Football Archives: 08/2016

Currently on international duty with Switzerland, it seems as if Granit Xhaka has issued a statement saying he will do whatever he can to get to play for Kosovo.

Mo Marley’s England u19 side has been invited to play a tournament called the Women’s International Cup from the 18th to the 23rd of October in Northern Ireland.

Following the end of the qualifying round, UEFA have disclosed the seeding for upcoming the Round of 32 draw next Thursday in Nyon.

Arsenal Ladies beat Notts County Ladies 2-0 on Sunday in order to keep the pressure on second-place Chelsea in the FA Women’s Super League.

Sam Allardyce has called Theo Walcott into his first England squad but has left Jack Wilshere and Alex Oxalde-Chamberlain out.

Liverpool are ready to cash in on defender, Alex Greenwood, a player they purchased for a sizeable fee from Notts County in February.

Hope Solo could be available for free in six months time, should Arsenal make a move for her?

Laurent Koscielny and Olivier Giroud have been called up to the France squad that will face Italy and Belarus when the first interlull descends upon us next week.

Chris Coleman has hit out at Arsene Wenger for selecting Aaron Ramsey against Liverpool which saw the midfielder pick up an injury that has ruled him out for Wales’ upcoming international game (and, you know, some games for the club that actually pays his wages).

Chris Willock has been called up to the England u19 squad for their double header against the Netherlands and Belgium in September.

When it comes to the connection between fans and the club they support, sometimes you couldn’t feel further away. One club is trying to fix that.

After the game against Leicester, Arsene Wenger revealed that Takuma Asano would not be granted a work permit by the Home Office, meaning that he will not be able to play for Arsenal for the foreseeable future.

Serge Gnabry scored his penalty against Brazil in the final of the Rio Olympics Men’s Football tournament but had to watch on as the hosts won the shoot-out thanks to Neymar.

Arsenal’s centre-back, Josephine Henning, will come back to the club with an unexpected gold medal as Germany beat Sweden 2-1 in the Olympic final on Friday.

After scoring six goals in four appearances, if you were going to put money on one player to score to put Germany through the final of the Olympic’s football tournament, it would be Serge Gnabry.

We might not be finishing fourth these days, but just in case we start again, it’s nice to know that we will likely no longer have to play a qualifying match thanks to some reported changes coming our way in the Champions League.

As prompted by the Arsenal Ladies twitter and the hashtag #7favpalyers, here are the my seven favourite Arsenal Ladies players and why: Gemma Davison The…

The Arsenal centre back was again an unused sub and has not seen much game time in the tournament but will come back with at least a silver medal.

Granit Xhaka is one of a number of big name players who have been invited to play for Kosovo after they were finally granted FIFA status in May this year.

Serge Gnabry’s people have let it be known in Germany that a new contract for the player at Arsenal is ‘just a formality’ after the Olympics as the player continues to be linked with a loan move to Hertha Berlin.