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...
by rico | Monday, July 15, 2024 | Daily Bits and Bobs
Morning all. Well, after all the pre match build up of hope, England were beaten by Spain in last night’s Euros final. The ‘boys did us proud’ is all over the internet this morning, something I don’t wholeheartedly agree with. Considering the team Gareth Southgate...
by rico | Saturday, July 13, 2024 | Daily Bits and Bobs
Afternoon guys. I’ve nicked this from James McNicholas of The Athletic who writes: Arsenal’s goalkeeping department is in the midst of an overhaul. If all goes to plan, they will complete the signing of three first-team goalkeepers in this transfer window. Beyond...
