Lee Hurley Archives: 04/2019

Arsenal are reportedly interested in signing Fiorentina’s Jordan Veretout, a player who could cost €25m and used to play for Aston Villa.

Arsenal moved into third place and got revenge for suffering a 5-0 defeat at the hands of Derby by putting five past them on Monday night.

Unai Emery sent large parts of the Spanish sporting press into a bit of a tizzy by simply saying that Barcelona’s Samuel Umtiti is a ‘great player’.

Ivan Gazidis wants to lure Mauricio Pochettino away from Tottenham as it finally becomes clear why he left Arsenal in the first place.

Napoli are set to welcome Lorenzo Insigne back into their squad for their Europa League tie with Arsenal that kicks off this Thursday.

Lucas Torreira was in Italy to watch his former side, Sampdoria, lose at home to Roma on Saturday.

Bournemouth’s manager Eddie Howe has opened the door for Ryan Fraser to leave the club this summer amid reports Arsenal are keen on a move for the winger. 

Arsenal have three players at the top of the FA WSL assists chart – Beth Mead, Vivianne Miedema and Katie McCabe.

Villarreal dropped into the relegation zone in La Liga on Sunday as Santi Cazorla missed an 89th-minute penalty that would have given them a draw and kept them out of the drop zone.

Carlo Ancelotti has called on his Napoli side to up their game ahead of their match against Arsenal after they drew 1-1 at home with Genoa on Sunday.

Arsenal have the chance to draw level on points with Liverpool and overtake Monday’s opponents when the u23s take on Derby County at Meadow Park.

Arsenal will face Napoli on Thursday night without Granit Xhaka or Laurent Koscielny after Unai Emery gave updates on the fitness of the two players.

Arsenal are reportedly looking at signing Wesley to replace Danny Welbeck whom some outlets claim will be allowed to leave in the summer.

Robert Pires has admitted Arsenal contacted Carlo Ancelotti before they ultimately hired Unai Emery, and the Italian is a manager Pires would have liked to play for.

Arsenal blew the chance to go third when they lost 1-0 at Goodison Park on Sunday afternoon, making nobody feel confident about their chances of sealing top four.

Mesut Ozil’s stats from his last four games are showing a marked improvement when compared to his stats from earlier in the season.

Unai Emery believes he can make Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette even better goalscorers by using methods he’s previously employed with Kylian Mbappe, David Villa, Edinson Cavani and others.

Arsenal could have signed Sadio Mane in 2012 according to a report from Senegal but they didn’t because Giles Grimandi didn’t think he was impressive enough.

Arsenal’s goalkeeper, Pauline Peyraud-Magnin, picked up a knee injury while playing for France on Thursday, forcing her off in the 22nd minute and it looks like her season could be over.

I don’t miss Arsene Wenger as Arsenal manager, but I do miss his press conferences and the insight he delivered on issues as diverse as racism in football and global warming, so his recent talk at the Olympia is worth taking in in its entirety.