Football Archives: 01/2017

Mohamed Elneny will undergo tests in the ‘coming days’ after the midfielder picked up a calf strain that ruled him out of Egypt’s 1-0 win over Morocco in the AFCON quarter final.

If we were thinking it might be nice to have Mohamed Elneny back in the Arsenal set-up soon, we might be out of luck after the midfielder picked up a calf-injury, ruling him out of the quarter final against Morocco.

Two Arsenal youngsters have been selected for the tri-nations friendly tournament with France and Germany.

Mohamed Elneny is currently away with Egypt for the Africa Cup of Nations tournament in Gabon and his country have managed to progress to the quarter-finals.

2017 is a big year for the England Women’s team as they are now one of the favourites to win the upcoming Euros in the Netherlands. But do they have enough to win it ?

This week, the CIES Football Observatory have taken a look at the top sides from the five leagues across Europe to determine what their squad value is compared with the cost of assembling it.

Tottenham dominate the top ten of players who play the longest balls with Liverpool the second-most represented team.

Immediately after Granit Xhaka’s red card against Burnley, which will see him serve a 4-game ban, a host of stats started flying round about how many games and red cards he’s had over the past two or three seasons.

Sol Campbell has called on Manchester City to let him help John Stones, believing he can turn the player round in ‘a couple of months’.

Manchester United have become the first Premier League club to appoint a counter-terrorism manager, pointing the way to a new reality for all clubs and match-going fans.

Arsenal midfielder Mohamed Elneny is currently away on international duty with his native Egypt, as they aim to secure a record eighth Africa Cup of Nations trophy this year.

The FA are considering bringing in a rule that would see people who dive punished retroactively, according to a report in the Times (£).

Alexis Sanchez has pleaded guilty to two charges of tax fraud amounting to almost €1m in relation to his image rights when he was at Barcelona.

In a week where news of a £300,000 a year offer was allegedly made to a player in the Premier League, a WSL1 team downgraded their team to part-time football to cut costs, the FA WSL might reach a turning point next season.

Despite a promising start to proceedings at the KCOM Stadium, Bournemouth lost 3-1 and Jack Wilshere’s creative ability was essentially stifled for large periods.

Swansea City have completed the signing of Dutch international winger, Luciano Narsingh, from PSV Eindhoven but he will not face Arsenal.

On Friday, the biggest story doing the rounds was Diego Costa being dropped by Chelsea because he wants to go to China and earn all the monies.

England u19 will have their traditional January camp with a double header against Norway and six Arsenal players have been selected

Arsenal face Swansea this weekend, so what has happened since the side’s last met in October?

Ismael Bennacer has received an international callup for Algeria to compete in the Africa Cup of Nations after another player withdrew because of injury.