Arsenal News Archives: 08/2016

It was the transfer rumour that appeared out of nowhere but Deportivo La Coruna forward, Lucas Perez, is now an Arsenal player.

Olivier Giroud has spoken about the bitter disappointment of losing in the Euro 2016 final and his desire to move on from it.

Currently on international duty with Switzerland, it seems as if Granit Xhaka has issued a statement saying he will do whatever he can to get to play for Kosovo.

Mo Marley’s England u19 side has been invited to play a tournament called the Women’s International Cup from the 18th to the 23rd of October in Northern Ireland.

Thierry Henry has given his first training session as the Belgium national team’s assistant coach.

Granit Xhaka’s father, Ragip, has hit out at people calling his son a ‘traitor’ for not switching from Switzerland to Kosovo.

Here’s a round up of the Arsenal-related bits and pieces that we came across yesterday but didn’t have the time (or people-power) to cover fully.

Arsenal will also pay the additional €1m that has to be paid out to Perez’s former teams.

If Sunday was Shkodran Mustafi day, then Monday most definitely belonged to Lucas Perez.

Arsenal new boy, Kelechi Nwakali, has confirmed that the Twitter handles currently online claiming to be him are fake as he’s not on Twitter.

Under pressure following wins earlier in the day from Manchester City and Chelsea, the Arsenal Ladies did not disappoint and brought home three points in a tough away 2-0 win at Notts County Ladies.

Aaron Ramsey decided to take his hair on a little outing to Reading Festival alongside Wales teammate, Chris Gunter.

Following the end of the qualifying round, UEFA have disclosed the seeding for upcoming the Round of 32 draw next Thursday in Nyon.

Arsene Wenger has drawn comparisons between Arsenal new boy, Granit Xhaka, and midfield legend, Emmanuel Petit.

Granit Xhaka has decided to remain a Swiss player after he was invited to declare for Kosovo following their ratification by FIFA according to Albanian reports.

Lucas Perez was set to hold a press conference today (Monday) to say goodbye to Deportivo as he gets ready for life with Arsenal but it has been postponed.

Arsenal Ladies beat Notts County Ladies 2-0 on Sunday in order to keep the pressure on second-place Chelsea in the FA Women’s Super League.

Arsenal loanees, Wojciech Szczesny and Joel Campbell both featured for their temporary clubs on Sunday.

Sometimes there’s a load of stories we just don’t get the chance to cover. Here are a few of them in brief

So, you finished work on Friday, switched off all your devices, and didn’t look until now, right?