Lee Hurley Archives: 03/2019

Stephan Lichtsteiner is alive and well and about to captain his national team once again.

Petr Cech believes English sides are doing so well in Europe because of the relentless competitiveness of the Premier League but what about all the years English clubs were crap in Europe?

Former Arsenal man, and fan favourite, Olivier Giroud is not happy being back up at Chelsea and could be available on a free transfer this summer.

Alex Iwobi came in for heavy criticism following his childish reaction to Rennes Hamari Traore on Thursday night however the Nigerian will not be issuing an apology anytime soon and has explained why.

Monchi’s return to Sevilla is expected to be announced in the ‘coming days’ leaving Arsenal fans wondering what the hell has gone on after he had an agreement to join us in London.

A story is doing the rounds claiming Arsenal have agreed to sign Marcelo Flores from Ipswich and the 15-year-old will join his sisters, Silvana and Tatiana who are already at the club, however, we actually signed him last summer.

Carlo Ancelotti has called Napoli’s quarter-final against Arsenal in the Europa League a ‘difficult but very fascinating challenge’.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang can’t wait to face his friends in the Europa League quarter-final after Arsenal were drawn against Napoli.

Danielle Carter returned to action on Thursday night for Arsenal for the first time in 10 months.

It’s hard to talk about the accusations against Ronaldo without acknowledging the Arsenal-shaped elephant in the room – Robin van Persie.

Laurent Koscielny has highlighted what Unai Emery has Arsenal doing differently that is allowing them to pick up more points against other top six sides.

Alexis Sanchez will leave Manchester United in June despite his contract running until 2022 according to a report from Italy.

Over a year ago, Nick Cohen wrote a piece for The Guardian saying football fans should be asking hard questions about the money behind leading clubs but that still doesn’t look like it will be happening any time soon.

Rennes will welcome their captain Benjamin Andre back into their squad for the game against Arsenal after the player was suspended against Caen.

Zenit St Petersburg’s President Alexander Medvedev has admitted they are interested in signing Henrikh Mkhitaryan.

Arsenal are reportedly in talks with Ituano over the transfer of 17-year-old Brazilian ‘wonderkid’ Gabriel Martinelli.

Arsenal have reportedly ‘stepped up’ their chase of Norwich’s 21-year-old defender, Ben Godfrey.

No matter what Mauricio Pochettino now says about Spurs ‘real level’ being exposed, at the turn of the year he was talking about Tottenham as title challengers. Now, only a dodgy refereeing call and poor Aubameyang penalty keeps them above Arsenal in the league.

When Arsene Wenger first said that the top four was like a trophy he was not only widely misquoted but also roundly criticised across large sections of the media.

Arsenal had scouts in Italy to watch Suso once again as his AC Milan side beat Chievo 2-1 on Saturday.