Arsenal News Archives: 06/2018

Granit Xhaka says he doesn’t care whether people think Switzerland got lucky against Brazil, insisting the final score is all that matters.

On Tuesday afternoon the first round of World Cup matches drew to a close, so let’s take a look at how the Arsenal players are getting on at the tournament so far.

Arsenal’s final pre-season friendlies are now set, with the club to play Chelsea on August 1st and Sevilla later in the week.

Arsenal Women will play a pre-season tournament in Toulouse it was confirmed.

Arsenal have released an apology over a ‘GDPR breach’ where some fans received the personal information of other supporters.

Takuma Asano could get an unlikely call up to the Japan squad to replace Shinji Okazaki who picked up a calf injury.

Stephen Lichtsteiner is preparing for his country’s opening game at the Russia World Cup against one of the tournament favourites, Brazil, on Sunday evening, and has been speaking to the press ahead of the game.

20-year-old right-back Chiori Johnson signed for Bolton Wanderers on Friday, leaving Arsenal on a free transfer.

Unai Emery has hailed Granit Xhaka as the Swiss midfielder put pen-to-paper on a new Arsenal deal.

Katie McCabe has told the Irish Independent that she is ‘ecstatic’ to sign a new Arsenal deal that will see her prolong her stay at the club.

Lee Herron is joining Arsenal as head of academy football operations this summer, and he gave a heartfelt goodbye to Reading after his departure was announced last week.

Republic of Ireland pair, Louise Quinn and Katie McCabe, have signed new deals to keep them at the club.

Yassin Fortune has signed for FC Sion, bringing to an end to his time at the club.

Speaking in a Q&A with fans, Henrikh Mkhitaryan named his favourites to win the World Cup this summer, but left out two major contenders for the competition.

Alex Iwobi insists he’s a better dresser than Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, taking a light-hearted shot at his new teammate in an interview on national team duty.

German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, has called for the press and public to ‘show more understanding’ over Mesut Ozil and Ilkay Gundogan’s meeting with Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Ainsley Maitland-Niles has signed a new long-term contract to stay at Arsenal, the club announced on Tuesday.

A number of details about Arsenal’s pre-season have emerged in the last few days, so let’s round up what we know so far about the club’s plans.

Freddie Ljungberg is back at Arsenal as coach of the u23s, the club have officially announced, after a brief spell as Assistant Manager at VfL Wolfsburg.

Danny Ballard has signed his first professional contract, putting pen to paper with Arsenal after fighting his way back into the Hale End Academy.