Morning all. It looks like the Mikel Merino saga could be over within hours after the player reportedly underwent a medical at Arsenal yesterday. This deal must be one of the longest ones to get over the line in transfer history. It certainly feels that way. Out of the blue, yesterday afternoon David Ornstein reported […]

Morning all. Here are a few snippets of Mikel Arteta’s post Bournemouth press conference where he talks about his group of players and transfers. The full interview is available on Arsenal.com. On the mood in the camp this pre-season: It’s been very positive since day one. We started at Marbella for two weeks and then […]

Morning all. Arsenal are one of two clubs interested in 20-year-old Watford and Colombia winger Yaser Asprilla, according to a report in yesterday’s Mirror with Everton being the other. Right now, the Watford winger/midfielder is on international duty with Columbia but his involvement has been limited so far.  Columbia face Uruguay on Wednesday night/Thursday morning […]

Morning all. England will play Slovakia on Sunday in the Euros last 16 round. Slovakia finished 3rd in their group winning 1, losing 1 and drawing 1. Their victory came against Belgium. Win and either Italy or Switzerland will be their quarter-final opponents. Win that one and one of Romania, Netherlands, Austria and Turkey could […]