Arsenal News Archives: 12/2019

Arsenal face Dinamo Zagreb in the second match of the Premier League International Cup on Tuesday, after beating Villarreal in their opening game.

Another week has passed us by, so I thought it might be an idea to try and find the hottest and worst things in Arsenal’s world this week.

Arsenal u16 Omari Hutchinson is in excellent form at the moment, and he scored a brace against Crystal Palace over the weekend.

Bernd Leno has called on his Arsenal teammates to spend the next week looking at their own mentality, convinced it is not the coach that is causing the problems.

After Arsenal’s latest defeat, interim head coach Freddie Ljungberg has publicly called on the club to make a decision about the manager’s job.

It was more than a little disappointing to see Arsenal put their commercial interests ahead of human rights when they hung Mesut Ozil out to dry with their statement about his comments on the Chinese treatment of the Uighurs.

Freddie Ljungberg says the Arsenal fans have a right to be negative, but he wants them to be with the team for the match against Manchester City.

Henrikh Mkhitaryan says Unai Emery’s tactics left him building play alongside the defensive midfielder and prevented him from getting more involved in the goals.

Gabriel Martinelli is the second highest scoring teenager in Europe at present and you can’t help but think if he was English or at another club the mainstream media would be wetting themselves over him.

When you read about an Arsenal centreback saying the team are ready to ‘explode,’ you should probably check what he means.

Henrikh Mkhitaryan has praised playing under Arsene Wenger even though he only got to do it for six months before the Frenchman left the club and has highlighted major differences between him and Unai Emery.

Arsenal u23s slipped to a surprising defeat to Brighton on Friday, finishing the game with 10 men after Robbie Burton picked up two yellow cards.

After Arsenal topped their Europa League group on Tuesday, Freddie Ljungberg joked that Bukayo Saka wasn’t too happy with him pre-game.

Bukayo Saka won Arsenal a point with a goal and an assist against Standard Liege on Thursday, and he may have to step up now in the potential absence of Nicolas Pepe.

17-year-old midfielder Catalin Cirjan signed a professional contract with Arsenal this week, after joining from Romania over the summer.

17-year-old Arsenal goalkeeper Tom Smith signed professional terms with the club on Thursday, after winning the title with the u18s last season.

Kieran Tierney sent a message of thanks to the Arsenal fans after suffering another injury setback on Monday night.

Tyreece John-Jules, James Olayinka and Robbie Burton could make their Arsenal debuts on Thursday, joining the first-team squad in Liege.

Ben Sheaf had a difficult game against Milton Keynes Dons over the weekend, and we spoke to a Doncaster Rovers fansite for the lowdown.

Reiss Nelson turned 20 on Tuesday, and it’s about time he gets another chance to start for this Arsenal team.