My Arsenal Blog

Arsenal have reportedly made a list, consisting of 12 names, for whose services they will be considering offers this summer. Most of those names remain in the domain of guesswork as far as public knowledge goes, but The Telegraph claim that one of them is Ainsley Maitland-Niles.

The 23-year-old is a product of the club’s Academy, and since earning first-team promotion, most of his 121 appearances in all competitions for Arsenal have been out wide, on either flank as need commanded. However, the player himself prefers a role in centre midfield, and that’s where he’s mostly been playing through his loan spell at West Bromwich Albion this season.  .......Read more here.....

Arsenal have figured out the formula with regards to distracting fans from a disappointing season – they release a gorgeous new kit. This one seems to be particularly special if only because they’ve decided to replace the official club badge with just the famous Arsenal cannons, paying tribute to the 1970/71 double winners over 50 years on from their success.

Arsenal.com has released the following information about the kit as the countdown continues to the summer and, hopefully, a period of change for a football club in desperate need of something fresh right now.  .......Read more here.....

Arsenal are not interested in signing Tariq Lamptey from Brighton and Hove Albion anymore, according to Fabrizio Romano.

Many supporters were thrilled with the prospect of seeing the 20-year-old holding an Arsenal shirt this summer, and it’s not really difficult to see why. Lamptey is a highly talented player, full of energy as he runs up and down the right flank, and with the departure of Hector Bellerin reportedly looming, he was seen as a good, long-term replacement. However, it seems that the club have taken his name off the list of transfer targets for the summer, despite preparing to enter the market for a right-back.  .......Read more here.....

With Arsenal quite literally having nothing left to lose this season, it only made sense for them to well and truly put their best foot forward against Chelsea last night. In the end that’s exactly what they did, and they managed to beat the Blues 1-0 and give themselves a slim chance of qualifying for Europe next season.

What version of Europe that’ll be is another conversation altogether but for now, Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta rightly wants to focus on the positives – as he did in his post-match press conference.  .......Read more here.....

Ever since reports claiming Dani Ceballos would leave Arsenal and return to Real Madrid when his loan deal expires, rumours linking the Gunners with what seems like every central midfielder out there have been popping up like mushrooms after rain. Rangers’ Glen Kamara has featured in many of them, and he’s recently been joined on the back pages by Yves Bissouma and Sander Berge.  .......Read more here.....

Arsenal face a crossroads in their run under the guidance of Mikel Arteta. While they’ve been able to win an FA Cup under his leadership, they haven’t quite been able to live up to the hype in the Premier League or Europa League. Now, with just a few league games remaining, the Gunners need to win them all if they’re to stand any chance of playing European football next season.

Their next test will be Chelsea tonight and as you can tell by Arteta’s pre-match press conference, he’s feeling up for it.  .......Read more here.....

Speaking to the press ahead of Arsenal’s short trip to Stamford Bridge on Thursday, manager Mikel Arteta answered questions about the club’s transfer plans for the upcoming summer window among other things, but he seemed very careful not to reveal too much at this point.

“We’ve been sitting down the whole year,” he said. ”

“We’ve been in constant communication and things will change, some things will stick to the plan that we already had and some other things will come out. But we sit down very, very regularly to talk about those things.”  .......Read more here.....

There are plenty of problems behind the scenes, and on the pitch, at Arsenal Football Club right now, and that isn’t going to change just because the Gunners managed to beat West Bromwich Albion. Everything needs to change over the course of the next few months and that could even go as high up as the ownership – depending on how keen they are to sell upon hearing Daniel Ek’s offer.  .......Read more here.....

Arsenal beat West Bromwich Albion by 3-1 at the Emirates on Sunday, condemning the Baggies to a return to the Championship this summer and making sure Sam Allardyce fails for the first time in his mission to keep a team in the top tier. Emile Smith Rowe got on the end of a low cross from Bukayo Saka to open the scoring in the 29th minute, and Nicolas Pepe doubled the Gunners’ lead six minutes later with a fine strike after cutting in from the right attacking flank. The visitors got some hope of avoiding defeat back after Matheus Pereira made a good run through the middle and fired past Bernd Leno in the 67th, but Willian had the final word with a nicely hit free-kick just before the end.  .......Read more here.....

Arsenal’s season has all but come to an end after they were knocked out of the Europa League, which fits in nicely alongside their poor run of form in the Premier League throughout the course of the campaign. Last night, however, they had something to smile about after the Gunners managed to grind out a 3-1 win over West Bromwich Albion – relegating them back to the Championship in the process.

After the game, manager Mikel Arteta spoke about the victory and also some of his team’s individual stars throughout the evening.  .......Read more here.....