Nia Griffiths Archives: 08/2016

On Thursday, Arsene Wenger gave his pre-Leicester City press conference and most of the news surrounded his comments.

Arsene Wenger claimed in his press conference ahead of facing Leicester City at the weekend that 99.5% of former Arsenal players want to return, using Thierry Henry as an example.

Ahead of Arsenal’s match against Leicester City on Saturday, as you can imagine, Arsene Wenger’s was asked about that Jamie Vardy transfer saga.

Arsene Wenger hailed Riyad Mahrez’s performance last season after the winger decided to sign a new deal with Leicester City on Wednesday.

Arsene Wenger has confirmed that he’d like to extend Serge Gnabry’s existing contract with Arsenal despite Hertha Berlain still reportedly wanting the German star on loan.

In an interview with The Football Republic, former Arsenal player and academy coach, Thierry Henry, spoke about new managerial rivalries in the Premier League, Jamie Vardy and ultimately who will win it.

Arsene Wenger has admitted that he’s not surprised by the Arsenal fans’ reaction to our 4-3 loss against Liverpool on Sunday.

Isaac Hayden scored for his new club Newcastle in the Magpies’ 4-1 thrashing of Reading on Wednesday night.

Arsene Wenger admitted ahead of our match against Leicester City on Saturday that we have to address our defensive weakness.

Arsene Wenger has confirmed, ahead of our Premier League trip to Leicester, that Aaron Ramsey and Alex Iwobi are both up to three weeks away from returning to the Arsenal senior squad.

Surprisingly (to us, at least), Wojciech Szczesny didn’t start during Roma’s Champions League qualifying match against Porto, which his loan team drew 1-1.

After scoring six goals in four appearances, if you were going to put money on one player to score to put Germany through the final of the Olympic’s football tournament, it would be Serge Gnabry.

Arsenal fans have been given a mini-boost ahead of our clash with Leicester City next Saturday as Mark Clattenburg has been named the first official.

Back in early August Arsenal were linked with PSG’s Blaise Matuidi, who was a Manchester United target at the time and now his manager, Unai Emery, has come out to insist he’s one of the best players in the world. Okay.

Mauro Icardi and his agent are reportedly due in London for talks with Arsenal and Chelsea for about the 50th time this summer.

Thanks to one tweet from the BBC’s David Ornstein, everyone now believes Arsenal are interested in Fenerbahce’s Simon Kjaer.

In possibly one of the most annoying transfer rumours of the summer, Shkodran Mustafi may or may not be about to sign for Arsenal. Depending on who you believe.

Apparently, Liverpool ran 117.6km in total during their match against Arsenal at the Emirates on Sunday.

Former Gunner, Lukas Podolski, has announced his retirement from international football.

Barcelona defender, Jeremy Mathieu, has been the latest star to be linked with a move to north London. However, it appears that ship has already sailed considering he’s reportedly injured.