Lee Hurley Archives: 04/2017

Michael Oliver will take charge of Arsenal’s trip to Crystal Palace on Monday night, so what can both sides expect from the official?

Arsenal are ‘set to move’ for Nottingham Forest’s £10m-rated teenager, Ben Brereton according to reports in Sunday’s papers.

Arsenal’s Takuma Asano scored a brace on Sunday afternoon as Stuttgart beat Karlsruher 2-0.

Arsenal have a great chance to get back-to-back wins when they travel to an injury-ravaged Crystal Palace on Monday night.

Birmingham’s manager, Gianfranco Zola, has confirmed that the club want to extend Krystian Bielik’s loan for another season.

Arsene Wenger has been bigging up Theo Walcott, claiming the Arsenal man ‘has quality’ and could captain England.

Mesut Ozil has told the Mail on Sunday that Arsenal are aware they need to strengthen ahead of the new season, but that isn’t the most important thing for the club.

Mesut Ozil has said that he wants to win the Premier League and Champions League with Arsenal in a lengthy interview that gives the clearest indication of where his future lies.

Tottenham fans and pundits have been saying that this would be ‘their year’ for as long as anyone can remember but it looks as if, with Arsenal in full-blown crisis mode, this could actually be the one.

Marseille are reportedly willing to pay €40m for Olivier Giroud as Rudi Garcia embarks on a rebuild programme.

It was a much better week for Arsenal this week than over recent times. So let’s take a look at what’s hot and what’s not in the world of Arsenal…

Andy Cole, who started life as a footballer at Arsenal before making a name with himself with Newcastle United and Manchester United, has undergone a kidney transplant.

Franck Kessie’s agent has confirmed that the player is wanted by a ton of clubs and, cryptically, said he’s close to many clubs and none’.

Arsenal spent just over £10m on agent fees between 2 February, 2016 and 31 January, 2017.

Luton Town will look to ensure that any future loan deals agreed do not contain a recall option after Matt Macey was called back to Arsenal.

Corentin Tolisso has said that a move to England ‘interests’ him after previously saying he dreams of moving to Arsenal (or Real Madrid or Bacelona).

Olivier Giroud’s agent has denied there is anything going on between the player and Marseille after reports emerged that Rudi Garcia had been on the phone to him.

Arsenal youngster, Kelechi Nwakali scored the opening goal for MVV Maastricht but could not stop his side losing 2-1 to Den Bosch in a Dutch second division game in Holland on Friday.

David Ospina has reportedly responded ‘positively’ to an approach from Fenerbahce according to a report from Turkey.

Arsene Wenger met with the press ahead of Arsenal’s game against Crystal Palace on Monday night.