Arsenal Opinion Archives: 07/2018

Matteo Guendouzi signed for Arsenal on Wednesday morning, in one of the lower profile moves of the summer, but he’s already winning fans over nonetheless.

It’s now a case of ‘when’ not ‘if’ Lucas Torreira will join Arsenal, so what shirt number will the midfielder get when he arrives?

Arsenal could have a bit of a boost on some of their rivals at the start of the 2018/19 season, with many players from other big-six clubs still on international duty.

We’ve now reached the semi-final stage and France could well do it again, with Didier Deschamps emulating Aime Jacquet’s formula of a team based on hard work, defensive structure and unity, along with creative geniuses in attack.

As Mesut Ozil trudged off the pitch against South Korea, a few fans hurled insults in his direction. He’d just been part of the first ever German team to crash out in the group stages of a World Cup and he knew, if the last few weeks had anything to go by, that his life was about to get worse.

It’s the sort of things other clubs do, isn’t it? We’re not used to this sort of thing at Arsenal. Yet here we are. Things certainly have changed around these parts.

With the signing of Lucas Torreira, Arsenal will finish their senior team recruitment however they will also look to bring in a youth player before the window closes.

After a few tough years and more than a decade without a PL title, Arsenal finally decided to let the legendary Arsene Wenger go.

Neymar’s World Cup will be remembered for excessive rolls and feigning injury, but it further highlights the inherent and ingrained sexism that is still rampant in football today.

Jamie Carragher will return to Sky Sports for the new season after serving a suspension for spitting in the direction of a 14-year-old girl and her father who had been goading him after Liverpool lost.

Vivianne Miedema held a football clinic at her former club, VV De Weide in Hoogeveen this weekend.

Sheffield FC Ladies have withdrawn from the newly named FA Women’s Championship citing ‘money’ as the main reason behind their decision.