Nia Griffiths Archives: 08/2016

Djibril Sidibe has revealed to France Football why he turned down the chance to sign for Arsenal earlier in the window and instead chose Monaco.

Gervinho picked up a red card for a horrific challenge during Hebei CFFC’s 1-0 loss to Henan Jianye F.C. in the Chinese Super League on Sunday.

18-year-old Tyrell Robinson has scored while on trial with West Brom’s u23s.

Valencia boss, Pako Ayestaran, has claimed that Shkrodran Mustafi is not for sale so… what on earth do Arsenal do now?

West Brom have reportedly valued former Manchester United defender, Jonny Evans, at £30m.

West Ham could be about to sign supposed Arsenal target Wilfried Bony if Slaven Bilic’s recent comments are anything to go by.

After all the drama surrounding Shkodran Mustafi’s rumoured move to Arsenal on Monday, it’s easy to get carried away when he’s left out of Valencia’s starting lineup v Las Palmas.

Alexandre Lacazette has reiterated that he’s not leaving Lyon.

Real Madrid have reportedly informed James Rodriguez that he’s staying at the club this summer.

Arsenal were first linked with Islam Slimani back in May when he laughed at his £12m Transfermarkt valuation, and the latest reports claim that we’re still ‘tempted’ to go for him.

Mathieu Flamini and Emmanuel Adebayor are set to reunite at Turkish club Caykur Rozespor with both of them reportedly being offered £1.7m a year in wages.

After ‘losing out’ on Riyad Mahrez, Arsenal have reportedly turned our attention to Porto’s Yacine Brahimi, who we could also ‘miss out’ on to Everton.

With very little in the way of actual news, we got stuck into the deep, depressing world of Arsenal gossip, including the latest on Shkodran Mustafi.

Kevin Friend is set to referee Arsenal’s clash against Watford at Vicarage Road on Saturday and the Gunners are really going to need him to make big decisions.

With a certain journalist claiming that Shkodran Mustafi could sign for Arsenal by Wednesday, we decided to dig into the current rumours surrounding this transfer saga.

Former Gunner, Robert Pires, believes that Arsene Wenger is still the best man for Arsenal despite our disappointing start to the season.

Arsene Wenger recently described new boy Granit Xhaka as a leader and now the man himself also claims this.

Antoine Griezmann has admitted that although he’s open to a move to the Premier League one day, at the moment he’s under contract with Atletico Madrid.

After Arsenal’s u23s lost 1-0 to Manchester City on Friday night, Ben Sheaf insisted that he doesn’t believe the Young Guns deserved to lose.

Bryan Ruiz welcomed Joel Campbell to his new club, Sporting, after the forward completed his move to the Portuguese team this weekend.