Wenger: Hull Loan Move Good For Akpom

Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger, believes that Chuba Akpom’s loan move to Championship side, Hull City, will aide his football development.

Akpom and Isaac Hayden both signed for Hull City on loan as they seek to gain further first-team experience this season.

“There is a moment in your career where you are not anymore for youth level and not ready for the Premier League,” the manager told Arsenal Player.

“I think in this period in English football, we lose players, because we have nothing really on the competition front to offer them. They’ve already played for two or three years in the under-21s and they don’t feel they move forward anymore if they don’t play in the first team.

“They are ready to play in a senior team and I believe that Championship level is a very good terminal stage of the education of a player.

“Unfortunately we cannot do it for everybody because not everybody can play in the Championship. I think it’s a great experience at the end of the education of a player, before he plays in the Premier League and for Arsenal.”

In the Barclays Asia Trophy, Akpom scored a hat-trick in Arsenal’s 4-0 win against Singapore XI.

Cech unnerved Chelsea - Wenger

Petr Cech broke a few Arsenal hearts down the years during his glittering Chelsea career but helped the Gunners enjoy a rare victory over Jose Mourinho's side on Sunday.

The 33-year-old shut out his former team mates at Wembley as Arsenal drew first blood in the English season with a 1-0 victory in the Community Shield at Wembley.

Signing a keeper of such pedigree, especially from a main rival, was a coup for Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger and the Frenchman was quick to laud Cech's influence on his first competitive appearance for the Gunners.

"He did well. Maybe he had an influence on the Chelsea players as well because they felt that to score against him they had to score the perfect goal," Wenger, who enjoyed a first victory over a side managed by Mourinho in 14 attempts, told reporters.

"When you have that sometimes you want to try too hard.

"It happened especially with Eden Hazard when he had that chance in the box."

Cech's clean sheet completed a satisfying day for Wenger but he said the real business begins next week with the kickoff of the Premier League season against West Ham United.

"We have to turn up with the needed and demanded performance in every single game," he said. "We have a tricky start against West Ham United, Crystal Palace -- the two derbies -- and then Liverpool straight after."

Akpom Scores Hat-Trick for Arsenal in 4-0 win

Nigerian youngster Chuba Akpom scored a hat-trick as Arsenal began their pre-season programme with a 4-0 win over a Singapore XI in the Barclays Asia Trophy in Singapore on Wednesday.

Akpom’s compatriot Alex Iwobi, who started the match, also had an impressive outing, showing flashes of brilliance.

The 19-year-old Akpom gave Arsène Wenger’s side a first-half lead and then rolled in a penalty before completing his treble with a powerful header.

Dangote Reveals Why He wants to Buy Arsenal Football Club

Aliko Dangote, a Nigerian billionaire businessman, has disclosed why he wants to buy English Premier League team, Arsenal but he’s not looking at buying clubs in Nigeria.

Meanwhile, speaking to a group of senior editors, Dangote said: “the issue is that if I buy all the Nigerian clubs, the Nigerian flags will continue to remain here. But buying Arsenal will take the Nigerian flag worldwide. Just like whenever Abrahamovich is mentioned, the name of his country, Russia comes up, everyone knows he’s Russian.

I still hope, one day at the right price, that I’ll buy the team,” Dangote said in an interview on a flight between Addis Ababa and Lagos in May this year,” he added.
“I might buy it, not at a ridiculous price but a price that the owners won’t want to resist. I know my strategy.”
If Dangote is successful with a future bid, it would make him the first African owner of a club in United Kingdom.