Arsenal News Archives: 08/2020

The FA have released the fixture list for the first two games for the FA WSL and FA WC 2020/21 season and Arsenal will open their season at home to Reading.

Two Arsenal goalkeepers feature in the top three for save percentage this Premier League season, as the club face a dilemma at the back.

As more details emerge about the people being cut from Arsenal’s wage bill, Mesut Ozil’s pay cut stance, for which he was pilloried, seems like it was the right one and might even be the reason he isn’t playing.

Jolen Lescott believes Manchester City found it ‘difficult to cope’ when ‘integral’ Mikel Arteta left to take the Arsenal job and also had no clue Arteta would be so good so soon.

Arsene Wenger has admitted that he still misses the day-to-day grind of training a club side as he continues to weighs up a return to coaching against the state of his health.

Paul Merson believes that Harry Redknapp was a better tactician than Arsene Wenger in comments that would be surprising if they came from anyone else.

Manchester United manager, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, confirmed on Wednesday night that a deal had been agreed with Inter Milan that would see Alexis Sanchez leave the club permanently.

Former Arsenal fan favourite, Kieran Gibbs, will be allowed to leave West Brom this summer.

Arsenal will let Francis Cagigao and others leave as part of their restructuring process that they are dressing up as post-Covid cuts.

Arsenal have announced they will have to make 55 staff members redundant due to the financial implications of the ongoing pandemic.

Emi Martinez has been speaking to ESPN about a possible return to Independiente, how he couldn’t say ‘no’ to Arsenal, and what Mikel Arteta is really like in training.

Arsenal’s main shirt and stadium sponsors, Emirates Airlines, are offering a free funeral to anyone who catches Covid during their trip, along with money to cover medical expenses.

Louise Quinn, along with Arsenal’s Katie McCabe, were both nominated for the Republic of Ireland Player of the Year and it was the former Arsenal player who picked up the award.

Louise Quinn has signed for Fiorentina after the 30-year was released by Arsenal where she will team up with former Gunner, Janni Arth.

Former Arsenal forward, Jodie Taylor, has signed for Lyon until the end of the calendar year.

Mikel Arteta has become the latest high profile person connected with the Premier League to splash out a lot of cash on a specially trained guard dog to protect is home.

Konstantinos Mavropanos is already in pre-season training for loan club VfB Stuttgart ahead of the 2020/21 Bundesliga campaign.

Matthew is joined by Paul for Episode 251 to review and rejoice the FA Cup Final, give lots of love to Mikel Arteta, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, and others, while wishing they took betting tips from Anita!

Arsenal will return for pre-season training surprisingly early according to the latest schedule with the Community Shield not long after.

Arsenal loanee Joseph Olowu made his return to the pitch for Cork City in a difficult match against Bohemians on Sunday.