Simon Collings
Articles by Simon Collings
ARSENAL’S attacking woes have been highlighted worrying stats ahead of their Champions League showdown against Sporting. The Gunners are fighting to keep their season on track after being rocked by a defeat to Bournemouth in the Premier League last weekend. Arsenal started that game with a front-three of Gabriel Martinelli, Noni Madueke and Viktor Gyokeres....
GABRIEL JESUS is open to the idea of leaving Arsenal this summer and heading back to Brazil. The striker has fallen out of favour at the Emirates and started just eight games all season. Jesus, 29, has not been helped by knee injuries and the Gunners are ready to cash in on him. The Brazilian...
BEDWETTING, blackouts and vomiting were once the norm for Tony Adams. Gripped by his addiction to alcohol, the Arsenal and England legend was “literally drinking myself to death” before turning sober 30 years ago. Adams, 59, was even contemplating suicide and, in truth, it is remarkable that he is here today to tell the tale....
ARSENAL have been handed a major boost after Eberechi Eze returned to training. Eze, 27, has been out of action for three weeks with a calf injury but could feature against Bournemouth on Saturday. Mikel Arteta hopes to have Bukayo Saka and Jurrien Timber available for that crunch game at the Emirates, where a win...
ARSENAL defender Riccardo Calafiori hopes winning silverware with the Gunners can cure his World Cup heartbreak. Calafiori squandered the chance to qualify for this summer’s World Cup after Italy were beaten by Bosnia and Herzegovina in the play-offs last week. The left-back was hurt by that - but he has had no time to dwell...
ARSENAL finally stopped the rot and got their season back on track after a gruelling Champions League quarter-final win against Sporting Lisbon. It was another far from vintage performance from Mikel Arteta's side, despite being bolstered by returns from a number of players who missed the FA Cup defeat to Southampton at the weekend. The...
MIKEL ARTETA vowed Arsenal will not panic as they bid to keep their trophy hunt on track. The Prem leaders’ season is threatening to unravel after back-to-back defeats in the Carabao Cup final and FA Cup quarters ahead of tonight’s Champions League clash at Sporting. And boss Arteta prepared his players for the quarter-final first...
VIKTOR GYOKERES got wrapped up in a “tasteless soap opera” when leaving Sporting for Arsenal last summer. But fans of the Portuguese club have learned that the best way to get over a messy break-up is to quickly fall in love again. The new apple of Sporting's eye is Luis Suarez - no, not that...