One of the few mentioned elements of Arsenal’s transfer business amidst the euphoria of incomings is the loss of experience with those that left. Six players who left – alone have 485 international caps between them and 722 Arsenal appearances.…
Arsenal’s pre-season campaign for 2019/20 has started with the news that captain Laurent Koscielny refused to travel with the squad and wants to leave the club – another problem to add to the list. Unai Emery came ever-so close to…
Amidst the hyperactive mania around the Pepe transfer – an insightful article from our old friend Stewart Robson in the Express. He reckons the addition of Pepe will change Arsenal’s style – more into the mould of Liverpool and a…
Arsenal’s pre-season is developing the element of a thriller with truth stranger than fiction. Following the raw courage of Sead Kolasinac on Thursday taking on knife wielding car-jackers bare-handed (one paper argues that Kolasinac should be made captain through his…
The new season is just a couple of weeks away, and even in these gloomy times for Gooners, here are the few glimmers of hope I’m expecting to lighten the bleak Arsenal horizon, writes Tim Palmer. The kit However bad…
Sorry for announcing my arrival on these pages with a huge dump of despair, but bloody hell it’s painful being an Arsenal fan at the moment, writes Tim Palmer. As another shambolic transfer window unfolds, I’m wondering exactly why I…
Nineties Arsenal cult hero John Jensen is back at Arsenal – as Scandinavian scout. His legendary non-goalscoring exploits spawned the T-shirt “I saw John Jensen score”. The radio commentary in the QPR match in 1994 was also very entertaining. One…
Bad news for both team and club, as captain Laurent Koscielny asks for his contract to be cancelled. A club statement says: “Laurent Koscielny has refused to travel to the US for our pre-season tour.” “We are very disappointed by…
Some interesting quotes re Arsenal’s first new technical director, Edu Gaspar who has been given a massive task. Brazilian Football Federation (CBF) president Rogerio Caboclo said: “Edu built a story inside the CBF, helped to elaborate a methodology of work…
See the Kroenke Out campaign has started in earnest at the 3-3 draw at Borehamwood. The Express says Arsenal chiefs are set to make a trip across the Atlantic this week for a meeting with Kroenke. Meanwhile some criticism of Arsenal’s…