Arsene Wenger Archives: 09/2017

Arsène Wenger says that this week’s matches against FC Köln and Chelsea are the perfect opportunity to show the Gunners can cope with Europa League football this season.

Carlo Ancelotti could be returning to the Premier League to take over from Arsène Wenger at Arsenal next summer, according to latest reports.

Arsene Wenger likened Jack Wilshere’s extensive injury history to a person having suffered a car crash, intimating there may be psychological issues that have yet to be resolved.

Olivier Giroud has revealed that he was close to leaving Arsenal this summer, only to make a U-turn on the decision after reflecting on things.

Arsene Wenger has revealed Arsenal midfielder Francis Coquelin will be out of action for three weeks, having picked up a hamstring injury in Saturday’s 3-0 win over Bournemouth.

Arsene Wenger could leave out seven first-team players for Thursday’s Europa League clash, with Petr Cech, Laurent Koscielny, Alexandre Lacazette, Danny Welbeck, Mesut Ozil, Granit Xhaka and Aaron Ramsey all missing training.

Dietmar Hamann says that everything Arsène Wenger built in 20 years has been destroyed in the last three or four seasons by his decision to stay at the helm.

When Arsene Wenger was planning for the 2011-12 season, he was not too concerned with the loss of captain Cesc Fàbregas or Samir Nasri, the most influential player of the previous season.

Joey Barton thinks that Manchester United manager José Mourinho made the best signings of the summer, much better than Arsène Wenger fared with Arsenal.

Stan Collymore thinks that Arsène Wenger would have been successful at Manchester United, if he’d joined the club back in 2002.

Arsenal are planning to replace manager Arsène Wenger with Germany boss Joachim Low, according to Bundesliga pundit Lee Price.

Arsène Wenger plans to give Jack Wilshere a game against FC Köln on Thursday, for the first time in over a year.

Arsène Wenger tried to sign Kylian Mbappé both last summer and this summer while he was still at Monaco.

Arsène Wenger has revealed he turned down a potential move to Manchester United to replace Sir Alex Ferguson because the club didn’t match his values.

Arsene Wenger admits that the home crowd could influence his team selection for Thursday’s game against FC Koln. 

Alexis Sanchez made his return to the Arsenal side in Saturday’s 3-0 win over Bournemouth, coming off the bench in the second-half to a mixed reception at the Emirates Stadium.

Tony Adams says that Jack Wilshere should’ve said ‘no’ to a Bournemouth loan, and that’s what he would’ve done in Wilshere’s position.

Arsene Wenger insists that Shkodran Mustafi did not ask to leave the club during the summer.

Earlier this week Arsène Wenger talked about how close Arsenal came to signing Kylian Mbappé in the summer of 2016. We’re looking at how Mbappé features in the best side of players Wenger almost signed.

Arsenal’s transfer budget could be boosted by as much as £30m in 2018, according to reports.