Arsenal Loan Watch Archives: 03/2020

Henrikh Mkhitaryan has been speaking to the press in Italy about his time in quarantine due to the Covid-19 virus that is sweeping the world and why he prefers to play under Roma’s manager than Unai Emery.

AS Roma bid €15m plus €2m in bonuses to sign Henrikh Mkhitaryan from Arsenal at the end of the season, according to reports.

Cork City, who currently have Joseph Olowu on loan from Arsenal, won’t be able to pay player wages from the end of next week.

Arsenal loanee Ben Sheaf won Doncaster Rovers’ Goal of the Month award for February, after scoring his first goal in senior football.

Mohamed Elneny started for Besiktas against Galatasaray over the weekend, the only Arsenal player to feature in a match.

Thomas Reis described Jordi Osei-Tutu as a huge talent, suggesting VfL Bochum could start the Arsenal loanee alongside Simon Zoller – before their game’s postponement.

Mohamed Elneny is the only Arsenal loanee set to feature on the pitch this weekend, after more league suspensions today.

Arsenal loanee Dejan Iliev has missed the last three Ekstraklasa fixtures with an injury, and he’s likely to sit out for the next few games.

Tyreece John-Jules returned to Arsenal this week to begin his injury rehabilitation, ending his loan spell at Lincoln City early.

It’s now just a couple of months until the end of the season, so this week I thought I’d have an early look at what Arsenal should do with each of their loanees this summer.

After reaching the Coupe de France final in midweek, William Saliba and Saint-Etienne faced Bordeaux back in Ligue 1 at the weekend.

Mikel Arteta has admitted that he is considering keeping Henrikh Mkhitaryan at Arsenal next season rather than selling him in the summer to Roma who want to buy him.

Jordi Osei-Tutu, Emile Smith Rowe and Ben Sheaf all made further starts for their respective loan clubs on Saturday, with mixed results.

Joseph Olowu played well again on Friday against St. Patricks, despite an injury scare and another disappointing result for Cork City.

Dejan Iliev is the latest Arsenal loanee to pick up an injury, missing the last couple of games for Jagiellonia and likely to sit out of a few more.

William Saliba helped Saint-Etienne progress to the final of the Coupe de France on Thursday, despite a first-half mistake.

On-loan Arsenal midfielder James Olayinka is in contention to return from injury this weekend against Mansfield, according to a report.

Konstantinos Mavropanos is already back in full training, and he could feature in the FC Nurnberg squad against Hannover 96 later today.

Thomas Reis praised Jordi Osei-Tutu for his performance against Sandhausen last weekend but admits there’s competition for starting places.

Tyreece John-Jules is very unlikely to play again this season, according to the Lincoln City manager, after suffering an injury in a friendly.