Lee Hurley Archives: 12/2019

Arsenal have released their accounts for the year ending 31 May 2019 and it shows a huge drop from a pre-tax profit of £97.4m to a pre-tax loss of £23.5m.

Brendan Rodgers was already in contract talks with Leicester City before Arsenal sacked Unai Emery but it was clear to them it wouldn’t be long before the Gunners came calling.

Ian Wright has been voted off the reality TV show, I’m a Celebrity after finishing bottom in the latest public vote.

Lucas Torreira is a wanted man and there are a number of top clubs willing to pounce on his unhappiness playing out of position under Unai Emery, but will Freddie make him any happier?

If Arsenal want Massimiliano Allegri to be their next manager then they will have to wait as the Italian finally speaks about his futue

Arsenal against Brighton was a lot of things, few of them good as we moved closer to the relegation zone with our first home league defeat of the season, so here are 23 things I noticed from Thursday night.

Lewis Dunk has ‘revealed’ that part of Brighton’s plan to beat Arsenal was to turn the crowd against the home team, tactics that will surely shake the footballing world.

Napoli’s president reportedly had dinner with Massimiliano Allegri and came away from the meeting convinced the manager wants to work abroad for his next assignment.

Joe Montemurro is up for the Barclay’s manager of the Month award after bringing Arsenal through November unbeaten unlike his men’s team counterpart who couldn’t win a game, while two players also get picked for the vote.

Mauricio Pochettino has hinted that his next job is likely to be away from England.

Arsene Wenger has called on Premier League refs to use pitchside monitors as they continue to struggle with using VAR.

Arsene Wenger has revealed that he will, of course, help Freddie Ljungberg should the Swede get in touch.

Who earns what at Arsenal? Let’s take a look at Arsenal’s wages.

Looking through some stats, I thought it an interesting distraction to have a gander at the players Unai Emery picked the most often this season to see if I could make a first XI.

It’s been a few weeks since I updated the yellow card table so let’s see if Arsenal are still picking up more yellows per game than any other side as has been the case all season.

Arsenal hiring Mauricio Pochettino before the end of the season would reportedly see the Argentine forced to repay Tottenham all the money they gave him when they sacked him.

Mohamed Elneny’s agent is reportedly in negotiations with Real Betis as he tries to seal a January move away from Beiktas for his unhappy client.

In his weekly column on The Athletic, David Ornstein says that Arsenal could lean towards Max Allegri as the manager best placed to fix their awful defence but the Italian is said to have concerns about the quality of the Arsenal squad while Arsenal have worries of their own about him.

When Arsene Wenger’s book is released in 2020 there will be mile-long queues comprised of Arsenal fans, desperately seeking answers to some of the biggest mysteries from his time at the club.

Freddie Ljungberg’s first match as Arsenal manager didn’t result in a win but it did give us a lot more entertainment, so here are 22 things I noticed during the game.