Lee Hurley Archives: 08/2019

Arsenal and Unai Emery are optimistic that Alexandre Lacazette will be fit to face Newcastle when the Premier League kicks off next weekend.

Compared to last weekend, this one was relatively quiet in the land of Arsenal as we were only trying to sign Barcelona’s most expensive player ever on loan while we offered Mauro Icardi €10m-a-year.

Neil Lennon has revealed that Kieran Tierney’s recovery from injury is taking longer than expected.

As Arsenal announced Nicolas Pepe and the memes featuring him alongside Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette started to surface, I couldn’t help but think to myself ‘we’ve come a long way since the Banter Years of Nicklas Bendtner, Marouane Chamakh and Carlos Vela’.

Newcastle United could be without the influential Matt Ritchie when Arsenal arrive for the sides’ Premier League opener next weekend.

Arsenal’s shirt is the sixth most popular in football, selling an average of 800,000 a year but they are behind Liverpool who have seen their shirt sales soar after their Champions League exploits.

Arsenal star Beth Mead has spoken of her pride at taking up an ambassadorial role with Whitby Town and hopes she can help them reach a new level, both on and off the pitch.

Arsenal have finally got around to announcing Takuma Asano’s departure from the club even though his move was complete before the end of July.

Tony Cascarino, who continues to be paid as a ‘football expert’, has picked out Bernd Leno as a major week spot at Arsenal despite the keeper being ranked as one of the best in the Premier League in his first season in England.

Barcelona waived their sell-on fee for Hector Bellerin as part of the deal that saw Cesc Fabregas sign for the La Liga side in 2011.

Arsenal reportedly look set to release Kelechi Nwakali for free with SD Huesca looking likely to pick up the player.

Last week, according to Gianluigi Longari, ‘Sportitalia’s market expert’, Arsenal offered Mauro Icardi a contract worth €10m-a-season but the player is not interested in playing in the Premier League.

Laurent Koscielny is reportedly leaning towards a move to Bordeaux where he has been interested in the club’s project and the ‘challenge of coaching the young Bordeaux team’.

Angers have reportedly received an offer of between €14m and €15m for Jeff-Reine Adelaide with Arsenal set to receive 10% of any transfer fee due to their sell-on clause.

Arsenal play Barcelona on Sunday evening in their final pre-season game and the starting lineup could well be the one that starts against Newcastle when the Premier League returns next week.

Arsenal have reportedly made an offer to Barcelona for Philippe Coutinho on loan for next season in yet more madness from this transfer window.

According to L’Equipe, Arsenal met with Bordeaux representatives to try and sort out a deal for Laurent Koscielny.

The Premier League transfer window is set to slam shut at 5pm on August 8th but the rest of the world will continue to buy players while we twiddle our thumbs, so when do all the other windows close?

Sami Khedira will reportedly cancel his contract with Juventus in order to facilitate a move elsewhere according to a report from Italy.

The new season is almost upon us so it’s time to have a look at the Europa League and who Arsenal could get.