The Stand Archives: 07/2016

Claudio Ranieri has once again confirmed that Riyah Mahrez is not leaving Leicester City.

On Friday, we beat the MLS All-Stars, Wenger confirmed we’d be signing a new attacking option and we dug into the latest with the Mahrez and Mustafi rumours.

Arsene Wenger has breathed life into our lifeless Gooner corpses by confirming that Arsenal are looking to bring in one more attacking option.

Arsene Wenger has bemoaned transfers and the fact that no matter who you sign or how much you spend, it’s never enough.

Gonzalo Higuain is now officially a Juventus player (let’s never trust Napoli again) but has admitted that it’s up to him to prove his steep price tag and that he understands the fans’ anger.

I left home over four years ago.

Rob Holding played his first game for Arsenal against the MLS All-Stars on Friday and although he performed well, he admitted that he did suffer from some pre-match ‘jitters’.

Arsene Wenger has hailed his two new signings, Granit Xhaka and Rob Holding, following Arsenal’s pre-season win over the MLS All-Stars.

After Per Mertesacker was ruled out for up to five months with a knee injury he sustained in our pre-season match against RC Lens, Petr Cech has urged Arsenal’s new signing, Rob Holding, to step up.

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain expressed his surprise at the magnitude of Arsenal’s clash against the MLS All-Stars after the Gunners won 2-1.

Despite beating the MLS All-Stars 2-1, Arsene Wenger admitted that it was a tough victory due to Arsenal’s difficult training regime.

Are Arsenal so focused on doing things right that they forget to do the right thing?

The rumour mill was in overdrive on Tuesday, with the news that we could be about to sign Wissam Ben Yedder breaking on Twitter and Lyon confirming that they’ve rejected a bit from us for Lacazette.

FA technical director, Dan Ashworth, insists that Arsene Wenger was not the first choice for the England job, contrary to reports.

Arsene Wenger has revealed why he sold Isaac Hayden to Newcastle.

Santi Cazorla has jumped in on the David Villa love-in that our players seem to be partaking in before our pre-season friendly against the MLS All-Stars.

Our new signing, Rob Holding, has vowed to not take risks and to basically keep things simple when he’s defending.

Monday saw the Gunners jet off to the USA, as well as more developments in a few transfer stories.

Diego Maradona is not a happy bunny, in fact, he’s pretty livid about Gonzalo Higuain potentially signing for Juventus.

With Arsenal’s first pre-season fixture out of the way, the need for reinforcements for final third is as clear as ever. With all now quiet on the striker front, column inches pile up about Riyad Mahrez with a bewildering array of entirely contradictory theories emerging daily.