Tag: FC Basel

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Basel confident ahead of Arsenal clash

Urs Fischer admitted in his press conference ahead of Basel's trip to north London that the Swiss team feel "courage" due to their positive results against English teams in recent years.
Taulant and Granit Xhaka

Taulant Xhaka admits facing Arsenal is a childhood dream

Granit Xhaka's older brother, Taulant, says that facing Arsenal with Basel will be a childhood dream come true.

Wenger targets top of Champions League group

Arsene Wenger revealed that he's targeting the top of our Champions League group and so he should.

Look: Maitland-Niles, Jenko and Debuchy in Arsenal training ahead of Basel

Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Carl Jenkinson and Mathieu Debuchy were all in Arsenal training ahead of our Champions League clash with Basel on Wednesday.

Wenger: Basel won’t be intimidated by Arsenal

Arsene Wenger is wary of Basel after the Swiss team beat both Manchester United and Chelsea in recent years.

Giroud set to miss out on Burnley

Arsene Wenger has confirmed that although Olivier Giroud would miss out on the Basel clash on Wednesday through suspension anyway, he'll also most likely miss out on our Premier League match with Burnley on Sunday.
Arsenal team news

Team news: Coquelin misses Basel, back in ‘three weeks’

As was previously reported by L'Equipe, it seems as if Francis Coquelin's knee injury sustained against Chelsea at the weekend isn't as serious as was first feared but he will miss our Basel clash on Wednesday.

Granit Xhaka speaks about ‘special’ Champions League draw against his brother

Granit Xhaka is looking forward to facing his brother, Taulant, when Arsenal face Basel in the Champions League.

Watch: Schalke smug over Embolo signing, poke gentle fun at Arsenal

Schalke have signed Manchester United and Arsenal target, Breel Embolo, and are feeling pretty smug about it.

Basel get £5m windfall after Xhaka transfer

Swiss side, FC Basel, are set to rake in around £5m (7.6m Swiss Francs) from the transfer of Granit Xhaka to Arsenal.

Elneny: I needed a bigger challenge

Mohamed Elneny has spoken about his move from Basel to Arsenal, explaining how he wanted a change to a league where there were more challenges.

Official: Arsenal sign Mohamed Elneny from FC Basel

Arsenal have completed the signing of Egyptian international Mohamed Elneny. The 23-year-old midfielder joins from FC Basel in a deal reported to be worth around...

Spanish press say Arsenal have enquired about Samper

We've been here before, but there are yet more reports linking Arsenal with a move for Barcelona's Sergi Samper. The talented 20-year-old midfielder was heavily...

Local press admit midfielder will join Arsenal ‘imminently’

After initial reports from Basler Zeitung that Arsenal were talking to Basel in the hope of signing Egyptian midfielder Mohamed Elneny this January, rumours hotted...