Lee Hurley Archives: 07/2016

Just when you think it seems certain that Gonzalo Higuain will be leaving, up pop Napoli to throw a little spanner in the works.

If reports from Italy are to be believed, Monday is set to be a massive day in the saga that is Gonzalo Higiuain.

Sunday was a day filled with a little panic as reports surfaced that Laurent Koscielny had refused a new deal, so clearly wants to leave Arsenal after having his head turned by Bayern Munich’s interest.

If you believe reports that came out over this weekend, Arsenal are trying to spend around £110m on two strikers with a combined age of 57.

According to a report which seemed to start in Italy, Arsenal have offered €18m for Jeison Murillo. Have they really?

On Saturday there was really only one thing that everybody was talking about – Gonzalo Higuain.

L’Equipe are reporting that Riyad Mahrez will not sign a new deal with Leicester as the player wants a ‘new challenge’.

If you think the coverage of the Gonzalo Higuain story is big in the UK media, you should see what’s going on in the Italian.

Isaac Hayden has claimed he left Arsenal for Newcastle because the club had too many midfielders, and even feels that Jack Wilshere will struggle to play next season.

Alexis Sanchez has confirmed that he still has a problem with his ankle after the horrific tackle in the Copa America final, but he can walk on it, so that’s all good, right?

According to reports coming from Spain, Thomas Vermaelen would be open to a return to Arsenal in what, for him, is a bit of tough…

Arsenal have handed midfielder Charlie Gilmour his first professional contract.

Wellington Silva looks set to return to his former club, Fluminense, with a four-year deal agreed.

Dan Crowley is currently in Spain with Oxford as he gets ready for life on loan in League 1.

We all know that a complete and full pre-season is one of the keys to a great campaign, but with a summer filled with international tournaments, who will miss not only pre-season, but the start of the season which is upon us in just under one month?

Australian keeper, Andrew Redmayne, has revealed he was on the verge of signing for Arsenal when they opted to sign Wojciech Szczesny instead, shattering his dreams of playing for the Gunners.

Well, here we are, another Arsenal-less weekend with nothing much but nonsense to discuss.

Earlier this week it was widely reported that Mesut Ozil’s old chairman, Michael Welling from Rot-Weiss Essen, was encouraging the player to leave Arsenal.

Arsenal have signed non league Holmesdale’s boss, Simon Copely, as a full-time coach in the Academy.

It was only this morning we were talking about N’Golo Kante having a choice to make over his future and now it seems that the decision has already been made.