The Stand Archives: 08/2016

Thierry Henry has made it clear that he rates Manchester United’s new signing, Paul Pogba, but also believes he needs to work on his defensive work if he’s not going to be played in a more advanced role.

Arsene Wenger has admitted that he feels guilt and regret following Arsenal’s disappointing title run last season.

With all the transfer doom and gloom surrounding Arsenal at the moment, it’s easy to lose sight of reasons that we should actually get pretty excited about the new Premier League season starting on Saturday (Sunday for us).

With Gabriel’s late injury in the win against City plus Mertesacker’s long term problem added to Koscielny’s extended holiday, there is no doubt that Arsenal are short of experience and number at centreback.

On Sunday, we shifted our attention over the Liverpool after they beat Barcelona 4-0 and, as always, delved into the biggest transfer rumours so you don’t have to.

Jurgen Klopp seems pretty confident going in the new Premier League season with Liverpool’s opener coming against Arsenal.

Wolfsburg are sticking to their guns as far as Julian Draxler is concerned and claiming that no offers have been made, despite reports that PSG have made a ‘concrete offer’.

When asked about how Zlatan Ibrahimovic would fit in at Manchester United and the Premier League, Arsene Wenger showered the striker with praise. However, of course that’s not the part the media want to focus on.

Arsene Wenger believes that Wales had no chance without Aaron Ramsey during the Euros and this is why they lost to Portugal in the semi-final.

Thierry Henry claimed that he’s worried for Arsenal after Liverpool beat Barcelona 4-0 on Friday night.

Saturday was full of post-match comments from Arsene Wenger and players following our 8-0 win over Viking FK but of course there was still the usual amount of shady gossip doing the rounds.

Arsene Wenger may have just set the cat among the pigeons by saying that he still sees Theo Walcott as a striker.

Claudio Ranieri has insisted that Riyad Mahrez is staying with Leicester City for about the 100th time.

New midfielder, Granit Xhaka, hailed his new Arsenal teammates recently, claiming that they’re fun but also serious when they have to be.

Krystian Bielik has had a decent pre-season playing at centre-back for Arsenal, a role which he loves despite previously being a midfielder.

The observant among you will know I’m a big Wojciech Szczesny fan.

Friday was a comparatively jam-packed day with deals happening left, right and centre, as well as the usual gossip-guff.

Jose Mourinho addressed the press on Friday looking more like someone who had been down the pub all day than a football manager and he had some typically idiotic things to say.

Wojciech Szczesny has admitted that he would welcome former Arsenal captain Thomas Vermaelen at Roma.

Santi Cazorla recently took part in a ‘super-fan’ interview while in LA and admitted that he feels very lucky to play with the likes of Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez.