Category: First Team
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Emiliano Martínez joins Aston Villa
Emiliano Martínez has joined Aston Villa, bringing an end to a ten-year association with the club. Martínez initially joined Arsenal from Argentinian side Atlético Independiente, for a reported fee of £1.3m. For the first few years of Martínez’s Arsenal career, he was loaned out to a number of clubs including Oxford United, Sheffield Wednesday, Rotherham…
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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Signs a New Contract
Arsenal announced today that captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has signed a new three-year contract with the club. The deal is reportedly worth in excess of £250,000-a-week. Aubameyang’s signing comes in the wake of Arsenal’s 0-3 win over Fulham Athletic on Saturday. Aubameyang joined Arsenal on Deadline Day in 2018 and was the final player to be…
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Fulham Athletic 0-3 Arsenal: Premier League – 13/09/2020
It’s been 49 days since the tumultuous 2019/20 Premier League season ended. The longest league campaign in English football history meant that footballers up and down the land were given almost no chance to recover whatsoever; while most clubs relish a six-week break, this time, they were reduced to barely two. Whatever the preparation time,…
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Mikel Arteta Promoted to Manager
Since the departure of Arsène Wenger in 2018, Arsenal have been adamant about adopting a continental backroom model. Where the all-powerful Wenger assumed many roles in his time at the club, Chief Executive Ivan Gazidis became aware how potentially damaging this state of affairs could be. Given that Wenger was the club’s most successful manager…
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Dani Ceballos Re-Joins on Loan
Dani Ceballos has re-joined Arsenal on loan from Real Madrid. Ceballos is Arsenal’s latest signing in the window, after the signings of Willian from Chelsea and Gabriel Magalhães from Lille. The Spaniard was subject to bids from Spain and Italy, thought to be from former team Real Betis and AC Milan respectively. Despite the former club’s…
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Arsenal Sign Gabriel Magalhães
Arsenal have announced the signing of Lille central defender, Gabriel Magalhães. The Brazilian defender joins Arsenal for an undisclosed fee, thought to be an initial fee of £23.4m (€26m), with a further £3.6m (€4m) in add-ons. Gabriel joins on a five-year contract and will join his former Lille teammate Nicolas Pépé at the club. Gabriel…
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MK Dons 1-4 Arsenal: Friendly – 25/08/2020
Arsenal kicked off their pre-season preparations with behind-closed-doors friendly against League One side, MK Dons. The game was played behind closed doors, owing to the current COVID-19 restrictions. The game was an opportunity for head-coach Mikel Arteta to tinker with his formation, give some game-time to the talented crop of youngsters that are emerging from…
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Freddie Ljungberg Leaves the Club
It was announced today, that club legend Freddie Ljungberg would leave the club, ending an on/off association that has lasted nearly twenty-two years. Ljungberg was a part of Mikel Arteta’s coaching staff and was the U23s coach last season, which saw the likes of Eddie Nketiah, Joe Willock and Bukayo Saka perform extremely well and…
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The Mercuriality of Mesut Özil
Transfer Deadline Day has long since become one of the most notable days in the football calendar. For many, it has usurped certain cup finals, such as the importance of the final day of the transfer window. Though they dread it, Arsenal fans seem to have a good relationship with Deadline Day, as it has…
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Fixtures for 20/21 Season Released
As the new season draws ever closer, the fixture list for the 2020/21 Premier League season has been released. Mikel Arteta’s side start their season on Saturday 29th August 2020 at Wembley against Liverpool (having already narrowly defeated Liverpool 2-1 at the tail end of last season, Jürgen Klopp and his team will be out…