Arsenal News Archives: 09/2016

Granit Xhaka’s father, Ragip, has demanded an apology for his son after he was called a ‘traitor’ for not opting to play for Switzerland.

Chelsea Ladies organised a Q&A with manager Emma Hayes and four players Aluko, Chapman, Kirby and Rafferty on Thursday in which the former Arsenal assistant spent a lot of time digging at Arsenal

After his performance in France’s 0-0 draw against Belarus earlier in the week, Olivier Giroud has come in for heavy criticism because of his miss after Antoine Griezmann’s sublime pass slipped him through on goal.

Alexis Sanchez has said that Claudio Bravo has made a good decision to leave Barcelona to join Manchester City as England has the ‘best football in the world.’

There wasn’t much going on on Wednesday as we enter the tail end of the interlull but much of what did happen involved Granit Xhaka who seems like he’s going to be a headline-making machine all by himself.

Former Arsenal goalkeeper, Jens Lehmann, is set to appear in court on 9 November, charged with assault and attempted assault for an incident that allegedly took place two years ago.

FIFA have issued a statement clarifying the situation of players who wanted to play for Kosovo but had represented other nations and it has proven Granit Xhaka right in his assertion that they’ve blocked him from changing.

Granit Xhaka thanked fans for their support after Switzerland beat Portugal 2-0 on Tuesday night in a match which saw the Arsenal man pick up another red card.

Arsenal fans voted Laurent Koscielny as Arsenal’s player of the month for August with new boy, Rob Holding, coming in second.

Yep, it’s that time again when we discuss Arsene Wenger’s salary and whether or not he’s worth it.

Olivier Giroud and Laurent Koscielny both featured during France’s 0-0 draw against Belarus on Tuesday night.

Takuma Asano has scored for Japan yet again – this time during their 2-0 win over Thailand in their World Cup 2018 Qualifier.

The interlull is still in full swing but there’s still a few bits of news wafting around here and there.

Despite costing under half the amount, Mesut Ozil ranks 89 on Fifa 17 while Paul Pogba ranks 88.

West Brom academy coach, Mark Harrison, has confirmed that the Baggies won’t be offering Arsenal trialist, Tyrell Robinson, a contract.

Nigeria’s new technical adviser, Gernot Rohr, is looking forward to having Alex Iwobi back after the country found it difficult to score against Tanzania without him.

Olivier Giroud appears to have handed over his title of ‘hottest French player’ to Antoine Griezmann, a fact that the striker has had to come to terms with.

Shkodran Mustafi has claimed for the second time that Mesut Ozil was the person to persuade him to sign for Arsenal.

Rob Holding claims that, for him, signing for Arsenal is the stuff of dreams.

Edward Nketiah has been offered his first professional contract with Arsenal at the age of 17.