Lee Hurley Archives: 02/2017

Rafa Benitez is only focused on Newcastle after a few media outlets ran a rather curious story claiming Arsenal were considering him and Thierry Henry to take over from Arsene Wenger.

Arsene Wenger told the media at his pre-Champions League press conference that Arsenal ‘are capable of dealing’ with the German giants.

After a two-month break, the Champions League is back with Arsenal’s annual trip to Bavaria.

On Tuesday morning before they headed off to Munich, Arsenal players were pictured training but Lucas Perez was nowhere to be seen.

Mesut Ozil has found an unlikely ally in Rio Ferdinand, who has said the German is being made a a scapegoat for problems at Arsenal.

Xabi Alonso has made a miraculous recovery after having to be helped from the training pitch on Monday and now looks in contention to feature against Arsenal.

Per Mertesacker has stated the obvious by telling Arsenal they need to get better defensively but at least he didn’t sugar-coat things.

Yaya Sanogo is alive and well and training on his own at London Colney but the existence of Lucas Perez is still open to debate.

Shkodran Mustafi is confident that Arsenal can get a result when they face Bayern Munich in the Allianz on Wednesday night showing just how new he is to life in the last 16 of the competition with Arsenal.

Bayern Munich look like they could well be without Xabi Alonso after the midfielder picked up a knee injury in training on Monday.

Jens Lehmann believes that Arsenal should be favourites for their game against Bayern Munich if for no other reason than the ‘law of averages’.

Mark Clattenburg could quit the UK because of the intense scrutiny that referees apparently come under according to an exclusive in today’s Daily Mail.

As Leicester fell again this weekend without finding the back of the net, a lot of Arsenal fans attention turned back to Jamie Vardy and his decision to reject Arsenal.

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Shkodran Mustafi, Granit Xhaka and Hector Bellerin got totally schooled by a 17-year-old female freestyler as part of a nutmeg challenge in partnership with Citroën.

Arsenal had scouts at Benfica’s latest match on Friday with speculation growing about who they could be there watching.

Harry Redknapp decided this was the weekend he should declare that Tottenham will definitely finish above Arsenal and now he thinks Thierry Henry, with his zero managerial experience, should replace Arsene Wenger.

Petr Cech’s agent, Viktor Kolar, has confirmed that the goalkeeper will stay at the club until at least the end of his current contract in 2019.

Jamie Redknapp has used his column in the Daily Fail to explain how he thought Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain would have to leave Arsenal to further his career but now that he’s watched him he thinks he should be the future of Arsenal’s midfield.

Arsene Wenger has admitted that Mesut Ozil is struggling with his confidence but is he still feeling the effects of his recent illness?

Pep Guardiola has said that Jack Wilshere left a ‘massive impression’ when Arsenal played Barcelona, despite claiming at the time that he had plenty just like him in his B ranks.