Arsenal History Archives: 04/2018

Ian Wright thinks Konstantinos Mavropanos should start on Thursday against Atletico Madrid, after the Greek defender performed impressively on his debut.

Emmanuel Petit thinks Granit Xhaka has a few areas to work on if he’s really going to push on and become the player he can be, after the 25-year-old captained the side this weekend.

This week we spoke to former Arsenal midfielder Emmanuel Petit about the upcoming games against Manchester United and Atletico Madrid, and he suggested that the Gunners need to forget the Premier League at this point.

Robert Pires thinks Patrick Vieira is ‘100%’ ready to manage Arsenal, as someone who is regularly in contract with his fellow Frenchman.

Patrick Vieira claimed that Arsenal’s current squad of players are better footballers than the Invincibles, but said they don’t have the physicality to win certain matches.

Tony Adams has applied for the Singapore National Team manager’s job however he also has ‘a couple of opportunities closer to home’ after admitting he ‘wouldn’t be afraid’ of taking over from Arsene Wenger.

Speaking in 2016, Patrick Vieira explained why he left Arsenal for Juventus and the reason he gave means there is no reason he can’t return now as he admits being ‘ready’ for the Arsenal job.

On Tuesday, Liverpool smashed AS Roma at Anfield to put one foot in the Champions League final, but in the process Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain picked up a knee injury.

Patrick Vieira has said that he’s ‘ready’ despite recently hinting he wasn’t as he continues to be linked with the Arsenal manager’s job.

Lukas Podolski thinks Arsenal should look to Germany for their next managerial appointment, after learning of Arsene Wenger’s imminent departure.

Robert Pires thinks Arsenal have a tough challenge ahead of them to beat Atletico Madrid, but argues they have a ‘very good opportunity’ to win the whole competition.

The PFA awards took place on Sunday night at the Grovesnor hotel and three awards were given to female players, including one to a former Arsenal star.

Charlie Nicholas claims Olivier Giroud didn’t want to leave Arsenal in January, but the striker just had to accept what happened in the end, as he didn’t have much choice.

Pep Guardiola says Patrick Vieira is ready to take over from Arsene Wenger if the Arsenal board want him to, claiming the former Gunner is already a top manager.

Jeremie Aliadiere admits he regrets leaving Arsenal when he did, and wonders whether he could’ve taken over from Thierry Henry if he’d stayed.

Tomas Rosicky is starting his transition into coaching with Sparta Prague, but admits he has a lot to learn now he’s on the other side.

Chris Sutton has said that he had to hide in the toilets at Highbury to avoid the wrath of Arsenal players after his unsportsman-like behaviour in 1997.

Former Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud, who moved across London to join Chelsea in January, now claims he joined the best club in England.

Former Arsenal youngster, Anthony Stokes, is in trouble with his Greek club, Apollon Smyrini, after he failed to turn up to training three days in a row and offered no apology or explanation.

Alexander Hleb says Arsenal not qualifying for the Champions League next year would be ‘like a tragedy’, so he hopes Arsene Wenger’s side can win the Europa League.