Arsenal News Archives: 12/2019

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says Paul Pogba is likely to make the trip to North London to face Arsenal with Manchester United on Wednesday.

It’s the end of another decade and what better way to finish up what has been mostly 10 years of pain for Arsenal fans by looking back at some of the worst players to pull on the famous red and white during that time?

As we reach the end of the decade, I thought it would be a good idea to do a fans’ vote for the Arsenal Women’s team of the decade.

As 2019 comes to a close, it seems right to select an FA WSL best XI spawning the decade with the league in it’s ninth season.

In fantastic news, Lia Wälti, the Swiss defensive midfielder who has been a key player since signing from Turbine Potsdam last summer, has extended her contract with the club.

Just like there have been a number of great signings for Arsenal women over the last decade, there have been a few stinkers too, so here are my top 6 worst Arsenal women signings from that period.

Two Arsenal forwards feature in top 10 Premier League goalscorers of last decade but it is Sergio Aguero who is the king.

Arsenal have made quite a few good signings over the past 10 years, so here are my top 5 Arsenal women’s signings of the decade.

Five players received five red cards over the past 10 years in the Premier League and one of them was a player considered one of the best at Arsenal during that time – Laurent Koscielny.

The Premier League has no intention of changing how it uses VAR to adjudicate marginal offsides despite a reminder from the International Football Association Board that VAR is supposed to be used for ‘clear and obvious errors’.

Bukayo Saka says Mikel Arteta has his own philosophy to get Arsenal back winning trophies again, and the players just need to get on board.

I’ve not always believed that Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was the best choice for club captain but on Sunday against Chelsea, the forward led by example for the whole match.

After their win over Arsenal, Frank Lampard admitted Chelsea rode their luck and that Jorginho probably should have seen red for a second yellow.

Leeds United have sold out their 8,000-person ticket allocation for the FA Cup third-round tie against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium.

Mikel Arteta is right to refer to Arsenal as the biggest club in England, because the Gunners shouldn’t have a head coach aiming for anything less.

Mikel Arteta was robbed of his first win as Arsenal head coach by a series of awful mistakes, led by the referee Craig Pawson.

Six players from the Arsenal academy ranks joined senior training ahead of Sunday’s Premier League clash with Chelsea.

A Chinese streaming service has lifted their Arsenal blackout but will not mention Mesut Ozil during commentary.

Mikel Arteta has confessed that in 2016, as he walked down the tunnel for the last time at the end of his playing career, he told his wife, ‘One day I will come back here as the manager.’

Granit Xhaka and Matteo Guendouzi could find themselves missing Arsenal’s first game of 2020 against Manchester United if they get booked against Chelsea on Sunday.