Tag: Hector Bellerin

Arsenal star addresses summer exit rumours

Vyom Chaudhary

Arsenal star Hector Bellerin was forced to use Twitter to address the speculation regarding his future. The Spanish full-back has been strongly linked with a move back to his boyhood club Barcelona recently with multiple reports in Spain claiming that he has already agreed on personal terms with the Catalan club. However, a report from Evening Standard on Thursday also claimed that the right-back, who signed a six-and-a-half-year deal with the Gunners last summer, is not actively looking for an exit. The Gunners remain confident that Bellerin will stay at…

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Barcelona to shift attention from Hector Bellerin to Chelsea star

Vyom Chaudhary

Spanish giants Barcelona have identified Chelsea ace Cesar Azpilicueta as an alternative to Arsenal’s Hector Bellerin. The Catalan club are actively looking for a right-back and are expected to sign one in the summer. Barca’s original target was their former youth player and Arsenal right-back Hector Bellerin. However, the 22-year-old has signed a long-term contract with the Gunners last year and the North London club have no intention of selling one of their most prized assets. According to Spanish paper Sport, via the Sun, if the Catalan side fail to…

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Barcelona concede ‘difficult to sign Bellerin’

Vyom Chaudhary

Spanish giants Barcelona have more or less accepted defeat in their pursuit of Arsenal full-back Hector Bellerin. The Catalans have been interested in their former youth player for quite some time now and unsuccessfully attempted to sign him last summer. They still remain interested in the 22-year-old, but club’s sporting director Robert Fernandez has conceded that it would be very difficult for them to sign Bellerin due to his long-term contract with the Gunners. “Of course Hector is a good player,” ESPN FC quotes Fernandes as telling El Mundo Deportivo.…

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Arsenal star linked with a move to Spain

Vyom Chaudhary

Arsenal right-back Hector Bellerin could consider a summer move to his former club Barcelona, according to the latest report from the Guardian. The Spaniard was a subject of strong interests from Barcelona and Manchester City during the summer, but he put an end to the rumours regarding his future by signing a new six-year deal with the Gunners in November. However, according to the Guardian, the player might consider his future in North London if manager Arsene Wenger leaves the club in the summer. Bellerin reportedly has a strong affection for…

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Arsenal star uncertain for Hull City clash

Vyom Chaudhary

Arsenal have provided the latest update on the injury of their right-back Hector Bellerin. The Spaniard suffered a concussion in the build up to Marcos Alonso’s goal in the Gunners’ 3-1 defeat at Chelsea last Saturday. The 21-year-old was left dazed after his head met Alonso’s elbow mid-air and was substituted. The North London club have released a statement stating that Bellerin is making a good recovery following his injury and he is being monitored as per the FA guidelines. The statement also mentions that Bellerin is in the final stage…

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Arsenal to miss key players for UCL clash

Vyom Chaudhary

Arsenal squad have travelled to Bulgaria without a number of key first-team players for the Tuesday night’s Champions League clash against Ludogorets. In his press conference on Monday, manager Arsene Wenger confirmed that the likes of Santi Cazorla, Hector Bellerin, Nacho Monreal and Theo Walcott haven’t travelled with the rest of the squad. He said: “Who did not travel is Monreal, Cazorla and Bellerin, Walcott – both are more or less injuries. Some of them being very close, like Walcott, Bellerin had a little incident in the last minute of…

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City to break the bank for Arsenal star

Vyom Chaudhary

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola is not ready to give up on his pursuit of Arsenal right-back Hector Bellerin. According to the reports, City made an approach to sign the Spaniard, but their approach was rebuffed by the Gunners. In recent weeks, multiple reports have claimed that City are still interested in the player and will attempt to sign him next summer. Now, the Sunday Times has claimed that Guardiola is ready to spend up to £40m to sign the Spain international. The 21-year-old, who joined Arsenal from Barcelona in…

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Arsenal star might reject new contract offer

Vyom Chaudhary

Arsenal star Hector Bellerin could reject a new deal from the Gunner to force a summer move to Manchester City, the Times claims. Yesterday, reports emerged that Arsenal are set to offer a new five-year deal to right-back Hector Bellerin. The Spaniard has emerged as one of best full-backs in football in the last couple of years. His current deal expires in 2019 and a new deal would have extended his contract until 2021. The Times have also claimed that the new deal from the Gunners would have doubled Bellerin’s…

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Barcelona repeat DNA rhetoric in pursuit of another Arsenal star

Vyom Chaudhary

Arsenal fans are quite familiar with the phrase ‘Barca DNA’. Various players and officials of the Catalan club repeatedly used this phrase to justify the club’s relentless pursuit of their former player Cesc Fabregas when he was with the Gunners. Barcelona finally got their man much to the anger of Arsenal fans, and since then ‘Braca DNA’ has stuck with the fans of the North London club as a form of sarcastic jibe they usually aim at the La Liga giants. Now, the history is sort of repeating itself, and…

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Arsenal star hints at stay

Vyom Chaudhary

Arsenal youngster Hector Bellerin has emerged as one of the top full-backs in Premier League last season. The 21-year-old was voted into the Premier League team of the year last season, and quite understandably has attracted interest from some of the top clubs in Europe. Earlier in the summer, Barcelona expressed their interest in their former youth player. However, the Gunners made it very clear that they have no intention of selling their player. Now, recent reports have suggested that Pep Guardiola-led Manchester City are interested in the Spain international and…

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Gunners star interested in moving to Manchester City

Stuart Campbell

Arsenal full back Hector Bellerin is currently considering his future and views moving to Manchester City as a potentially attractive option, as reported by Mundo Deportivo. Brilliant Bellerin The 21-year-old made 36 Premier League appearances for Arsenal last season. In doing so Bellerin established himself as one of the best full backs in the English top flight as he produced a series of assured performances to admirably handle his defensive duties, whilst he also gave the Gunners an attacking outlet by using his electrifying pace to make purposeful overlapping runs.…

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Arsenal star to commit future, Gunners showing interest in Brazilian defender

Vyom Chaudhary

Arsenal youngster Hector Bellerin is one of the most talented players in the Premier League at the moment. The 21-year-old was picked up in the Premier League Team of the Year and recently made his way into the Spain’s Euro squad. His sudden rise to stardom has understandably attracted the attention from other top clubs, with Barcelona, in particular, heavily linked with a move for their former academy student. However, according to Spanish publication Sport, Arsenal are currently involved in talks with the Spanish youngster over a new deal. Bellerin’s current deal…

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Arsenal bidding for couple of Serie A strikers, facing huge battle to keep star player

Vincent Van Genechten

With a second-place finish in the 2015/2016 Premier League season and a ticket to next season’s Champions League in the books, Arsenal are looking to make noise during the summer transfer market. According to a report by The Sun, Real Madrid are willing to exercise Alvaro Morata’s buy-back clause before selling him to Arsenal. However, Los Blancos want at least £38 million for the current Juventus striker and it remains to be seen of the Gunners, who have made an intial bid of £28 million, want to put that much cash…

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Arsenal youngster Hector Bellerin throws shade on teammate Mathieu Debuchy

Steve Green

Arsenal full-back Mathieu Debuchy has been amongst the headlines lately with continued threats to leave the club in January if he isn’t given a more prominent role in the first team. However, young usurper Hector Bellerin isn’t in any mood to give him sympathy by declaring himself good enough to be the club’s first choice right-back for the foreseeable future in the Daily Express. The 20-year-old stepped into the breach last season as he deputised for the injured Debuchy, and has held onto his starting spot into the current campaign,…

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Arsenal skipper backs young teammate to usurp Chelsea star’s international spot

Steve Green

Arsenal captain Mikel Arteta has backed young full-back Hector Bellerin to soon take precedence in Vicente Del Bosque’s Spain squad ahead of Chelsea’s Cesar Azpilicueta following his stunning debut season at The Emirates, according to the Metro. The 20-year-old impressed last term when he took advantage of Mathieu Debuchy’s injury problems to end the campaign as Arsene Wenger’s first choice right-back. He kept Debuchy out of the side once he had returned to fitness and even played his part in helping the side win a second successive FA Cup. Bellerin…

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Arsenal gossip: Cavani deal to be done in January as winger reveals fitness problems

Steve Green

Friday’s biggest Arsenal news and gossip. Arsenal midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, 22, says he has been playing in pain for the past two years because of a series of knee and groin problems, the Daily Mirror reports. The England midfielder says the pain was so bad last season that he struggled to get out of bed or even lift himself off his sofa. Chamberlain says his favourite TV pundit is Gary Neville, despite the former Manchester United full-back’s criticism of manager Arsene Wenger, the Daily Star reports. Former Arsenal midfielder Paul…

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Mathieu Debuchy weighing up Arsenal exit because of Hector Bellerin

Steve Green

Arsenal full-back Mathieu Debuchy has revealed that he has been considering leaving the club after losing his starting spot to youngster Hector Bellerin, the Metro reports. The former Newcastle man saw himself become second choice last term when Bellerin stood in for him while he nursed an injury on the sidelines. But despite Debuchy returning to full fitness in time for the start of the new campaign, Arsene Wenger opted to stick with Bellerin for their Community Shield clash with Chelsea last month, something the Metro claims left Debuchy questioning…

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The 20 most valuable youngster in world football: Man United new boy doesn’t even come close

Steve Green

Manchester United may have made Monaco’s Anthony Martial the world’s most expensive teenager this week, but according to a report on Soccerex, he doesn’t even come close to being valued as picked up a low ranking in football’s top 20 U21s, as of January 1 2015, using a complex algorithm taking into account a whole host of factors. This algorithm takes into account everything from average player sale value of their current club, or their club of origin if they have moved in this window, as well as comparable sale…

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Leaked images of Arsenal squad in FIFA 16: Alexis, Cech and Rambo all look insanely lifelike

Steve Green

Waiting for the latest title in the FIFA game series to be released is often agonising, and being the tail end of August the wait is almost over. And one lucky chap has managed to plug that gap by the FIFA 16 beta, which some users have been fortunate enough to get access to. Twitter user @Blindihno has managed to leak the images of a section of the Arsenal squad ahead of the new release, and we must say, we’re impressed by their likeness. Petr Cech, Alexis Sanchez, Hector Bellerin…

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Arsenal gossip: Gunners to jump United interest in striker but defensive duo doubtful for weekend clash

Steve Green

Wednesday’s biggest Arsenal news and transfer rumour roundup. Arsenal are reportedly close to completing a deal for Dynamo Moscow forward Alexander Kokorin before the transfer window shuts, the Metro reports. The 24-year-old striker has been linked with a move to Manchester United and Tottenham over the course of the summer, with PSG and Zenit also believed to be interested in signing him. Competition for places at Arsenal will ensure no one can take their first-team place for granted and keep the squad performing at their highest levels, according to defender…

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Arsenal gossip: Ball in Gunners’ court over Benzema move, and Wenger questions Liverpool’s decision to sell Raheem Sterling

Jordan Harris

Here is Monday’s news and gossip concerning Arsenal: According to the Daily Star, a Real Madrid insider claims that Karim Benzema is open to an Arsenal move, but it is up to the Gunners to make a bid if they want to land the 27-year-old. “It’s up to Arsenal to fight for Karim with a big offer,” the insider suggested. Ahead of the two sides’ clash tonight, Arsene Wenger has admitted that he’s surprised that Liverpool decided to sell Raheem Sterling this summer, and didn’t feel that the 20-year-old was…

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Arsenal confirmed line-up vs Crystal Palace: Alexis Sanchez starts for Gunners, but Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain DROPPED

Jordan Harris

Arsene Wenger has named the side that he hopes will be able to beat Crystal Palace and kick Arsenal’s season into life. The big news is that Alexis Sanchez will make his first start of the campaign, but Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain drops to the bench. The decision to drop the England international is certainly a surprise. Chamberlain has been the Gunners’ brightest spark so far this season, having scored the only goal during the Community Shield clash with Chelsea, and hitting a sumptuous volley during their opening Premier League game against West…

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Arsenal rumours: Benzema reportedly in town for medical while Bundesliga raid planned

Jordan Harris

Here is Monday’s news and rumours concerning Arsenal: Karim Benzema’s possible move to Arsenal is reportedly on the verge of happening, according to Venezuelan presenter and Real Madrid fan Jeinny Lizarazo, the Metro report. Lizarazo claimed that the Frenchman was set to arrive in London for a medical. Arsene Wenger is also reportedly lining up a move to sign World Cup winning pair Mario Gotze and Julian Draxler, according to the Metro. The pair have both been linked with Juventus, but could yet end up at the Emirates. However, Wenger has…

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Arsenal gossip: Gunners to break records to get Karim Benzema, while Real Madrid teammate may also be on way

Jordan Harris

Here is Sunday’s news and gossip concerning Arsenal: Arsene Wenger has been told that the Gunners are willing to break their financial records to make a deal happen for Karim Benzema, the Daily Mail report. The Frenchman would become the club’s most expensive buy and would be their highest paid player should he join. The striker could be joined by one of his Real Madrid teammates at the Emirates next season, after the Metro reported that Lucas Silva may leave the Bernabeu. The midfielder was attracting Wenger’s interest in January,…

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Arsenal 2015/16 season preview: Can Wenger fire his Gunners to victory despite minimal transfer activity

Steve Green

Arsenal fans have been vocal on social media platforms that this will be their year. But looking deeper into it, is that actually the case, or are they getting over confident without much to back it up? Find out in our season preview below. Transfer business So far, the Gunners have only brought in Petr Cech to help bolster their first team. Their activity may be sparse so far, but in Cech they have bought a player to bring some much needed stability to what had been considered as a…

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