Author: Soccerhuz
Leah Williamson has described Arsenal teammate Stina Blackstenius as an “incredibly powerful footballer” as the pair prepare to go head-to-head in the Euro 2025 quarter-final between England and Sweden. “She’s a great player and she has been for many years now,” said the England captain. “Her experience speaks for itself. We were celebrating her success at Arsenal, but not so much now. We’ll see. Stina is an incredibly powerful footballer and very intelligent with her runs. She’s a hard player to play against in that respect.” The two players were on the same Arsenal side in May when Blackstenius scored…
Arsenal look set to win the race for one of England’s most talked-about young forwards, with The Sun’s Charlie Wyett reporting that the Gunners have agreed a deal to sign Salford City striker Will Wright. The 17-year-old has made just four senior appearances for the League Two side but has already drawn major attention this summer. Wright has scored four goals in pre-season and attracted bids from top Premier League clubs, including Liverpool, Manchester City, and Burnley. Liverpool had previously been considered favourites to land Wright after tabling a £100,000 bid plus add-ons. However, Arsenal have stolen a march on…
A new name has emerged in AC Milan’s hunt for a new left-back: Brighton and Hove Albion’s Pervis Estupinan. Theo Hernandez’s six-year spell at Milan officially came to an end last week as his permanent move to Al-Hilal was confirmed by both clubs. He didn’t leave without firing a final jab at the management though, but now their task is to replace him adequately. According to Ben Jacobs, both Manchester United and Milan ‘hold a genuine interest’ in Brighton’s Pervis Estupiñán. United have now held talks on the player side and though there has been ‘no formal approach yet’, Brighton…
Another report has claimed that Dusan Vlahovic would be open to reuniting with Massimiliano Allegri at AC Milan. La Stampa report that the tug-of-war has been going on for some time between Juventus and Vlahovic. The dialogue continues with Juve hoping for a solution that means they do not have a player sat in the stands for the final year of his deal earning €12m net. The latest contacts between general manager Damien Comolli and Serbian striker’s agent Darko Ristic have reaffirmed the stalemate. Vlahovic’s entourage would like an early termination of his contract without giving up a generous severance…
Massimiliano Allegri is studying how to get the best out of Rafael Leao, and he may use the same approach he did with Cristiano Ronaldo. According to La Gazzetta dello Sport (seen below) writes that Leao and Cristiano Ronaldo have a lot of differences, bit what unites them is a mild propensity for non-possession play and Allegri as a coach trying to make it work. Allegri has been working closely with Rafa since day one: he speaks to him often, encourages him, and also showers him with compliments when he gets things right during training sessions. Leao is a talent…
The Los Angeles Lakers are in the midst of yet another frustrating offseason, where they didn’t make many moves of note. Fans have been desperately waiting for serious upgrades to help them get back to championship contention, but the Lakers have instead let Dorian Finney-Smith walk and replaced him with Jake LaRavia and Deandre Ayton. While Ayton will certainly help the disastrous center rotation in Los Angeles, whether the Lakers actually got better for next season is up for debate. General manager Rob Pelinka has to be aggressive on the trade market to salvage the Lakers’ offseason and give the…
Italian journalist Fabrizio Romano has confirmed that Noni Madueke has signed for Arsenal. The next step is for Arsenal to officially announce the signing. If you were to gamble your life savings on one thing happening this summer, it would be Arsenal signing a player from Chelsea. It seems to be a pretty common theme, for better or for worse, so Arsenal fans essentially come to expect this now. We can hardly blame Mikel Arteta for shopping close to home. After all, the catalogue of players at Stamford Bridge is pretty endless. Besides, Arsenal fans can hardly complain this time,…
The pressure on Viktor Gyokeres ahead of his expected move to Arsenal was already significant – and that was before news broke of Liverpool’s approach for Alexander Isak. Liverpool are believed to have registered their interest in signing the Newcastle striker in another British record deal that would be worth at least £120million. Newcastle’s stance is that Isak is not for sale and Arsenal, along with the rest of their title rivals, will be hoping that the Magpies hold firm. The idea of Liverpool adding Isak to an attack that already boasts £116m signing Florian Wirtz and Mohamed Salah is…
Arsenal transfer target Eberechi Eze has returned to Crystal Palace for pre-season training this week amid ongoing uncertainty over his future this summer. Eze has been linked with a move to the Emirates Stadium this summer with football.london reporting last week that the Gunners will look to register an interest in the England international soon. Arsenal have already moved to sign Kepa Arrizabalaga, Christian Norgaard and Martin Zubimendi this summer. Noni Madueke, Cristian Mosquera and Viktor Gyokere are all expected to follow. Mikel Arteta’s men aren’t expected to stop there and Eze has been tipped to be one of the…
Arsenal’s history could have been very different without Harry Woods. Without him, there may have been no Herbert Chapman, no trio of league titles in the 1930s, no status as London’s biggest club. Arsenal narrowly avoided relegation in 1923-24. They only won 12 league games that season. Woods scored in six of them. He was Arsenal’s top scorer. He also got a mere nine league goals. Which had a renewed pertinence more than a century later when Kai Havertz emulated him: for the first time in 101 years, Arsenal had no player in double figures for league goals. Sporting CP…