Arsenal Opinion Archives: 08/2018

Lucas Moura has slammed his time working under Unai Emery as the ‘worst seven months of my life’ but what really happened between the two?

Germany manager Joachim Low has expressed his disappointment that Mesut Ozil didn’t bother to contact him before retiring from international football but seems not to care that the player felt discriminated against because of his race.

With the new Premier League season just recently getting underway, the pressure is on for Mesut Özil to perform on the pitch.

Jose Mourinho reacted to Manchester United’s 3-0 defeat at the hands of Tottenham with a line he must have been dying to use since Arsene Wenger left the Premier League.

Lukas Podolski has become the latest German player to deny Mesut Ozil’s claim of racism within the German national camp, falling foul of the ‘if I didn’t experience it, it doesn’t exist’ line of thinking.

Bust up! Storm out! A strangely ‘energetic’ choice of words to use for a player frequently lambasted for his total lack of f*cks given.

Unai Emery is remaining calm despite two straight defeats against the country’s top six.

Ivan Gazidis is causing ‘embarrassment’ in Rome and Milan according to a report from Italy about the Arsenal CEO’s delay in making a decision over his future.

With the 2018/19 season now underway, we’re looking at what Arsenal’s trophy chances are this season.

Rwanda’s Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Olivier Nduhungirehe, has told broadcaster CNN to ‘be quiet’ after they criticised his country’s deal with Arsenal, prompting a backlash in the nation.

Against Chelsea on Saturday, we saw exactly why some Arsenal fans don’t want Granit Xhaka in the team, but the match was also a great example for why the team needs him.

Following a glorious 22-year tenure and 1235 games in charge of the Gunners, the legendary professor bid the London club farewell this May.

New season, same old for Arsenal, eh? Buy a number 10 and completely avoid the one position in the squad that has been decimated by injury and sales. Nope, not this time.

As he watched the ball roll perilously close to his own goal line after attempting what seemed to be a simple pass, Petr Cech would have been forgiven for thinking “Jsem příliš starý na tohle hovno.”

Starting a new season with a new manager against the only team to ever collect 100 Premier League points was a cruel twist from the…

Losing matches is just something you have to deal with in football, but defeat to Manchester City helped to give us some insight about who should play in Arsenal’s midfield trio.

Stan Kroenke won’t be fazed by unhappy supporters, after completing his takeover of Arsenal Football Club this month, as he’s used to it by now.

In just a few short hours, the Arsenal stadium announcer will engage in familiar matchday patter, enthusing that football is back in North London and encouraging us to enjoy the game. Yet I’ve never felt less sure of what to expect from a matchday at the Emirates.

Arsenal fans may not like Stan Kroenke, but it seems we haven’t even had a small taste of the anger he’s capable of inducing, a rage so visceral some people would rather be Spurs fans…

On Thursday at 5pm, the Premier League transfer deadline passed, and so did any lingering hopes of adding to Arsenal’s current squad, but how is that squad looking going into the new season?