Shkodran Mustafi Archives: 09/2016

Matthew, Stephen and Anita discuss league cup victory at Forest, this season’s tactical changes, the emergence of Iwobi and ‘Kostafi’, and booing ex players.  Oh,…

It was a morale-boosting victory over our fierce west London rivals Chelsea on Saturday evening, but what did we learn from the match?

Shkodran Mustafi and Laurent Koscielny had a field day against Diego Costa on Saturday.

Mesut Ozil has already taken to Twitter to share a selfie of himself, Granit Xhaka, Lucas and Shkodran Mustafi in the dressing room at the Emirates, celebrating a brilliant win over Chelsea.

Mesut Ozil has been speaking to the Arsenal programme ahead of the Chelsea game, and praised two of the new boys, Shkodran Mustafi and Granit Xhaka.

New boy, Shkodran Mustafi, recently took part in a Twitter takeover in which he revealed his nickname and why he has it.

Shkodran Mustafi congratulated Granit Xhaka on his goal on Saturday against Hull City.

Since Shkodran Mustafi arrived at Arsenal we’ve been looking closely at his passing stats given that he arrived with a reputation as a ball-playing centreback.

Shkodran Mustafi appears to be adapting to the Premier League and his partnership with Laurent Koscielny is developing nicely.

Did you know Shkodran Mustafi used to be a striker, that Arsenal were supposed to sign Adrien Rabiot or that you can’t appeal yellow cards? Then read on.

Shkodran Mustafi revealed during his ‘Twitter takeover’ that he never supported one specific football team growing up.

Shkodran Mustafi has revealed that he used to be a striker when he was a teenager.

Wednesday was all about the reaction to Arsenal’s 1-1 draw away to PSG.

Shkodran Mustafi spoke after Arsenal’s 1-1 draw against PSG on Tuesday night and described why it’s so difficult for defenders to play against Alexis.

What did Arsenal actually learn against Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday night?

There wasn’t much to cheer about in Arsenal’s game against PSG but they somehow managed to get themselves a draw and Mustafi stood out once again with his passing ability.

Paul and Sylvain join Matthew to run the rule over the new signings’ debut, debate the rules re the penalty against Southampton, have a peek towards PSG away, and celebrate Nicklas Bendtner’s signing for Nottingham Forest.

Shkodran Mustafi’s debut performance for Arsenal came in for some criticism in parts of the media after he made the mistake of actually playing football unlike Danny Rose who was named in the Team of the Week despite not playing a single minute.

Shkodran Mustafi arrived at Arsenal with a big price tag and a reputation as a ball playing centreback, so is he? Is that what we saw against Southampton on Saturday at the Emirates?

Shkodran Mustafi made his first start for the club in what was an assured performance at right-centre back alongside Laurent Koscielny.