LISBON :Bukayo Saka scored one goal and set up another as Arsenal thrashed Portuguese side Sporting 5-1 in their Champions League clash at the Estadio Jose Alvalade on Tuesday, their biggest away win in the competition in 21 years. Gabriel Martinelli put Arsenal ahead early on before Kai Havertz and Brazilian defender Gabriel added two…
Can Sporting keep up their remarkable run through the Champions League even without the manager who established them as title winners in Portugal once more? Tuesday should offer the first indication as a Ruben Amorim-less side welcome Arsenal to the Estadio Jose Alvalade. Sporting’s first game since their head coach departed for Manchester United proved…
Wigan Athletic’s League One form heading into the November international break is far from satisfactory, as the Latics have not won in the third tier since a 3-0 victory over Peterborough United on 1st October. The Latics’ big win over the Posh last month arrived as part of an impressive run in which Shaun Maloney’s…
Arsenal chiefs have set their sights on an “exciting” potential signing for manager Mikel Arteta, with reports coming after sporting director Edu Gaspar announced his departure from N5. Edu releases statement as Arsenal departure confirmed The high-ranking transfer chief was responsible for some of their most pivotal signings of the last five years – perhaps…
Reports of a power struggle at Arsenal following sporting director Edu’s departure are entirely untrue, Sky Sports journalist Dharmesh Sheth has reported. The former midfielder, who was part of the Arsenal side that last won the Premier League in 2003/04, announced his departure on Monday, citing his desire to ‘pursue a different challenge’ after spearheading…
Edu Gaspar (right) alongside Mikel Arteta and Executive Vice-Chair Tim Lewis (Picture: Getty Images) Arsenal sporting director Edu is to leave in a huge blow for the Gunners, set to join Evangelos Marinakis’ group of clubs which includes Nottingham Forest. The Brazilian rejoined the club he used to play for from 2001-05 in 2019 as…
The Arsenal sporting director, Edu, is to leave the club and looks likely to join the network of clubs spearheaded by Evangelos Marinakis, the owner of Nottingham Forest. Edu’s shock departure will bring to an end five years in Arsenal’s senior management and means Mikel Arteta will lose one of his major allies. The pair…
Arsenal sporting director Edu is reportedly set to leave the north London club. The Brazilian has been Mikel Arteta‘s right-hand man since the manager’s appointment in 2019. He became Arsenal‘s technical director months before Arteta arrived and transitioned to the sporting director role three years later. Edu has played a key part in Arsenal‘s successful…
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Intriguing to read through these BBC Sport comments, following on from Newcastle United’s win against Arsenal. The comments from neutrals especially telling… A lot of it different to what Newcastle United fans had come to expect from the BBC Sport ‘neutrals’. The BBC Sport comments from neutrals in the past had been overwhelmingly a catalogue…
