Lee Hurley Archives: 08/2016

Wojciech Szczesny returned to the Roma starting lineup for their 4-0 win over Udinese in Serie A after missing their Champions League game due to a lack of match fitness.

Serge Gnabry scored his penalty against Brazil in the final of the Rio Olympics Men’s Football tournament but had to watch on as the hosts won the shoot-out thanks to Neymar.

You wouldn’t think you could learn anything from a performance that was a carbon copy of a thousand we’ve watched before, but we did.

Arsene Wenger took a dig at the price Manchester City paid for John Stones while also taking aim at those calling for him to spend money, those who believe you can only buy good players if you pay a lot and basically anyone else who had some transfer-related questions in tetchy post-Leicester interviews.

Arsene Wenger has admitted that Arsenal are in negotiations for Shkodran Mustafi from Valencia.

An actual football Saturday means there is real stuff to talk about.

Arsenal travelled to Leicester knowing that if they were to stop an implosion in their fanbase, they dare not lose.

Can a game be ‘must win when it’s only the second of the season?

Arsenal’s u23s lost again in Premier League 2 after they were beaten 1-0 by Manchester City on Friday night.

As Arsenal look for a striker in the transfer window, one that they already have has been nowhere to be seen with the club saying nothing about his absence until now when we learn, shock horror, that Yaya Sanogo is injured!

TuttoMercatoWeb are reporting that Wolfsburg are set to accept an Arsenal bid of £41.9m for Julian Draxler, a player we all know wants to leave the German side.

Joel Campbell is expected to complete his loan move to Sporting Club de Portugal next week after the media in the country reported that he has already arrived in the country and is expected to undergo a medical some time after the weekend.

Mark Clattenburg, the referee with a Champions League tattoo who is regarded as the best referee in England, will take charge of Arsenal’s first ‘must-win’ game of a season that will only be two games old this weekend.

Picking an Arsenal team when you’ve got choices is enough to drive you crazy. We give it a go anyway.

The internet is claiming Riyad Mahrez rejected Arsenal, but they didn’t even give him the chance to

A report in Spain is claiming that Wolfsburg could actually be open to selling Julian Draxler after all if they land Simone Zaza in addition to Mario Gomez.

Another Arsenal transfer saga has ended as Riyad Mahrez signed a new deal to stay at Leicester until 2020, confirming what we said all along – he’d be going nowhere.

Arsenal have allegedly been told that it will take €15m to land Simon Kjaer from Fenerbahce as they continue to be linked with back up options in case the Shkodran Mustafi deal goes south, but that seems unlikely as we explain.

After a few relatively quiet days on the Shkodran Mustafi front it all got a little more frenetic on Wednesday as new developments were being reported, although the truth of them is still to be determined.

James Olley is reporting that a source close to the Alisher Usmanov camp has denied that there s any truth to the rumour that the Arsenal majority shareholder is looking to sell his shares so he can join his chum at Everton.