spain won’t be settling down any time soon.
Arsenal's Spanish midfielder Mikel Arteta (L) and Spanish defender Hector Bellerin (R) attend a training session at the London Colney, North London, on November 3, 2014, on the eve of the UEFA Champions League Group D football match between Arsenal and Anderlecht. AFP PHOTO/GLYN KIRK (Photo credit should read GLYN KIRK/AFP/Getty Images)

Bellerin: Arteta and his wife adopted me

Hector Bellerin has revealed that when he first moved to London, Mikel Arteta and his wife, Lorena Bernal, ‘adopted’ him and helped him settle.

Watch: Chambers wins Toulon Tournament with England u21s

Calum Chambers was part of the England u21 side that beat France 2-1 at the weekend to win the Toulon Tournament for the first time since before Calum was born.

Ozil features on Kinder Egg ahead of Euros

Kinder have released some special edition eggs ahead of the Euros this summer and Mesut Ozil’s face is one of the players that they’ve chosen to feature.

Akpom wins promotion with Hull

Chuba Akpom was part of the Hull squad that won promotion back to the Premier League on Saturday at Wembley.

Flamini discussing contract extension with Arsenal – report

Mathieu Flamini has given an interview in France and in it, the journalist mentions that the midfielder is discussing an extension with the club.

Campbell claims assist as Costa Rica win

Joel Campbell grabbed an assist for his country as they beat Venezuela 2-1. Watch the highlights here.

Alexis suffers shock defeat with Chile

Alexis Sanchez was helpless to stop his side lose 2-1 against Jamaica in a friendly in the early hours of Saturday morning ahead of the Copa America Centenario.

Bellerin’s Barcelona comments ripe for twisting – what he really said

Hector Bellerin has been speaking to the media in Spain and his comments have left enough space for just about every dodgy media outlet in the country to misrepresent them.

Calum Chambers captains England u21s to final

Calum Chambers was captain of England u21s as they made the final of the Toulon Tournament on Friday afternoon

Ferguson hails Wenger

Sir Alex Ferguson has hailed Arsene Wenger once again.

CONFIRMED: Iwobi the latest to get new shirt number

Alex Iwobi has become the latest Arsenal player to change his shirt number, this time changing from 45 to Alexis's old number, 17.

Cech breaks Czech appearance record, Rosicky starts

Petr Cech is now the most-capped player in Czech history after being handed a start in their friendly against Malta.

CONFIRMED: Xhaka’s shirt number announced

Despite everyone thinking that Granit Xhaka would be getting the number 34 shirt that he wore in Germany, Arsenal have announced that he will take Aaron Ramsey's 16 after the Welshman moved to 8.

Basel get £5m windfall after Xhaka transfer

Swiss side, FC Basel, are set to rake in around £5m (7.6m Swiss Francs) from the transfer of Granit Xhaka to Arsenal.

Suarez with eyes for one club amid reported Arsenal interest

Reports in Spain today are claiming that Barcelona are considering buying Denis Suarez back for €3m and then selling him on to Arsenal or Tottenham for €20m.

Leicester player gets linked with Arsenal, then gets injured

It sometimes seems like you only have to mention the name of player in the same breath as saying ’Arsenal’ and their leg will fall off, and that seems to be what’s happened to Leicester’s Ben Chilwell.

Watch: Podolski wins Turkish Cup for Galatasaray

If there's one thing we all know Lukas Podolski can do, it's finish, especially when the pressure is on.

FA Cup quarter-final replays scrapped

The FA have announced that there will be no replays in the FA Cup for quarter-final games from next year.