Lee Hurley Archives: 08/2019

Fenerbahce are the latest side to be linked with a loan move for Shkodran Mustafi as it becomes even clearer the German is not wanted at Arsenal.

Robin van Persie, without a hint of shame, sat in the studios of BTSport and declared that the reason he left Arsenal was because the club never offered him a new contract but if he thinks Arsenal fans have forgotten what really happened, he’s an even bigger idiot than I imagined.

David Luiz praised the humility at Arsenal after making his debut for the side on Saturday in a comment I’m deliberately choosing to see as a dig at arrogant players at Chelsea.

Meet Milan Guendouzi, Matteo’s younger brother who also plays football and sports a hairstyle just like his older sibling.

Arsenal considered signing Ecuador defender Robert Arboleda as they were trying to sign David Luiz according to reports from Brazil.

Dani Ceballos deservedly picked up the Man of the Match award for his performance against Burnley on Saturday afternoon.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has posted a video of Chris Willock and Reiss Nelson working out after the Arsenal game with some rather bizarre commentary that tells me the forward is a little bit high on the excitement of scoring his second goal in two games.

Arsenal collected another three points to keep up their 100% start, winning their opening two games for the first time in 10 years with a 2-1 win over Burnley on Saturday afternoon.

Earlier this morning I published a post covering David Luiz’s Arsenal initiation song only to find, to my delight, that videos of Dani Ceballos and Nicolas Pepe doing the same were also online.

Lifelong Leeds fan and former centre forward for the club, Noel Whelan, was really excited to see Eddie Nketiah play (and score) for the club during the week declaring ‘The hype is real!’

At most football clubs it’s ‘tradition’ that you get up on a chair and sing a song in front of your new teammates when you move to a new club.

Daniel Ballard has suffered a suspected meniscus injury in his knee and has reportedly returned to Arsenal for treatment as he faces up to five months on the sidelines.

Santi Cazorla has changed his Villarreal shirt number for the new season, moving from 19 to 8.

There was a time when football wasn’t everywhere and we soaked up what little information we could find like thirsty little sponges. In that vein, 50 Years of Shoot! is a time-machine, catapulting you back to your youth.

Former Arsenal women’s manager, Shelley Kerr, admits she would ‘do things differently’ after she reportedly reduced some of Scotland’s World Cup players to tears following their World Cup elimination and ‘a few drinks’.

Sol Campbell left Macclesfield Town after eight-and-a-half months as manager because he had not been paid for almost half that time according to reports.

Former Chelsea player and manager Gianfranco Zola has claimed Arsenal signing David Luiz is ‘brilliant’ and believes there is nobody like him for breaking the lines from the back.

Kelechi Nwakali IS in talks with SD Huesca over a move to Spain according to his brother/agent who just last week said there was no truth to the rumours at all.

Mesut Ozil and Sead Kolasinac have both returned to training but it’s not clear yet if they will be involved in Saturday’s game against Burnley.

Jack Wilshere pays former Arsenal physio Declan Lynch to fly over from Ireland twice a week to help him improve his fitness. Lynch left Arsenal…