Football Archives: 10/2018

Government minister Ben Wallace said that at least one club is under investigation for money laundering.

Former head coach of the Switzerland national team Ottmar Hitzfeld admits he can’t understand why Granit Xhaka is playing at left-back at the moment.

Arsenal and the other 14 board members of the European Club Association signed a letter opposing FIFA President Gianni Infantino’s proposals to expand the Club World Cup.

Leicester City’s owner, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, has been confirmed dead following the helicopter crash outside the King Power Stadium on Saturday evening.

Joel Lopez took a break from the Arsenal u18s this past week, to help Spain to progress to the next round of the UEFA u17 Championship.

Gabon supporters are growing frustrated with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s behaviour with the national team, and are starting to question the 29-year-old’s position as captain.

Jacksonville Jaguars have confirmed that they will not play any games at Tottenham’s new ground when it eventually opens, stating they will only play at Wembley.

Leicester City manager Claude Puel is expected to drop Jamie Vardy for their clash against West Ham after the striker had to leave the pitch during Arsenal’s game against the Foxes on Monday.

Sunderland and Ipswich Town are leading calls for a change to the law that stops fans from being able to enjoy a beer or glass of wine while they watch football games.

Up to 30 CSKA Moscow fans were injured in a Rome train station on Tuesday night when an escalator sped out of control.

When Granit Xhaka signed for Arsenal he did so with a reputation as something of a bad boy who had disciplinary problems.

Tottenham have extended their line of credit to take their stadium borrowing to £500m.

Almost 200 footballers in the Premier League and Football League and 29 agents are under investigation by HMRC as they expand their investigation into football’s use of image rights loopholes and tax-avoidance schemes.

Granit Xhaka confirmed that he only took the captain’s armband on a temporary basis over the international break, he’ll give it up to Stephan Lichtsteiner on the right-back’s return.

Arsene Wenger is at it again, this time predicting that within five years football clubs will be turning to fans on social media to determine substitutes and his history of predicting things within football means we should be listening.

Iran’s prosecutor has said there will be no repeat of women watching football matches in the country after around 100 women were allowed the rare privilege of doing just that this week.

Former Barcelona president, Sandro Rosell, will stand trial in February for money laundering according to an AFP report that cites Spanish judicial sources.

Arsene Wenger thinks Mesut Özil’s decision to leave the German National Team could end up hurting his club form as well.

Reiss Nelson’s top quality free-kick for the England u21s on Tuesday capped off a fantastic international break for Arsenal’s young players.

Henrikh Mkhitaryan had a mixed international break, despite returning to Arsenal with a goal and two assists in just two matches.