Arsenal News Archives: 03/2020

Arsenal’s new boy Pablo Mari who was on the books with Manchester City from 2016 – 2019 and before the two sides meet on Wednesday, he has been talking City regrets and his Arsenal future.

Former major Arsenal shareholder, Alisher Usmanov, has landed his nephew a job with Everton, a club he has repeatedly been linked with investing in.

Arsenal’s recent 1-0 victory over West Ham United in the Premier League kept them in the running to qualify for Europe again next season.

Bernd Leno thinks Arsenal still have enough chances to make a push for the Champions League places, claiming it’s in their hands now.

Bukayo Saka is the second busiest Premier League teenager this season, and he’s top of the pile excluding those who have now turned 20.

After reaching the Coupe de France final in midweek, William Saliba and Saint-Etienne faced Bordeaux back in Ligue 1 at the weekend.

Alexandre Lacazette has scored 79 per cent of his Arsenal goals at the Emirates meaning the forward has only netted 21 per cent away from home.

Arsenal face Manchester City in a rearranged fixture on Wednesday, on the back of a three-game winning run in the league.

Rehanne Skinner’s squad that included the core of the team that won a Bronze medal at the FIFA u-20 WWC in 2018 defeated a young French squad preparing for the 2020 u-20 WWC to be played in the summer.

Gabriel Martinelli will join up with the Brazil u23 team for their friendly matches in March, a further sign he’ll join them for the Olympics this summer.

Mikel Arteta has admitted that he is considering keeping Henrikh Mkhitaryan at Arsenal next season rather than selling him in the summer to Roma who want to buy him.

A few eyebrows were raised on Saturday when Mikel Arteta’s team was announced to face West Ham and he had, once again, opted for Eddie Nketiah ahead of Alexandre Lacazette and after the game, the Arsenal boss explained why.

Pablo Mari is the first Arsenal centre-back to keep a clean sheet on his debut since Per Mertesacker, drawing another similarity between the two.

Against Manchester City on Wednesday, Arsenal will get a set of match officials that does not involve Martin Atkinson, Mike Dean, nor Chris Kavanagh in what almost feels like a minor miracle.

Jordi Osei-Tutu, Emile Smith Rowe and Ben Sheaf all made further starts for their respective loan clubs on Saturday, with mixed results.

Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne is expected to be fit for our game on Wednesday night after picking up a shoulder injury.

Due to Brexit, Arsenal, and the rest of the football clubs in England, will no longer be able to sign European players under the age of 18.

Joseph Olowu played well again on Friday against St. Patricks, despite an injury scare and another disappointing result for Cork City.

On his third appearance for Rangers u18s, former Gunner Malcolm Ebiowei got both his first goal and his first assist at his new club.

Martin Atkinson took charge of his sixth Arsenal game this season as the Premier League and FA continue to give this man more Arsenal matches than any other but even he couldn’t stop Arsenal beating West Ham.