Lewis Ambrose Archives: 05/2016

With the season almost over, attention is beginning to turn to Euro 2016, which will take place in France this summer.

Thanks to the wealth of Stan Kroenke, the healthy cash reserves of the club, and ill-advised comments from board members, Arsenal fans may be overestimating the financial power the club really has.

Looking forward to the final Premier League game of the season, there was plenty of Euro 2016 talk for Arsène Wenger to sink his teeth into.

Arsenal boss Arsène Wenger has rubbished reports that he is going to be offered a new contract at the club.

Mesut Özil is back in training and able to feature for Arsenal this weekend.

Arsène Wenger has been offered a two-year extension at Arsenal and a decision on his future is wanted by October, according to the Times.

Poland named a provisional squad for Euro 2016 on Thursday and Wojciech Szczesny made the cut.

After a superb season at Birmingham City, Jon Toral is hoping to return to Arsenal in the summer to earn a place in the first team.

Act fast and Arsenal could find an ideal replacement for Danny Welbeck in Marseille striker Michy Batshuayi.

Arsenal are reportedly closing in on a deal for Granit Xhaka but, if other reports are to be believed, that will just be the start of Arsène Wenger’s summer spending.

Spending the season on loan at Rangers, Gedion Zelalem has had a successful first campaign in professional football.

It’s been an eventful but ultimately disappointing first season at Arsenal for Petr Čech, who blames the club’s perceived underachievement on a poor injury record.

As with every summer, Arsenal are going to be linked with a lot of strikers in the coming weeks, but Mauro Icardi is one centre-forward who won’t be arriving in north London.

Spanish striker Alvaro Morata is waiting for talks with Real Madrid to determine where his future lies.

Arsenal players Laurent Koscielny and Olivier Giroud have been selected by manager Didier Deschamps to represent France at Euro 2016.

Young Arsenal winger Reiss Nelson was on the scoresheet as England u17s won 3-1 against Denmark u17s on Thursday, setting up a quarter-final tie with Spain.

Arsenal striker Danny Welbeck was ruled out for nine months after an operation this week after an innocuous injury which has left manager Arsène Wenger baffled.

Arsenal defender Calum Chambers has been called up to represent England at this summer’s Toulon Tournament.

French defender Mathieu Debuchy has been ruled out of Euro 2016 with a thigh injury just hours before Didier Deschamps names his France squad.

Arsenal’s value has increased by an incredible 54% in the last year, taking it beyond the $2bn mark.