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To complete Arsenal's pre-season calendar, in early-July, Arsenal announced their pre-season opening fixture against RC Lens of Ligue 2 to be played 15 days after the announcement date. It was hence confirmed that the club's pre-season fixture list would stretch from 22 July to 7 August 2016 (six days before the start of the Premier League season).
When Arsenal was founded in 1886 by munition workers' from Woolwich, the club resisted the lure of professionalism and remained an amateur side. [12] Success in local cup competitions soon followed, and a tie against Derby County in the FA Cup on 17 January 1891 led to the opposition approaching two of Arsenal's players, in view of offering them professional contracts. [12]
In April 2016, Arsenal announced plans to play two pre-season friendlies against Sydney FC and Western Sydney Wanderers in Australia ahead of the 2017–18 season. [18] It was the first time Arsenal played in Australia since 1977, when the team visited as part of the World of Soccer Cup . [ 19 ]
Holding signed for Premier League club Arsenal on 22 July 2016 for a fee of around £2 million. [17] Following injuries to centre backs Per Mertesacker and Gabriel Paulista , he was called upon to make his Arsenal debut in the 2016–17 Premier League season opener on 14 August 2016 against Liverpool , which Arsenal lost 4–3 at home. [ 18 ]
Arsenal Who's Who. London: Independent UK Sports. ISBN 1-899429-03-4. Kelly, Andy (29 July 2015). "Every Arsenal player in chronological order". The Arsenal History. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016 "Arsenal first team line-ups". The Arsenal History. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016
Harry Bradshaw, appointed in the summer of 1899, was faced with several difficulties, not least falling attendances and limited funds to attract the best players. [17] In his five years at Arsenal, he managed to steer the club away from bankruptcy by signing local talent such as Jimmy Ashcroft and Jimmy Jackson, and directed his team's ...
2016 (Winter) 89 2 2022 £7.4M On loan at Beşiktaş: 5 DF: Sokratis Papastathopoulos: 32: EU 2018 69 6 2021 £17.6M 7 MF: Henrikh Mkhitaryan: 31: Non-EU 2018 (Winter) 59 9 2021 Swap deal On loan at A.S. Roma: 8 MF: Dani Ceballos: 23: EU 2019 37 2 2020 Loan On loan from Real Madrid: 9 FW: Alexandre Lacazette: 29: EU 2017 127 48 2022 £46.5M 3rd ...
The 2021–22 season, which was documented in the Amazon Prime Video series All or Nothing: Arsenal, [17] [18] was a rollercoaster season for the Gunners. [ 19 ] [ 20 ] With their three consecutive defeats without scoring a goal to open the Premier League campaign, the club dropped to 20th, sitting at the bottom of the table, which was their ...