Ismael Bennacer

Ismael Bennacer claims that clubs from France and Spain are interested in him but he’ll discuss his future with Arsenal at the end of the season.

It was a better start to the weekend for Arsenal’s loanees in action across Friday and Saturday’s range of European fixtures.

Across Friday and Saturday’s fixtures, seven Arsenal loan players featured at some stage.

Ismael Bennacer is enjoying his time out on loan so much that he wants to do it again next season even though Arsene Wenger told him he was ‘counting on him’.

Four Arsenal loanees’ teams were in action on Friday night.

Six Arsenal loanees’ teams were in action on Friday night. Here is a brief overview of how they got on

Eight players were in action across European competition during Friday and Saturday’s round of fixtures, with mixed success.

It was a mixed bag for the Arsenal players whose loan clubs were in action on Friday night

Ismael Bennacer was not included in the Tours side that lost, 4-2, away to Strasbourg in Ligue 2.

Stephy Mavididi played the full 90 minutes for Charlton Athletic as they lost at home to Oxford United but the Arsenal man came close to scoring a number of times for the League One side and was hailed by fans.

Ismael Bennacer player the full 90 minutes as his Tours side lost 3-2 at Bourg-en-Bresse on Friday night in a proper see-saw game and was integral in winning a penalty.

All but one of the players out on-loan featured for their respective sides in Friday and Saturday’s round of fixtures across Europe with varying success and minutes scattered.

There were starts for a few of Arsenal’s players out on-loan during Friday and Saturday’s fixtures across Europe, with contrasting results.

Arsenal sent another batch of players out on loan during the January transfer window making that 19 in total.

Just as promised, Arsenal made no additions to their first team squad during the January transfer window.

Ismael Bennacer has joined Tours on loan until the end of the season.

Ismael Bennacer is said to be closed to a move to Tours in the French second division on loan until the end of the season.

Arsene Wenger has used this week’s programme notes to speak about Ismael Bennacer, the Arsenal youngster who got a surprise call-up to the Africa Cup of Nations.

Fresh after receiving a call-up to join the Algeria squad ahead of this year’s Africa Cup of Nations tournament in Gabon, here is a profile of the 19-year-old midfielder and why you should keep an eye on him in future.

Ismael Bennacer has received an international callup for Algeria to compete in the Africa Cup of Nations after another player withdrew because of injury.