Arsenal News Archives: 09/2019

Arsenal loanee Jordi Osei-Tutu was benched for the third match in a row over the weekend, and he’s yet to play a single minute under new head coach Thomas Reis.

Arsenal have agreed a new partnership with Science in Sport (SiS) who will now become their new official sports nutrition supplier.

Arsenal were handed a very winnable draw today in Nyon, despite being unseeded, as they will face Sparta Praha. 

Unai Emery insists there’s no translation issue with him and Bukayo Saka, even if he does get Freddie Ljungberg to help out sometimes.

Nicolas Pepe has admitted his manager at Lille expected him to choose Bayern Munich this summer, but the winger says it’s a dream to join Arsenal instead.

Henrikh Mkhitaryan picked up a groin injury this weekend although he managed to grab a match-winning assist first.

Kieran Tierney has a fantastic reading of the game and he’ll help Arsenal to finish in the top four, according to his former international boss Gordon Strachan.

Former Brazil goalkeeper Marcos Roberto Silveira Reis, known simply as Marcos, has spoken about almost joining Arsenal after the 2002 World Cup.

Bukayo Saka introduced himself to the footballing world this season and, speaking on this week’s Daily Cannon weekly podcast, host Matthew Wade extolled his virtues.

In his autobiography, Per Mertesacker gives a damming assessment of the latter days of life under Arsene Wenger, highlighting the bubble the players lived in and how nothing changed, even after the side lost 8-2 at Old Trafford.

William Saliba returned to first-team action with Saint Etienne on Sunday when he was brought on as an 88th minute sub.

Ben Cottrell returned from injury to score as the Arsenal u18s defeated Wolves 3-0 in their first match of the u18 Premier League Cup.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has no intention of leaving Arsenal and is targeting winning trophies over the next ‘few years’ with the club.

Reiss Nelson and Matteo Guendouzi have been named on the 40-strong Golden Boy shortlist, although with only 1% of the vote between them, it seems a long shot that either will win it.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has met with Gabon coach Patrice Neveu and agreed to join the squad for their upcoming fixtures, according to the coach himself.

In the summer of 2017, we picked out 10 youth players to keep an eye on and with Arsenal focusing once again on youngsters in the first team, I decided to take a look and see what had happened to those players.

Hector Bellerín completed his first 90 minutes since injury as Folarin Balogun scored again in a 2-2 draw against Liverpool u23s on Saturday.

Arsenal goalkeeper Emi Martinez has received his first call-up for Argentina in over eight years, and he could be set to make his first appearance over the international break.

Ainsley Maitland-Niles picked up a red card for two bookings against Aston Villa on Sunday, leading to some confusion over which match he’ll be suspended for.

William Saliba has returned to the St Etienne squad ahead of their game this weekend against Nimes after missing nearly two months following surgery.