Yankee Gooner has once again polished his crystal ball and is ready to making predictions for the clubs advancing to the Europa League’s quarterfinals.
Here we go, the final eight clubs in this year’s Europa League competition will be…
Arsenal
Tottenham
AC Milan
AS Roma
Granada
Ajax
Rangers
Villarreal
The draw for the quarterfinal match-ups will be on Friday, March 19th.
The Gunners defeated Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 on Wednesday to win both matches in this season’s North London Derby. With the win Arsenal moves back into 2nd place on the Premier League table.
According to The Mail, Arsenal, is in advanced talks to sign Real Sociedad Martin Zubimendi at the end of this season for a reported $61.2-million (USD).
Takehiro Tomiyasu has returned to full training with the first team after recovering from a knee injury.
| TOP 6 |
GP |
PTS |
GD |
| Leeds United |
26 |
53 |
+29 |
| Burnley |
27 |
53 |
+22 |
| Sheffield United |
26 |
52 |
+19 |
| Sunderland |
26 |
50 |
+17 |
| Blackburn Rovers |
26 |
42 |
+8 |
| Middlesbrough |
26 |
41 |
+11 |
Gabriel Jesus – Knee
Ethan Nwaneri – Muscular
Bukayo Saka – Hamstring
Ben White – Knee
Lia Walti – Unknown
Victoria Pelova – Knee
Amanda Ilestedt – Maternity
Jan 22 – Dinamo Zagreb (H)
Jan 25 – Wolves (A)
Jan 29 – Girona (A)
Feb 2 – Manchester City (H)
Feb 5 – Newcastle United (A)
Martin Odegaard, “We need to be sharper in the key moments to make sure we get the results we’ve worked for. We have to keep going and keep improving. There is no choice for us now.”
It’s not going to be easy – although, of course, Spurs are xxxxx.