Arsenal News Archives: 09/2021

Arsenal loanee Harry Clarke has won Ross County’s Player of the Month award for August, after a strong start to his 2020/21 campaign.

England’s u21 fixture against Romania was called off this week after two Covid-19 cases, with three Arsenal players in the squad.

Albert Sambi Lokonga made his senior international debut for Belgium on Thursday, revealing his pride at the landmark moment afterwards.

Sead Kolasinac’s injury isn’t as serious as previously feared, and it currently looks as if he may be set for a return before club football is back.

James Olayinka is still working his way back to fitness after needing an operation on an injury at the end of last season.

Marcelo Flores performed well for the Mexico u20s despite defeat this week, and he may well have been in the u21s if not for travel…

Arsenal have still not announced that Granit Xhaka has signed a new deal, despite being half out the door to Roma all summer, even though the player and owner have confirmed it.

Willian has said it’s ‘great coming home’ after he signed for Corinthians following his contract termination with Arsenal.

Granit Xhaka believes he was ‘brutally surprised’ to be sent off for flying, two-footed, off the ground into a tackle against Manchester City.

Shkodran Mustafi has finally found a new club, signing for Levante in Spain. It took him a while to find a club willing to pay…

The editor of huge Swiss publication, Blick, has hit out at Granit Xhaka for being negligent after it was revealed the midfielder had not only picked up Covid but had also not been vaccinated.

Tobin Heath’s expected arrival at Arsenal means there will be a lot of competition for attacking places at the club, so who should start?

This week Matthew is joined by Stephen to lament another limp performance against Man City, get quietly excited about yet another signing and what he can bring to the club in terms of balance and bite, while also struggling with office metaphors talking about Willian’s surprising painless departure.

Jordi Osei-Tutu is back in training with Nottingham Forest following his hamstring injury problem, according to reports and a hint on his social media.

Arsenal loanee Harry Clarke made it into the SPFL Team of the Week for his most recent performance for Ross County in a draw with Aberdeen.

Matteo Guendouzi received a call-up to the French senior national team on Wednesday, after Corentin Tolisso had to pull out with an injury.

Granit Xhaka has tested positive for Covid-19 and hasn’t been vaccinated, according to reports and quotes over the last 24 hours.

Mikel Arteta said that he needed to question himself after Arsenal’s latest defeat, but that’s something he should have been doing a long time ago.

New Arsenal signing Takehiro Tomiyasu has sent a message to the fans after completing his transfer from Bologna on deadline day.

Arsenal defender Brooke Norton-Cuffy has had to withdraw from his first participation with the England u18s due to an injury.