Nia Griffiths Archives: 09/2016

Hector Bellerin provided a silky assist during Spain’s u21 match against Sweden, while ex-Arsenal youngster, Kristoffer Olsson, missed a penalty.

Chile legend, Elias Figueroa, has revealed doubts over Alexis Sanchez being appointed captain of his country during their match against Bolivia.

It turns out that Arsenal could have been following Lucas Perez for far longer than we realised.

Paul Scholes loves to moan, especially about anything Arsenal related, so I can imagine he was positively salivating at the prospect of having a pop at Jack Wilshere for going to Bournemouth on loan.

Benik Afobe has spoken about his long-term friendship with Jack Wilshere but has insisted that he had nothing to do with the midfielder’s decision to join Bournemouth on a season-long loan.

Arsenal legend Kanu scored a hat-trick against Milan Glory on Saturday but what’s perhaps just as impressive is that he predicted it!

There was only one Arsenal loanee in action this weekend since it’s the interlull and the others were stuck on the bench.

The media are implying that because Barcelona’s sporting director, Robert Fernandez, brought up Arsenal in relation to footballer fees, he was taking a swipe at them but was he?

Saturday was one of the quietest days we’ve had for a while – I blame the interlull + close of the transfer window.

Olivier Giroud insisted after France’s 3-1 win over Italy that he’s not worried about his place in the team following the signing of Lucas Perez.

Talks between Arsenal and Alexis Sanchez over extending his contract in north London have reportedly slowed down with the Chilean apparently pushing for a set release clause in his contract.

Granit Xhaka seems to be a big fan of Mesut Ozil, Santi Cazorla and Alexis Sanchez and insists that he can learn from them while at Arsenal.

Kanu and the rest of the Arsenal Legends proved they’ve still got it against Milan Glorie.

Aaron Ramsey has revealed that former Gunner, Ray Parlour, still drops by to offer advice from time to time.

Ainsley Maitland-Niles scored for England’s u20s against Brazil to draw his come country level.

The Arsenal squad set to face PSG on the 13th of September has been announced and there are a couple of – sort of – surprises.

No sooner has the new season started than PSG’s Serge Aurier has injured himself, potentially ruling him out of Arsenal’s trip to Paris in 10 days.

Shkodran Mustafi’s father, Kujtim, has spoken about how Arsenal is the ideal club for his son and backed the German to settle in quickly.

When Shkodran Mustafi went down holding his ankle in Germany’s recent 2-0 win over Finland, Arsenal fans feared the worst but apparently he’s fine and ready to play against Southampton.

Arsenal legend, Freddie Ljungberg has explained how togetherness among the Invincibles is how they showed the likes of Manchester United that they couldn’t ‘mess’ with their side.