Arsenal History

Lukas Podolski has criticised the wives of footballers in a bit of a rant that comes with quite heavy sexist undertones.

50 years ago today, on 11 June, 1971, Liam Brady joined Arsenal's Academy, so we take a long look back at his time at the club as a player.

Lukas Podolski has no plans to hang up his boots just yet because, despite being 36, the German feels he has another one or two years left in him.

Dani Ceballos believes that he can become a Real Madrid player even though he mostly spent two years stinking up Arsenal and Carlo Ancelotti reportedly wants to sell him to buy Manuel Locatelli.

It can be hard to keep up with everything that's going on so here is a round up of the main Arsenal news and talking points from the last seven days.

Joel Campbell left Arsenal in 2018, so how has he done since leaving the club he was once famously told to 'get out' of 'while you still can'?

Emi Martinez made his debut for Argentina this week as they drew 1-1 with Alexis Sanchez's Chile, so how did the former Arsenal man do?

Three years ago today, 5 June, Unai Emery's first signing was announced and it was a harbinger of things to come.

It has been reported that David Luiz has reached an agreement with Flamengo which would see the Brazilian return to his home country but the claim from Spain seems to be total nonsense.

Johan Djourou has become the second former Arsenal player to announce his retirement from playing football after Nicklas Bendtner did the same earlier this week.

The Romford Pelé cut an impressive figure on the pitch back in the day. Find out more about Ray Parlour and his career here.

Former Arsenal striker Nicklas Bendtner has announced his retirement from football at the age of 33, intending to move into coaching.

Martin Odegaard is sure his return to Real Madrid will be a success and he'd like Erling Haaland to come play with him in Spain.

The Ballon d'Or was cancelled in 2020 due to the pandemic but it returns this year and I thought it worth talking about the greatest player to never win it - Thierry Henry.

Dan Crowley and Jon Toral have become the latest former Arsenal youngsters to be released on a free after Jack Wilshere was let go by Bournemouth at the end of his short-term contract.

Martin Odegaard will be part of the Real Madrid squad for the 21/22 season according to a report in Spain that claims they also want to sign Paul Pogba or Houssem Aouar.

Jack Wilshere has been released by Bournemouth after signing for the Cherries on a short-term deal in January not long after expressing Arsenal regrets.

On this week's podcast, Matthew and Paul look back at victories over both halves of the M23 rivalry and the sparkling end of season form of our record signing.

Former Arsenal Head of Coach and Player Development, Marcel Lucassen, who resigned from the club as allegations of racist remarks were being investigated, has been appointed Director of Football Development at KNVB.

Dani Ceballos has confirmed his Arsenal exit, posting a long goodbye message on his Instagram feed.

Not that long ago you could hardly move without bumping into an article about Alexis Sanchez but over recent months things have been very...

Laurent Koscielny says he won't stay for another season like the one he's just had with Bordeaux, and once again he feels promises have been broken.

Schalke have confirmed that Shkodran Mustafi will leave the club at the end of the season, just months after he joined from Arsenal.

Liverpool can apparently sign Aaron Ramsey from Juventus for just £10m in a move that would surely divide the Arsenal fan base.

Jay Emmanuel-Thomas was captaining Arsenal's u18s when he was just 16 and big things were expected of the teenage giant, but it didn't quite work out for him at Arsenal so where is he now?

Martin Odegaard is the latest player to wear the Arsenal shirt number 11, a jersey with an impressive history behind it.

Former Arsenal striker Chuba Akpom has been told by Middlesbrough boss Neil Warnock to find a new club this summer, according to reports.

Francis Jeffers signed for Arsenal in 2001 for what was then a substantial £13.77m but it never worked out for him in London, so where is he now?

Mesut Ozil's life in Turkey did not get off to the best start but with the season coming to a close, he has finally grabbed his first assist since his last game in an Arsenal shirt.

Kelechi Nwakali has released a statement on reports that he plans to switch international allegiances away from Nigeria.

Matt Macey left Arsenal in January to sign for Hibs, so how has he been getting on?

Bild and Kyle Bartley stick the knife into Arsenal while Mesut Ozil gives his opinion on Smith Rowe replacing him and Alex Song ventures into business

Arsene Wenger once said that he didn't want to 'kill' Denilson by buying a big-name midfielder, but the king of the sideways pass never made it at Arsenal, so where is he now?

Unai Emery posted on social media to celebrate Villarreal's progression to the Europa League final on Thursday, including a message to Arsenal.

If Shkodran Mustafi thought life was tough at Arsenal, he learned things could get much worse at Schalke

50 years ago, on 3 May 1971, Arsenal won the league at White Hart Lane for the first time.

Mesut Ozil returned to playing with Fenerbahce after rupturing his ankle ligaments at the start of March.

With three of his clubs and one former manager in the Europa League semi-finals, Henrikh Mkhitaryan has been looking back on his time with Arsenal and Unai Emery.

Daniel Ek has been speaking on CNBC and has given an update on the status of his bid to takeover Arsenal.

Thierry Henry is one of the Premier League's two inaugural inductees to their new Hall of Fame, along with Alan Shearer.