Lee Hurley Archives: 10/2016

Arsenal are reportedly back scouting Mario Lemina, a player they allegedly offered €16m for during the summer transfer window.

Laurent Koscielny played the full match for France as they beat Bulgaria 4-1 in their World Cup qualifying game.

Werder Bremen have admitted that they already held ‘initial talks’ with Per Mertesacker as the speculation regarding the future of Arsenal’s non-playing captain.

Arsenal are said to be still interested in signing Goncalo Guedes with Manchester United now replacing Manchester City in the sub-editors headline bag.

Napoli’s president, Aurelio De Laurentiis has admitted that he turned down an offer from Arsenal for Gonzalo Higuain this summer.

Nacho Monreal has been drafted in by Spain after Jordi Alba had to withdraw from the squad with injury after their 1-1 draw against Italy in Turin.

Tottenham have been handed an apparent massive boost ahead of their first cup final against Arsenal this season with the news that Harry Kane should make his return from an ankle injury in that game.

Arsene Wenger has reportedly sent scouts to watch Nice defender, Malang Sarr, a player linked with Chelsea and AC Milan recently.

Hector Bellerin has returned to training after the internet feared he had picked up a serious injury

Jamie Vardy has been speaking, again, about his move to Arsenal that never happened.

Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez will demand £250k per week, shattering Arsenal’s wage structure according to reports that were just about everywhere you looked online.

David Ospina kept a cleansheet as Colombia beat Paraguay, away, 1-0, then posted a picture of him celebrating in the dressing room.

Alex Iwobi appears to have finally settled on a number with Nigeria after already switching twice.

Arsenal are reportedly going to try and sign Riyad Mahrez in January after ‘missing out’ on him in the summer ever though they never actually put a bid in for him in the first place.

Imagine my surprise when, after a few days off, I return to see headlines claiming that Per Mertesacker has said he will consider leaving Arsenal in January.

Calum Chamber’s took to his Facebook account to reveal how ‘buzzing’ he was after England’s u21s sealed their place at the 2017 Euro Finals which will take place in Poland in June next year.

Yaya Sanogo has used his official Facebook account to send well wishes to Crystal Palace’s Pape Souare who is set to miss a number of months after being involved in a car accident last month.

Alex Iwobi is expected to be nominated for the Africa Player of the Year award and former Nigeria coach, Sunday Oliseh, thinks he could win it.

Arsenal tried to sign Manuel Locatelli during the summer, so who is he?

David Dein has revealed that he was the driving force behind the push to get Rangers and Celtic admitted to the Premier League, but has admitted that it is probably not going to happen now.