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Arsenal Women thump Charlton 5-1 in final pre-season test
Arsenal signed off pre-season with a 5-1 win over Charlton at Meadow Park, and Olivia Smith kept her week going by coming off the bench to score days after collecting the PFA Young Player award. Charlton had the temerity to lead. Lucy Fitzgerald punished a mix-up in the Arsenal defence on 24 minutes, but Georgia… Continue reading
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Five Arsenal players named in PFA Team of the Year
Five Arsenal players in the PFA Premier League Team of the Year, which tells you roughly everything about last season. David Raya, William Saliba, Gabriel, Jurriën Timber and Declan Rice, chosen at the Manchester Opera House on Tuesday night by the professionals who spent the year trying to play through them. Four of the five… Continue reading
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Arsenal weigh £130m Álvarez push as Martinelli edges toward Saudi exit
Two sagas running at once, neither of them finished. Arsenal are prepared to go to around £130m for Julián Álvarez, a package that would break the British record set by Liverpool’s £125m for Isak last summer, while Martinelli moves closer to Saudi Arabia. Both have a week to resolve themselves: the window shuts at 11pm… Continue reading
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Al-Hilal open talks for Martinelli as saga deepens
The Martinelli situation stopped being speculation this weekend. Al-Hilal have made official club-to-club contact with Arsenal and are also talking to the player’s camp, with the Gunners holding out for something in the region of £60m against an opening offer nearer £50m. The significant part is Martinelli’s own position: having turned down a move to… Continue reading
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Martinelli left out again as Wright questions Arsenal’s handling
The loudest noise from Arsenal’s opening weekend came from a player who wasn’t there. Gabriel Martinelli was left out of the squad for Friday’s 3-0 win over Coventry, a week after being left out for the Community Shield, and Ian Wright used his slot on the Sky panel that night to say the whole thing… Continue reading
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Arsenal thump Coventry 3-0 to open title defence
Arsenal’s title defence started the way champions are supposed to start. Kai Havertz turned in a Calafiori cutback on 15 minutes, Bukayo Saka doubled it eight minutes later, and Martin Ødegaard put the game beyond Coventry four minutes after the break. The visitors, back in the top flight after 25 years, managed a single shot… Continue reading
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Bruno Guimarães injury doubt clouds Coventry opener
Arsenal begin the defence of their title on Friday night, at home to a Coventry side back in the top flight for the first time in 25 years. The week has been busy on both fronts. Bruno Guimarães is a doubt after coming off at half-time in the Community Shield win over City, and if… Continue reading
