Lee Hurley Archives: 04/2018

Arsenal v Stoke was so boring for the first hour that I started writing this article before the halftime whistle had even blown.

Arsene Wenger blamed the fact that it was Easter Sunday for the large number of empty seats at Ashburton Grove on Sunday but is the manager just fooling himself?

When David Ospina was named in the starting lineup in the Premier League game against Stoke at the weekend my first instinct was that he had been dropped from the Europa League as Wenger got serious about the competition.

Max Meyer is reportedly keen on a move to Arsenal this summer when his Schalke contract expires.

Sami Mokbel in the Daily Mail has torn into Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang for his selfless decision to give his confidence-suffering teammate the chance to score from the spot against Stoke.

Arsenal made hard work of their game against relegation fodder, Stoke, on Easter Sunday. The match was dire for the first hour until Alexandre Lacazette’s introduction sparked the side into life. But on a day of poor performances across the team, who was the worst?

Mathieu Debuchy found the back of the net for Saint Etienne once again, scoring his second goal for his new team as his revival continues.

Arsenal will have to move quickly if they want to sign Napoli’s Elseid Hysaj as Napoli are trying to get him to sign a new contract that would see his release clause increase from £44m to £70m (€80m).

Arsenal have reportedly made an offer to Real Madrid for Keylor Navas as they search for a keeper to replace Petr Cech and David Ospina.

Alex Iwobi has been criticised by the Nigeria national team manger for trying to be too individual and do too much on his own.