Internationals Archives: 09/2016

Wales manager Chris Coleman has aimed a few poorly-veiled digs at Arsenal over Aaron Ramsey’s hamstring injury which is set to rule him out for the next round of international fixtures.

Alexis Sanchez has been called up for Chile’s World Cup 2018 Qualifiers against Ecuador and Peru, which means he could miss our Premier League clash against Swansea.

Alex Iwobi is set to get a call up to the senior Nigerian national side for their game against Zambia on 9th October.

Arsenal Ladies’ Danielle Carter managed to bag a second hat-trick in as many England games during the Lioness’ 5-0 win over Estonia. She scored in…

John Griffiths will take a very experienced squad, including five Arsenal players, to the FIFA u17 WWC to be played in Jordan from the 30th September.

We are now entering an international week and the following Arsenal Ladies players have been called-up for their respective teams

After his performance in France’s 0-0 draw against Belarus earlier in the week, Olivier Giroud has come in for heavy criticism because of his miss after Antoine Griezmann’s sublime pass slipped him through on goal.

Alexis Sanchez was handed the captain’s armband for his country’s World Cup qualifier against Bolivia.

FIFA have issued a statement clarifying the situation of players who wanted to play for Kosovo but had represented other nations and it has proven Granit Xhaka right in his assertion that they’ve blocked him from changing.

Colombia may have lost 2-1 to Brazil in the early hours of Wednesday morning, but the Arsenal shot-stopped made sure the margin wasn’t worse.

Granit Xhaka thanked fans for their support after Switzerland beat Portugal 2-0 on Tuesday night in a match which saw the Arsenal man pick up another red card.

Granit Xhaka picked up another red card (two yellows) for his country as Switzerland beat Portugal 2-0 on Tuesday night.

Granit Xhaka has picked up another red card during Switzerland’s 2-0 triumph over Portugal.

Olivier Giroud and Laurent Koscielny both featured during France’s 0-0 draw against Belarus on Tuesday night.

Isaac Hayden revealed during his and Chuba Akpom’s ‘roommates’ video that they did for the FA while away on duty with the England u21s, that Chuba and Alex Iwobi are joined at the hip.

Takuma Asano has scored for Japan yet again – this time during their 2-0 win over Thailand in their World Cup 2018 Qualifier.

Hector Bellerin provided a silky assist during Spain’s u21 match against Sweden, while ex-Arsenal youngster, Kristoffer Olsson, missed a penalty.

Alexis Sanchez has been made captain of Chile for the first time, a move that has left him feeling ‘very motivated’ according to those close to him.

Arsenal will have to do without Mohamed Elneny in January as Egypt head to the Africa Cup of Nations just about when Arsenal’s injury crisis should be in full swing.

Currently on international duty with Switzerland, some of Granit Xhaka’s teammates were asked to complete the following sentence – ‘Granit is a…’