Arsenal Media Watch

Mikel Arteta wasn’t even on the bench for Arsenal against Everton on Sunday and for the Mail on Sunday, that was all they needed to take their first dig at the new Arsenal head coach.

Tony Cascarino has called Pierre-Emerick’s work ethic ‘bordering on disgusting’ and said the player should be the first one out of the club.

Ahead of the game against West Ham on Monday night, a number of mainstream media outlets tried to claim that the Arsenal players were not behind Freddie Ljungberg.

The FA will not use Anfield to host an England game because of Liverpool’s ban on S*n journalists but Liverpool’s is a stand that every club in the country should get behind.

Gabriel Martinelli’s former club, Ituano, has hit out at a Brazilian journalist for forgetting about them as he hailed the Arsenal teenager. Jorge Nicola tweeted…

Jamie Caragher has laid into Unai Emery claiming he is ‘no Wenger upgrade’.

Paul Scholes believes Manchester United could do with a player like Mesut Ozil even though Arsenal could do with one like him as well.

Jack Grealish has posted that the Emirates Stadium is his favourite ground to play at in the Premier League, after Aston Villa’s recent clash with Arsenal.

The S*n are reporting that Ainsley Maitland-Niles is FURIOUS and has let out a SHOCK BLAST at Unai Emery after Arsenal’s 2-2 draw at Watford, but did he really?

Jose Mourinho has been incredibly complimentary about Arsenal’s newboy, Kieran Tierney, despite the Daily Express trying to make it seem like a dig.

David Luiz did not go on strike to force a move from Chelsea to Arsenal the Chelsea head coach has said but that hasn’t stopped the Daily Mail having a number of digs at the Arsenal defender.

Tony Cascarino, who continues to be paid as a ‘football expert’, has picked out Bernd Leno as a major week spot at Arsenal despite the keeper being ranked as one of the best in the Premier League in his first season in England.

John Cross is responsible for the rumour that Arsenal only had £40m to spend this summer but David Ornstein claimed back in February it could be as much as £100m.

According to Tuttosport Arsenal have submitted a €35m bid for Moise Kean but a clause is causing them a problem in a story that’s bit of a mess.

Alex Iwobi has hit back at the ‘fake news’ being spread around the internet this morning based on twisted quotes from the winger.

The French media aren’t giving up on their story about Arsenal’s €80m bid for Nicolas Pepe, despite how ridiculous that sounds.

David Ornstein is the one everyone wants to hear from during a transfer window but does ‘the Ornacle’ ever get anything wrong?

If you ever thought that football ‘journalists’ wouldn’t possibly make up a story just for the sake of it, then I’m here to tell you that you’re wrong because Piers Morgan admits when he was at the Daily Mirror they did exactly that.

Arsenal approached Piers Morgan about taking up the role of Managing Director at the club in 2000 but, thankfully, the shamed newspaper editor declined the offer because it didn’t pay enough.

Arsenal ran out 2-0 winners against Napoli in the Europa League quarter-final first leg on Thursday night but they should have scored a lot more and killed the tie in this first leg.