by rico | Sunday, July 21, 2024 | Daily Bits and Bobs
Morning all. Arsenal played Leyton Orient yesterday at London Colney behind closed doors. Mikel Arteta’s side won the game but scoreline are irrelevant at this stage of the summer. Now is about minutes for players as they strive to get match fit for the start of the...
by rico | Saturday, July 20, 2024 | Daily Bits and Bobs
Morning all. The Athletic reports that Manchester United are exploring a deal to sign youth striker Chido Obi-Martin following the expiry of his schoolboy terms at Arsenal. The 16-year-old visited United’s Carrington training facilities earlier this week, with the...
by rico | Friday, July 19, 2024 | Daily Bits and Bobs
Morning all. Arsenal are soon to jet off to the USA for pre season training along with a number of friendly matches. I say friendly but considering Liverpool, Man Utd and Bournemouth are the opposition, no doubt there will be a few tasty tackles going on. As it...
by rico | Wednesday, July 17, 2024 | Daily Bits and Bobs
Morning all. James McNicholas has written another good piece for The Athletic. This one relates to how both England and Arsenal have a conundrum in common: who is Declan Rice’s partner in the long term? The turnover in central midfield (at the Euros) left Rice with a...
by rico | Tuesday, July 16, 2024 | Daily Bits and Bobs
Morning all. Sambi Lokonga and Nuno Tavares have left the club. Both deals are loans but I think we can assume neither will be returning. It’s always a shame when transfers don’t work out but that’s football, sometimes what you see elsewhere doesn’t turn out to be...
