My Arsenal Blog

Many eyebrows were raised among Arsenal supporters when they heard the news that highly-rated youngster Reiss Nelson was leaving in the summer. The move to German club Hoffenheim was only temporary of course, as the winger had signed a new deal prior to his switch to the Bundesliga outfit.

Needed a loan move

At just 18 years of age, Nelson is still very much a youngster. He has featured for Arsenal in cameos, but understandable considering his age has not featured on a regular basis for the Gunners.  .......Read more here.....

Over the course of the summer, and more specifically the 2018 FIFA World Cup, many heroes were born across all 32 countries that competed in the finals. One nation, in particular, who experienced something of a resurgence on the biggest stage was England as the Three Lions pushed themselves all the way to the semi-finals of the tournament in Russia. Some bitter fans will argue that they had an easy route to get there but either way, it’s hard not to be excited by the future of this team.  .......Read more here.....

The international break isn’t the best thing in the world, and we promise that we’re going to stop going on about it sooner rather than later. A lot of fans just aren’t that interested in what their nation is going to do unless it’s at a major international tournament, and even then they can be pretty fickle after one or two bad results. Nonetheless, despite being quite negative about the whole process ourselves, we’re choosing to look on the positive side of things – especially in the wake of a few really important performances from Arsenal stars.  .......Read more here.....

Matteo Guendouzi arrived to Arsenal from Lorient in this year’s summer transfer window, and the impact he’s had so far has surprised many – possibly even himself.

He was seen a talented player and a low-profile signing, and rightly so given his age and the club he came from, with all due respect to the French side. Even with Jack Wilshere out of the picture, very few people would have expect the 19-year-old to begin his Arsenal career as a regular feature in Unai Emery’s starting XI, but that’s exactly what happened.  .......Read more here.....

According to TalkSPORT, Arsenal could rival Liverpool for Barcelona’s highly-rated forward Ousmane Dembele. The Catalan giants are reportedly ready to sell the forward for a fee in the region of £85million.

Struggled at Barcelona

Dembele is regarded as one of the best up and coming young players in the world game. The 21-year-old only joined Barcelona in the summer of 2017 from Dortmund in a deal that could potentially rise to a fee of an eye-watering 130million euros.  .......Read more here.....

We’ve spoken about it before and we’ll speak about it until we’re blue in the face: the international break is almost over, and domestic football is almost upon us. It’s a wonderful thing to behold, but we can’t allow the excitement to cloud over the fact that this is going to be a very stressful point of the campaign for Arsenal.  .......Read more here.....

The Premier League is set to return to our television screens this weekend, and that’s something that will actively excite the masses – or, at least, it should. Many football fans have a love-hate relationship with the international break and while we can understand that to an extent, that doesn’t mean that we don’t appreciate how fun the UEFA Nations League has been. Alas, with that disclaimer out of the way, we do need to fanboy a little bit about seeing Arsenal return to action.  .......Read more here.....

According to the Daily Star, among other publications, Arsenal are set to battle it out with north London rivals Tottenham for the signature of Manchester United centre-back Eric Bailly in the January transfer window.

The Ivorian’s future at Old Trafford is in doubt after failing to start in the Premier League for the Red Devils since gameweek two of the campaign. Reportedly, the defender is set for talks with United over his future.

Promising start but has struggled of late

Bailly looked like the real deal in his debut campaign at United after joining the Red Devils from Villarreal in the summer of 2016. He looked strong and pacey, which are two attributes needed to be a top centre-back.  .......Read more here.....

January transfer window is approaching hard, and clubs around England and the rest of Europe are contemplating various deal for fresh additions to their respective squads. Not that they are idle at other times around the year, but it’s a specially busy time for media outlets as they try and work out which player might leave his club and where he could go, often inventing things in the process.  .......Read more here.....

Arsenal will not break away from the English Premier League, despite showing an interest in joining a European Super League in the near future.

News that discussions over a 16-team Super League were in the pipeline has raised many questions. German football magazine Der Spiegel had claimed that English clubs, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Arsenal were all set to sign up for the aforementioned Super League.

Any formation of the reported European Super League would seriously interfere with the Premier League and the UEFA Champions League.  .......Read more here.....