Lee Hurley Archives: 07/2018

Per Mertesacker has come out firing in defence of Mesut Ozil who has been turned into a scapegoat for his country’s World Cup failings in Russia this summer.

The sports psychologist who is being credited with changing England’s fortunes at the World Cup is an Arsenal fan.

Santi Cazorla is undergoing pre-season training with Villarreal and the Arsenal fan favourite looks well on his way to an unlikely playing return.

Ryan Huddart played for Bradford on Tuesday night after being released by Arsenal and it didn’t go so well.

Arsenal have signed Sam Greenwood from Sunderland.

Arsenal have signed Matteo Guendouzi from Lorient costing the club €8m (plus bonuses).

Santi Cazorla says he’ll quit if he can’t make it through pre-season training

David Ospina’s agent has given the clearest sign yet that his client will be leaving Arsenal this summer.

The President of the German Football Association (DFB) has demanded that Mesut Ozil explain why he met with Recep Tayyip Erdogan ahead of the World Cup as the Arsenal man continues to be targeted after his country’s failings in Russia and his father says he should quit the national team.

Hugo Keto has signed for Brighton on a two-year deal after the 20-year-old keeper was released by Arsenal.

It’s now a case of ‘when’ not ‘if’ Lucas Torreira will join Arsenal, so what shirt number will the midfielder get when he arrives?

Lazio have become the latest club to be linked with a move for Joel Campbell.

Emmanuel Eboue has allegedly been arrested on suspicion of arson and malicious communications but his agent says it’s all nonsense.

As Mesut Ozil trudged off the pitch against South Korea, a few fans hurled insults in his direction. He’d just been part of the first ever German team to crash out in the group stages of a World Cup and he knew, if the last few weeks had anything to go by, that his life was about to get worse.

It’s the sort of things other clubs do, isn’t it? We’re not used to this sort of thing at Arsenal. Yet here we are. Things certainly have changed around these parts.

Santi Cazorla is closing in on pre-season training with Villarreal as the midfielder looks set for an impossible return to playing at the top level.

Granit Xhaka has hit out at the Swiss FA’s Secretary General after he ‘disappointed dual citizens’ with recent comments claiming that players should have to drop their second country to represent Switzerland.

Lucas Torreira is heading straight to Arsenal for a medical before returning to his home country for a holiday following his World Cup exploits.

With the signing of Lucas Torreira, Arsenal will finish their senior team recruitment however they will also look to bring in a youth player before the window closes.

Arsenal have let Anna Moorhouse join West Ham as they get ready to add Pauline Peyraud-Magnin to their ranks.