Lee Hurley Archives: 06/2016

Jamie Vardy’s wife has hit out on Twitter after receiving abuse online when it was revealed that Arsenal had activated her husband’s release clause.

With Arsenal activating Jamie Vardy’s release clause, we thought it might be interesting to remind ourselves what sort of things Arsene Wenger has said about the Leicester City man in the past to try and gauge just what’s going on in his head.

David Ospina might not be an Arsenal player for much longer but the shot-stopper was in fine form for his country as they defeated USA 2-0 in the opening game of this year’s Copa America.

Match of the Day presenter, and former Leicester City player (and, let’s never, ever, forget, Tottenham) took to Twitter when the news broke on Friday evening urging Vardy to remain with the Champions and void the ‘perennial also-rans’.

In addition to travelling to the States this summer, Arsenal will be heading Scandinavia to play games in both Norway and Sweden.

If you thought Arsenal triggering Jamie Vardy’s release clause was just one massive bit of banter, then hop off the banter bus because the Ornacle has spoken and it’s true!

His team mates may have stopped him from claiming the assist record that he seemed destined to break, but Mesut Ozil’s haul of 19 during the 15/16 season was still something quite special. Watch them all here.

Arsenal are said to be close to sealing two moves – both away from the club – with David Ospina on the verge of a Besiktas switch and Wojciech Szczesny returning to Roma.

The option that Real Madrid placed into the deal they signed with Juventus which would allow them to buy back Alvaro Morata for €30m is now open and will remain so until June 15th.

You probably know that Arsenal new boy, Granit Xhaka, has a brother who also plays football. Here he is being spooked by a teammate

The French national team have rallied after a section of their support booed Olivier Giroud during their friendly against Cameroon.

Petr Cech played in goal for the Czech Republic as they defeated Russia 2-1 in Innsbruck.

When the German national team was announced, the biggest shock, after the exclusion of Marco Reus (before people knew he was injured), was the inclusion of former Arsenal joker, Lukas Podolski.

With all 24 squads now confirmed for the Euros, let’s take a look at the Arsenal interest at this summer’s tournament.

Robert Lewandowski has admitted that he took inspiration from Thierry Henry when he was growing up.

Alex Iwobi started for Nigeria as they defeated Luxembourg 3-1 on Tuesday evening in the country dubbed ‘Little Switzerland’.

Sporting a physique most of us can only dream of because we’re too lazy and ill-disciplined to put in the hours and stop eating the sweets, we don’t judge Alexis for showing off his abs whenever he can.

Theo Walcott has reacted to the news that he won’t be going to the Euros this summer by getting himself a new fitness coach.

Everton and a number of other clubs, namely Besiktas and ones in France, are said to be eyeing up a move for David Ospina.

Napoli have reportedly entered the race to sign Wojciech Szczesny with the Pole looking increasingly likely to spend next season away from the Emirates again.