Lee Hurley Archives: 09/2018

Peter Cech’s ability with the ball at his feet has come under intense scrutiny this season, mainly because he’s making a hash of it, but he’s also being asked to play the ball more than any of his peers.

Arsenal are ‘locked in a chase’ for young Nigerian starlet Akinkunmi Amoo as well as Samson Tijani and Olatomi Olaniyan according to media reports in the country.

On Thursday afternoon it was reported that a ruling has been handed down in Brussels that could change the face of football as we know it in the same way the Bosman ruling altered the game forever.

Just a week after the close of the transfer window and with only one Bundesliga appearance in just over a year, it’s unlikely Hinds will look back on his time with Wolfsburg fondly.

Francis Coquelin looks well on his way to full fitness after he was snapped pulling off an impressive volley during training.

AC Milan have reportedly set a deadline for Ivan Gazidis to make up his mind about their €4m-a-year offer to leave Arsenal and join them as their new CEO.

David Ospina revealed that he had other offers to leave Arsenal but opted for Napoli on loan.

According to the Times, Unai Emery is growing increasingly frustrated with Ivan Gazidis’ prevarication over a move to AC Milan.

The FAWSL returns this weekend in its all-new guise as a professional league and ahead of Arsenal’s mouth-watering tie with Liverpool on Sunday, Beth Mead has been speaking about the rise of women’s football and the upcoming season.

Just in case we weren’t clear the first time he said it, Toni Kroos wants us all to know that he saw no signs of racism within the DfB so we shouldn’t believe anyone who claimed they did.

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Nigeria’s manager Gernot Rohr won’t call up any replacements for Alex Iwobi, Ola Aina and William Troost Ekong, who all withdrew from the Super Eagles squad for their AFCON qualifier.

Former Arsenal midfielder Nacer Barazite has signed a deal with Al Jazira.

Per Mertesacker has doubled-down on his claims there is no form of racism within the German set-up and even claimed he has been called names too but it was ‘just a bit of fun’.

The season has barely got started and instead of talking about round five of the Premier League, we’re twiddling our thumbs and talking about an international tournament nobody cares about or wants.

UEFA will not force Vorskla Poltava to play their Europa League games in a more accessible location meaning Arsenal fans will face quite the journey to watch their team in action this season.

Beth Mead found the net twice as England beat Kazakhstan 6-0 to finish their World Cup qualifying group in style.

Arsenal have reportedly been in touch regarding midfielder, James Rodriguez, who is struggling on loan with Bayern Munich this season.

Granit Xhaka apologised to the people of Switzerland for his double-headed eagle celebration against Serbia in the World Cup but when Liverpool’s Xherdan Shaqiri tried to do the same he ended up insulting them.

Granit Xhaka has vowed to ‘never again’ celebrate for Switzerland using the Albanian eagle.