Author: Arseache
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Granit Xhaka Joins Bayer Leverkusen
Arsenal have announced that Swiss midfielder Granit Xhaka has joined Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen. The fee is reported to be £21.5m, a significant recouping on the £30m investment Arsenal made into the midfielder seven years ago. Xhaka leaves the club off the back of a career-best, in terms of personal stats. Xhaka, occupying the more…
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Reiss Nelson Signs Four-Year Contract
Arsenal have announced that winger Reiss Nelson has signed a new long-term contract with the club. Nelson, who has been a part of the club since he was nine years old, has signed a four-year contract, with the option for a further year. The 2022/23 season was considered to be a breakthrough season for Nelson.…
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Kai Havertz Joins from Chelsea
Arsenal have announced the signing of Chelsea attacker Kai Havertz on a five-year contract, with the option for a further year. The deal has reportedly been closed at £50m with another £15m in add-ons – forming a total sum of £65m, of which the fee is payable over three years. Havertz will wear the number…
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Granit: How Xhaka Became Arsenal’s Rock
Granit Xhaka. Hero or villain? Thug or genius? Timeless or mistimed? It’s a discussion that has rolled on among the Arsenal fanbase and the media ever since his arrival from Borussia Mönchengladbach. Sunday afternoon saw what may be his final-ever performance in an Arsenal shirt. A 5-0 demolition of hapless Wolverhampton Wanderers saw Arsenal sign…
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Bukayo Saka Signs New Contract
Arsenal have confirmed that Bukayo Saka has signed a new long-term contract with the club. The deal is reported to be a four-year contract and one that brings his original weekly wage of £30,000-a-week up to a whopping £288,000. There were initial concerns among the Arsenal fanbase that Saka would ask the club to place…
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Arsenal 1(3)-(3)1 Sporting CP
For many, the UEFA Europa League has been placed firmly on the back burner. Most Arsenal fans would argue that the Premier League is the competition that demands the most immediate attention and given the falterings of Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea and Tottenham and, to a lesser extent, Manchester City, Arsenal may never have a…
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Fulham 0-3 Arsenal
After a disappointing 2-2 draw with Sporting Lisbon in midweek, Arsenal were keen to get back to winning ways in the Premier League. After a truly stupendous comeback against Bournemouth only a few days prior, Mikel Arteta’s team were ready to try and restore their five point lead at the summit of the Premier League…
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Arsenal 3-2 Bournemouth
Wednesday night finally saw Arsenal catch up with their all-important game in-hand. An emphatic 4-0 win over Everton saw Mikel Arteta’s team extend their lead at the top of the Premier League by five points. However, before they kicked off against Bournemouth on Saturday, they were forced to watch on as City comfortably glided past…
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Arsenal 4-0 Everton
For weeks and weeks, Arsenal fans have spoke of nothing else than having a game in-hand on rivals Manchester City. A win over Sean Dyche’s team, a team who beat them 1-0 only a few weeks ago, would see Arsenal extend their lead at the top of the table to five points. Mikel Arteta appeared…
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Leicester City 0-1 Arsenal
The recent weeks have been hard on Mikel Arteta and his side. Defeats to Everton and Manchester City and a draw to Brentford looked to be the slamming down on the breaks that the team simply didn’t need. Then a fortuitous 2-4 win over Aston Villa last weekend gave the team hope as they miraculously…