Arsenal News Archives: 10/2019

Mesut Özil made an impressive comeback on Wednesday night, albeit against a weakened side, but the stats don’t entirely tell that story.

Arsenal u23s face Tottenham Hotspur on Friday, looking to get back to winning ways after a string of draws and defeats.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has liked a tweet apologising for his treatment by fans after the Crystal Palace game.

Jordi Osei-Tutu finally played his first competitive minutes for VfL Bochum under new head coach Thomas Reis on Tuesday, against Bayern Munich of all teams.

Arsenal face Liverpool in the League Cup later today, but we already have quite a lot of early team news from various sources.

Granit Xhaka’s friend Patrik Dibrani says the Arsenal midfielder regretted his actions immediately after Sunday’s game, and the 27-year-old isn’t in a good place.

Phil Neville has announced his England squad for their upcoming games against Germany and the Czech Republic.

Steve Bould says it’s great to have Tyreece John-Jules back for the Arsenal u23s, both to play alongside Folarin Balogun but also to provide competition for his fellow striker.

The decision to exclude Mesut Özil is backfiring on the Arsenal hierarchy badly right now, and the longer it goes on the worse it could get.

Sokratis Papastathopoulos says he’s confused by the decision to rule out his goal against Crystal Palace, and he’s right to be.

William Saliba played another full 90 minutes for Saint-Etienne on Monday, featuring in another draw for his loan club.

Arsenal got back to winning ways in the league by beating unbeaten Manchester City thanks to a lone goal from Vivianne Miedema.

There was mostly just one main talking point that dominated all others on Sunday and that was Granit Xhaka being booed by the Arsenal fans as he slow marched off the pitch and his subsequent reaction.

Gabriel Martinelli says Emi Martinez has been like his big brother since he joined the club, helping him out with everything he needs to adapt.

Folarin Balogun continues to prove influential for the u23s despite not scoring against Manchester City on Saturday, in a game where he saw his strike partner Tyreece John-Jules return from injury.

Contrary to the claims of many in the media recently, Hector Bellerin believes Arsenal have ‘evolved’ since Unai Emery took over.

Eddie Nketiah came on to make a positive impact on Leeds United’s performance against Sheffield Wednesday, but he couldn’t find a winner in a 0-0 draw away from home.

Arsenal find themselves in a tough spot in the u18 Premier League Cup, after losing to Blackburn Rovers on Saturday.

Gabriel Martinelli has been called up by the Brazil u23s for the Tenerife Tournament in November, ahead of the Olympics next summer.

Arsenal have a crucial home game against City this weekend, sitting three points behind their unbeaten and unbreached opponents.