Three days after Max Dowman scored twice at Ipswich, the BBC reports that Arsenal would let him go out on loan this season if the right situation came along. Right circumstances being the key phrase, and the club deciding what those are.
I can see the logic and I still don't love it. A 16-year-old who wins the ball, plays a one-two and finishes it himself in a cup tie is not obviously short of anything except minutes. The question is whether those minutes are easier to find at a Championship club than in Arteta's rotation.
Brighton tomorrow, and Arteta said the squad are "all good" while declining to say anything useful about anyone. Cristhian Mosquera, Ben White, Jurriën Timber and Piero Hincapié all sat out the Ipswich tie. Draw your own conclusions, because he clearly wants you to.
Viktor Gyökeres got a public backing, which tends to happen when a striker with 21 goals in a title season has spent the early weeks watching. He's had one substitute appearance. That's a situation that resolves itself with one good half-hour, and Brighton away is as good a place as any for it.
David Raya was named Premier League Player of the Matchweek for Sunderland, where he turned Enzo Le Fée's penalty away with the scores level and Bruno Guimarães scored two minutes later. Arteta called his route to the top an inspiration. Five clean sheets in six says the same thing less warmly.
Arsenal Women have named their 25 for the Champions League league phase, with HB Køge at home on Tuesday. Manchester United come to the Emirates first, 17:30 on Saturday, and after the Palace draw there's no version of this where a point is acceptable.
The U21s drew 0-0 at Birmingham City.
One more thing doing the rounds: a serious redevelopment of London Colney, with the Emirates in the same conversation. Early stage, so nothing to get excited about yet.
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