Martin Ødegaard didn't train with Norway after Bernardo Silva's tackle on him, and he hasn't let it go quietly either. He went after Silva publicly, and the word doing the rounds for the challenge is "ugly". Arseblog News were not in a forgiving mood about it.
No diagnosis, no timeline, nothing from the club. Which is the bit that matters, because Leeds are at the Emirates on 10 October and Arsenal's captain has four goals in all competitions already. He's been the one finishing the moves in this team — Napoli, Chelsea, Coventry, the Community Shield.
Kai Havertz's scan still hasn't produced a public answer either, so the Leeds team is starting to look like guesswork. A piece on The Athletic argues Mikel Merino is the better fit for that hole than Viktor Gyökeres, which is the harder sell and probably the right one. Gyökeres scored again for Sweden on Monday.
I'd still rather have the goalscorer on the pitch. Merino's case is that he keeps the shape intact.
Arsenal Women are in Paris tonight for matchday two of the Champions League league phase, and they arrive having scored once in each of their last two games. Mariona Caldentey's penalty three minutes into stoppage time beat HB Køge. Alyssa Thompson's goal beat them at Stamford Bridge.
So the thing to watch isn't the shape, it's the finishing. Renée Slegers has spent the week saying Arsenal know exactly what's in front of them, and Georgia Stanway sounds confident about the performance. Three points would sit them nicely in a league phase where the fixtures get a lot harder — Barcelona and OL Lyonnes are both still to come.
Three Arsenal players are in the latest Lionesses squad.
The EFL Trophy tie with Wimbledon has been brought forward, which is the sort of admin that only matters if you'd already bought a ticket.
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