Arsenal News Archives: 06/2016

Following another 0-0 against Birmingham City Ladies, Arsenal Ladies are very likely to miss out on Champions League football for the fourth season in a row.

Mo Marley has called up 20 players for the double-header to be played on the 12th and 14th of July at St George’s Park.

Arsenal ladies drew 0-0 with Birmingham on Wednesday night leaving them in fourth place, one point behind the Blues and nine off top spot (although with a game in hand).

Arsenal youngster, Tyrell Robinson, is on the verge of a switch to West Ham if recent reports are to be believed.

Following the drama/hilarity of England getting knocked out of the Euros by Iceland, it was a ghost town in the Goonerverse on Tuesday.

The club has signed Charlotte Devlin, one of the youngsters that came through the age group and will hopefully get chances with the first team this season and the next one.

Alan Shearer has slammed England manager, Roy Hodgson, for picking Jack Wilshere to start in the Three Lions’ humiliating 2-1 defeat to Iceland.

After England’s embarrassing 2-1 defeat and elimination from the Euros at the hands of little ol’ Iceland, and Roy Hodgson’s resulting resignation, talk turned to who will take over; Ian Wright wasn’t impressed with one particular name thrown into the hat.

Daily Cannon spent Monday basking in the ambiance of Alexis Sanchez’s Copa America win with Chile, as well as sifting through the usual gossip.

Schalke have signed Manchester United and Arsenal target, Breel Embolo, and are feeling pretty smug about it.

Iceland have knocked England out of the Euros and progressed to the quarter-finals.

The Ladies registered a very professional victory over a poor Sunderland side by five goals to one; the Black Cats looked like the ghost of the side that was challenging for a Champions League place for most of last season.

Alexis Sanchez picked up an ankle injury in training just before the Copa America final; he played, despite being in pain and now it’s not looking good.

Granit Xhaka finally had a chance to visit the Emirates as an Arsenal player for the first time on Monday.

Mesut Ozil took to Twitter to congratulate Arsenal teammate, Alexis Sanchez, on his Copa America win.

Laurent Koscielny gave a long interview to l’Equipe prior to the 2016 Euros that the English media have only just picked up, here are some bits about defensive work and positioning.

Nicklas Bendtner has posted yet another picture with a current Arsenal player in a week; this time, it’s Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.

Alexis Sanchez had to leave a Chile training session on Sunday before the Copa America final and it appeared the forward was still carrying his injury, despite featuring and winning!

Alexis Sanchez’s Chile have won the Copa America tournament for the second year running, beating Argentina on penalties in the final.

Before I start this I’m going to be honest – I couldn’t have cared less about what was going on in the world of Arsenal…