Lee Hurley Archives: 05/2016

Robert Pires’ son, Theo, has signed official registration papers with Arsenal.

Gedion Zelalem will start for Rangers when they meet Hibs in the Scottish FA Cup Final this afternoon.

The guy who leaked the photos of Granit Xhaka posing for his official Arsenal photoshoot claims that there will be three shirt changes when the new season starts and that Xhaka will wear the number 34.

Wojciech Szczesny has told the Italian press that he ‘learned more in six months with Spalletti that in ten years at Arsenal.’

So it’s just a few steps away from being official – Granit Xhaka is an Arsenal player.

When Valon Demiri tweeted photos of Arsenal’s new signing, Granit Xhaka, posing in his new kit for the official photographs, that was enough excitement for most. But what many missed was the fact he was wearing Arsenal’s NEW home kit

If you had any doubt that Arsenal were about to land Granit Xhaka, then remove them from your head because he’s currently posing for pictures with his new Arsenal kit.

While everyone wonders just what big name striker signing Arsene Wenger will make, the Mirror are linking him with a move for AZ Alkmaar’s Vincent Janssen instead.

Germany manager, Joachim Low, has urged Mario Gotze to think about moving clubs to help his career, as Arsenal and Liverpool continue to be heavily linked with the Bayern Munich man.

With Mikel Arteta about to hang up his playing boots and move into coaching, it seems like he is about to join Manchester City despite having an offer from Arsenal (and Tottenham) according to Marca in Spain.

Mauricio Pochettino has said that Spurs’s collapse at Newcastle was down to a ‘mental’ problem as the final day just keeps getting funnier and funnier.

Twitter exploded at 2pm today as Arsenal fans learned that Theo Walcott was not included in the Arsenal squad for the game against Aston Villa.

The final game of the season has arrived and, for Aston Villa, it will be their final Premier League game for at least 15 months assuming they win promotion in their first Championship season.

As the season comes to an end, most people are sitting around waiting to moan about the new kit, is this it?

Arsenal are said to be watching Lyon’s midfielder, Corentin Tolisso along with Southampton and Napoli.

The Arsenal fanbase were rocked this week with the news that Danny Welbeck will spend the next nine months on the sidelines after wrecking his knee, so what exactly is his problem?

Arsenal are said to have an ‘outside chance’ of landing Zlatan Ibrahimovic this summer as the megastar with the mega ego gets ready to move on from PSG.

If Arsenal land Granit Xhaka from Borussia Monchengladbach, they would set a new record for the most money paid for a Swiss player.

Arsenal’s long-term interest in Alvaro Morata will come to an end when the player signs for Manchester United if you believe reports in the Guardian this weekend.

Aston Villa rock up at the Emirates on Sunday for their last Premier League match for at least 15 months. Here’s their manager on the game ahead.