Arsenal News Archives: 09/2019

Emi Martinez says he made himself and his father a promise he wouldn’t leave England until he was number one, and he intends to keep it.

Shkodran Mustafi has publicly admitted he’s open to ‘taking the next step’ by leaving Arsenal if possible, but he’ll keep playing his football for the time being.

Eddie Nketiah had to settle for a spot on the bench again in Leeds United’s match against Derby County on Saturday, coming off the bench for less than 15 minutes.

Sam Greenwood scored yet another free-kick as he got back amongst the goals on Saturday for the first time since his recent injury, despite a heavy defeat to Brighton.

The number of hate crime incidents at football matches in England and Wales rose 47% last year with 79% of complaints race-related.

The International Campaign for Freedom in the UAE will hold a demonstration outside the Emirates Stadium ahead of Arsenal’s Premier League game against Aston Villa on Sunday.

The FA have agreed to bring forward the date of the 2023 FA Cup Final so that they can secure the Champions League final at Wembley that year.

Tyreece John-Jules and Folarin Balogun once again made their case for a League Cup opportunity by getting involved in a couple of goals for Arsenal against Wolves on Friday.

Bukayo Saka scored one and assisted two more for the Arsenal first team on Thursday, and it’s fair to say not many reporting on the youth teams would’ve been surprised.

After a couple more appearances by Arsenal loanee Ben Sheaf for Doncaster Rovers, we caught up with fansite Into The Empty Net for an update on his performances.

Arsenal u23 year coach Steve Bould has praised Tyreece John-Jules after a brace from the 18-year-old striker at the weekend.

Arsenal u23s face Wolverhampton Wanderers on Friday, as they look to continue their unbeaten start to the Premier League 2 season.

Unai Emery says Sokratis Papastathopoulos and Mesut Özil have been left behind from the trip to Frankfurt to rest and prepare for the match against Aston Villa on Sunday.

Unai Emery’s future as Arsenal boss came into sharp focus as his side threw away a 2-goal lead at Watford on Sunday, but the club claim to be ‘comfortable’ with the ‘excellent job’ Emery is doing according to managing director, Vinai Venkatesham.

Folarin Balogun is pushing to feature in the upcoming Europa League and League Cup matches, according to sources close to the player.

Arsenal goalkeeper Bernd Leno has admitted everyone was ‘mad and crazy’ after the Watford result at the weekend.

Eintracht Frankfurt face Arsenal in the first match of the Europa League group stage on Thursday, and the two teams come into the game after very similar starts to their domestic campaigns.

Eddie Nketiah and Henrikh Mkhitaryan both scored over the weekend for their loan clubs, carrying over their strong form from the international break.

Having rejoined first-team training with Arsenal, quotes from Unai Emery suggest Rob Holding should be available for first-team action this week.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang feels Arsenal are just giving goals away to their opponents at the moment, and it’s hard to argue.