Considering the confusion and surprise that his move had on many when announced in January two years ago now, it’s clear to see that Krystian Bielik has progressed well under the radar in Arsenal’s youth ranks since his £2.7m move.
2016 has been a memorable year for Arsenal’s youth teams but who have been the real standouts?
Despite taking the lead in the first-half through Reiss Nelson, his second goal in successive games against the Bulgarian side, the Young Guns were unable to effectively see the game out and succumbed to a frustrating 1-1 draw after Preslav Petrov’s second-half effort despite creating a number of chances after the interval.
Arsene Wenger admitted that he will probably look send Krystian Bielik out on loan when the January window opens.
The Arsenal squad set to face PSG on the 13th of September has been announced and there are a couple of – sort of – surprises.
After Arsenal drew Nottingham Forest in the English Football League (EFL) Cup, Arsene Wenger discussed who we could potentially see play.
Arsenal’s u23s lost again in Premier League 2 after they were beaten 1-0 by Manchester City on Friday night.
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).
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.
Krystian Bielik has had a decent pre-season playing at centre-back for Arsenal, a role which he loves despite previously being a midfielder.
Friday was a comparatively jam-packed day with deals happening left, right and centre, as well as the usual gossip-guff.
Another pre-season win for Arsenal against Viking FK saw moments of brilliance from a few Gunners.
Krystian Bielik has revealed how he felt when Arsene Wenger moved him from midfield to centre-back.
Gabriel has returned to training after missing out on the US tour with tonsillitis because he’s six.
As Stephen Bradley already wrote this morning, we shouldn’t read too much into what was partly an exhibition game for the MLS and partly an exercise in developing match fitness for Arsenal.
Plenty of youngsters were given some minutes during our 1-1 pre-season draw against Ligue 2 side Lens on Friday evening, so how did they do?
Our first pre-season match is behind us, how did our players do?
A mixture of Arsenal players, senior and youth, trained ahead of our Friday clash with French club, RC Lens. So, who will get the nod to start?
Arsenal u21s secured promotion via the play-offs on Tuesday evening, beating Aston Villa 3-1 at the Emirates Stadium to return to the top flight of u21 football in England.
Tuesday night was important for the club in more ways than one: the headline grabber was West Ham signing off at Upton Park with a win over Manchester United that guaranteed Champions League football for Arsenal next year.