Arsenal News Archives: 06/2018

Unai Emery met with Arsenal fans at an event at the Emirates Stadium on Wednesday, and gave a positive and exciting speech to those in attendance.

Arsenal defender Tafari Moore has signed for League One side Plymouth Argyle, leaving the Gunners on a free transfer.

Sevilla have signed Swansea midfielder Roque Mesa, who was reportedly the club’s ‘back-up plan’ if Ever Banega left this summer.

The Prime Minister of Albania, Edi Rama, has opened a bank account so that he can contribute to the fines picked up by Granit Xhaka and Xherdan Shaqiri.

Arsenal defender Dominic Thompson signed his first professional contract with the club this week, according to reports.

Kosovan fans are crowdfunding to try and pay the fines of Granit Xhaka, Xherdan Shaqiri and Stephan Lichtsteiner, after the trio were punished by FIFA for their goal celebrations.

Granit Xhaka and Stephan Lichtsteiner escaped with fines after they were charged with ‘provoking the general public’ following their goal celebrations against Serbia and a complaint by the Serbian FA.

16-year-old Arthur Okonkwo has signed a scholarship deal with Arsenal, committing his future to the club after months of speculation.

Stephan Lichtsteiner has also been charged by FIFA after he joined in with Granit Xhaka and Xherdan Shaqiri’s double-headed eagle celebration.

FIFA have opened up disciplinary proceedings after Granit Xhaka celebrated his goal against Serbia by making a two-headed eagle gesture with his hands.

Stephan Lichtsteiner hailed Nemanja Matic after Switzerland beat Serbia on Friday night.

Raheem Sterling admits he wanted to join Arsenal when he was 10 or 11, calling the Gunners the ‘biggest club in London’, but his mum convinced him otherwise.

Granit Xhaka, Mesut Ozil, and Petr Cech have all joined forces with Freedom from Torture’s campaign to mark Refugee Week that runs until 24th June.

The out-of-proportion media criticism of Mesut Özil is continuing in Germany, ahead of the country’s second World Cup match against Sweden.

Vyan Sampson has signed for West Ham after seven years with Arsenal.

Arsenal are looking for a new psychologist to work with the women’s team as well as offering support to the men’s youth teams.

Joel Campbell insists he isn’t playing for a move at the World Cup this summer, and only wants to help Costa Rica to success at the tournament.

Lothar Matthaus has hit out at Mesut Ozil claiming that it looks like he doesn’t want to play for Germany.

Arsenal fans didn’t quite know what to do with themselves on Tuesday evening as it was announced that Jens Lehmann and Jack Wilshere will leave the club while Bernd Leno has become Unai Emery’s newest addition to the club and Steve Bould would be staying.

Turkish sports minister, Osman Bak, has hit out at the way Mesut Ozil and Ilkay Gundogan have been treated since they met with Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan.