Arsenal News Archives: 08/2016

Although Jurgen Klopp was his usual charming self after his Liverpool team beat Arsenal 4-3 at the Emirates, there was one thing he said, which didn’t make sense.

Following our 4-3 defeat at the hands of Liverpool on Sunday, Arsene Wenger admitted that Granit Xhaka needs more time and perhaps he pushed Aaron Ramsey when he shouldn’t.

Speaking after our disappointing season opener to Liverpool, which Arsenal lost 4-3, Arsene Wenger tried to reassure the fans that he’s still working hard to bring in one or two new players.

It was a sound we’ve grown used to hearing at the Emirates. When the final whistle went after Arsenal lost 4-3 at home to Liverpool, boos rang out loud and clear.

Although there was a fair amount of transfer guff around on Sunday, it was all overshadowed by Arsenal’s rather embarrassing 4-3 loss to Liverpool at the Emirates.

A visibly dejected, quiet Arsene Wenger addressed the media following Arsenal’s 4-3 loss to Liverpool at home.

Petr Cech has been announced as Arsenal captain for our opening match against Liverpool.

Jon Toral scored yet another goal for Granada v Mallorca in a pre-season friendly.

Mo Farah is probably one of the world’s most famous Arsenal fans and even after winning an Olympics gold media in the 10,000m run, the north London team was still at the forefront of his thoughts.

Arsenal’s u18s got off to a fantastic start to the U18 Premier League in their Saturday opener against Aston Villa at London Colney.

Three Arsenal loanees played on Saturday with varying results.

David Ospina’s save against Barcelona in the Champions League to deny Lionel Messi has been voted as one of the best of the season.

The man Tony Pulis didn’t rate when he had him on loan at West Brom is continuing to rip up the Olympics by scoring his sixth goal in four games against Portugal.

Arsene Wenger has admitted that it was a ‘natural choice’ to make Per Mertesacker captain while Jack thinks it’s great because Per organises the team dinners.

With all eyes firmly fixed on Sunday, it was a relatively quiet day on the Arsenal front, even in terms of gossip.

Earlier this morning we covered reports of an EXCLUSIVE in the Daily Star which claimed that Santi Cazorla had been made captain of Arsenal. It was wrong.

Arsenal u23s got their new season off to a poor start, losing 2-0 to Reading on Friday night.

Santi Cazorla is set to wear the captain’s armband against Liverpool according to the Daily Star with many papers stating that he has been made the new club captain.

Olivier Giroud will not be taking part in Sunday’s game against Liverpool, but the frontman has been speaking to the press in France about his aims for the upcoming season.

Another press conference, another Jose Mourinho rant about Arsene Wenger?