Pre-season Archives: 07/2016

When the deal was initially announced, it was met with surprised eyebrows from supporters and critics alike, but he has already impressed.

Rob Holding played his first game for Arsenal against the MLS All-Stars on Friday and although he performed well, he admitted that he did suffer from some pre-match ‘jitters’.

Arsene Wenger has hailed his two new signings, Granit Xhaka and Rob Holding, following Arsenal’s pre-season win over the MLS All-Stars.

As Stephen Bradley already wrote this morning, we shouldn’t read too much into what was partly an exhibition game for the MLS and partly an exercise in developing match fitness for Arsenal.

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain expressed his surprise at the magnitude of Arsenal’s clash against the MLS All-Stars after the Gunners won 2-1.

It was an okay game with an okay result with Granit Xhaka integrating into the team straight away and others not showing up.

Despite beating the MLS All-Stars 2-1, Arsene Wenger admitted that it was a tough victory due to Arsenal’s difficult training regime.

Before we get to covering how this match played out, a number of qualifiers have to be pointed out in order to put everyone’s performance into perspective.

Theo Walcott has said that the MLS is close to Premier League standard as he tries to lead the Arsenal charm offensive in America by saying things we all think isn’t true.

Monday saw the Gunners jet off to the USA, as well as more developments in a few transfer stories.

Arsenal have embarked on their US tour but they’re missing a vital person: our rumoured new captain, Per Mertesacker.

Plenty of youngsters were given some minutes during our 1-1 pre-season draw against Ligue 2 side Lens on Friday evening, so how did they do?

Arsenal and PSG will be sharing the same hotel when the two sides travel to the States for their pre-season tour.

Arsene Wenger admitted he is still ‘cautious’ about Alex-Oxlade Chamberlain’s return from another serious knee injury after their 1-1 draw with Lens while Arsenal fans are wondering what has happened to Gabriel.

Since we love a Friday announcement, Arsenal chose today to confirm the signing of Rob Holding. Oh yeah, and we played RC Lens.

Our first pre-season match is behind us, how did our players do?

Arsenal drew against Ligue 2 RC Lens in our pre-season opener but there’s no need to overreact – we’re fine.

Arsenal have traveled to France for the first match of their pre-season to play against Ligue 2 club RC Lens.

Petr Cech is ‘glad to be back’ training at London Colney ahead of our pre-season match against RC Lens on Friday.

While most of the Arsenal squad are relishing the chance to face Didier Drogba in our clash against the MLS All-Stars in the USA, Nacho Monreal is looking forward to playing against another player.