Arsenal News Archives: 03/2019

Arsenal’s Viktoria Schnaderbeck has been named Austrian Player of the Year despite missing a large part of the season with a knee injury.

Mark McGuinness came off the bench for his debut in the Republic of Ireland u19s’ 5-0 win over Romania on Wednesday, earning the reward for his positive recent Arsenal form.

While much of the footballing world was patting itself on the back on Wednesday over the historic sponsorship deal struck between Barclays and the FA WSL that would see ‘millions’ pumped into the game, my first thought reading there would be a £500k prize pot was, ‘huh, is that all?’

Bukayo Saka scored his second goal and added an assist for the England u19s on Wednesday, despite having only played 125 minutes in total since stepping up to that level internationally.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has sent praise the way of Arsenal u18 striker Folarin Balogun, as the 17-year-old continues his fantastic season with the academy.

Denis Suarez has responded to the rumours suggesting Arsenal have already decided to send him back to Barcelona, with a post on his Instagram story.

The news of Yeovil Town Ladies’ financial worries will come as a surprise to few as it was obvious a forced march to professionalism was going to be a tough road for them.

Arsenal have brought Reading’s former Head of Academy Player Development Lewis Goater to the club as coach of the u9s, according to reports.

Former Barcelona academy left-back Joel Lopez scored his first goal for Arsenal over the weekend, in a 5-2 victory over West Ham United u18s.

Arsenal u18 captain Matt Smith has had an impressive season in 2018/19, leading his team to the top of the table with some impressive goals and assists on the way.

If Sokratis Papastathopoulos receives a yellow card against Newcastle United on April 1st, he’ll receive a two-match suspension as a result.

Following the 4-0 home win against Bristol, Arsenal trail Manchester City by two points with two games in hand, placing them in the driving seat.

Per Mertesacker has explained why Arsenal sent Emile Smith Rowe on loan to RB Leipzig in January and implied there will be more of those kinds of moves in the coming years.

Ainsley Maitland-Niles was delighted to score his first Emirates Stadium goal on Thursday, and he’s hoping to push on and compete with Hector Bellerin for starts next season.

Emi Martinez kept a clean sheet away to Stoke City on Saturday, continuing his good form on loan with Reading and pushing for a chance at Arsenal when he returns.

Arsenal will arrive in Dubai on 21 March (Terminal 3 of Dubai International airport) ahead of some warm-weather training and a match against Al Nasr.

Reiss Nelson returned to the Hoffenheim team on Saturday, after he was excluded from their previous game for disciplinary reasons.

Ainsley Maitland-Niles and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang made it into the Europa League’s Team of the Week, after their performances in the comeback victory over Rennes.

Dries Mertens expects a tough tie against Arsenal in the Europa League quarter-final, but he thinks his team have to be confident going into the game.

Arsenal’s u18s defeated West Ham 5-2 on Saturday to continue their push for the league title, with Folarin Balogun playing a starring role once again.