Category: 21/22
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Sead Kolašinac Joins Marseille
Sead Kolašinac has left Arsenal to join French side Marseille after Arsenal terminated his contract as the Bosnian fullback only had 6 months remaining on his Arsenal deal. Kolašinac will join up with Arsenal players Mattéo Guendouzi and William Saliba at Marseille. Kolašinac becomes the fourth Arsenal player in 12 months to have had his…
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Liverpool 0-0 Arsenal: League Cup – 13/01/2022
After crashing out of the FA Cup on Sunday, the League Cup remains Arsenal’s last realistic chance at silverware this season. A stunning 5-1 rout of Sunderland in the previous round had earned Arsenal a two-legged semi-final against Liverpool. The game was originally supposed to take place the previous Thursday at the Emirates Stadium, however,…
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Folarian Balogun Joins Middlesbrough on Loan
Arsenal have loaned youngster Folarian Balogun to Championship side Middlesbrough, for the remainder of the season. There is no purchase option or obligation included in the deal. Middlesbrough will cover 15% of Balogun’s £43,000-a-week salary (£6450-a-week). This is not a totally unexpected move from Arsenal, given Balogun’s insufficient game time since signing his new contract…
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Dušan Vlahović: Now or Never
But for Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappé, there is only one name anyone in world football can talk about right now, Dušan Vlahović. Attracting interest from all over Europe, the Serbian forward has been one of the top strikers in Serie A and aged 21, there is a feeling that Vlahović could become the long-term…
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Nottingham Forest 1-0 Arsenal: FA Cup
In recent years, the FA Cup has proven to be one of the few moments of hope in a season perennially punctuated by disappointment for Arsenal fans. Having stormed out as winners of the competition in 2020, Arsenal entered Sunday night’s 3rd round tie with Nottingham Forest as the favourites. Given the absences of Nicolas…
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Ainsley Maitland-Niles Joins AS Roma
Arsenal have confirmed that Ainsley Maitland-Niles will spend the remainder of the season on loan at Serie A side AS Roma. Arsenal had initially hoped to include a either a purchase clause or obligation into the deal, but Roma’s well-documented financial struggles, which also saw them pull out of a deal for Granit Xhaka in…
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Takehiro Tomiyasu: Arsenal’s New Mr. Dependable™
The right-back position has been a slightly problematic area for Arsenal in the past few seasons. After Bacary Sagna left for Manchester City on a free transfer, Arsenal have muddled through with a myriad of names, such as Mathieu Debuchy, Calum Chambers, Héctor Bellerín and, more recently, Cédric Soares. Last season, the club never really…
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Arsenal 1-2 Manchester City: Premier League – 01/01/2022
With all the festive cheer out of the way, everyone’s turkey-fed attention returned to football. The New Year saw Arsenal handed arguably one of the toughest challenges that a team could be handed, a visit from Manchester City, with their own manager unable to attend the match, because of COVID-19 restrictions. It arguably doesn’t get…
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The Unlikely Lads
With one eye already on the impending January transfer window, the flurry of rumours that usually punctuate the new year will start. There will inevitably be a number of names that will link wantaway players with their dream moves, perhaps even provide fans with solice that the fringe player that has taken up squad space…
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The Departure’s Lounge
As January fast approaches and after their fixture against Wolves has been postponed, Arsenal’s attention turns to the impending visit of a very in-form Manchester City and the January transfer window. January is already a tough time to buy and sell, but this January window will be further exacerbated by both the ongoing coronavirus issue…