The Arsenal Sentinel
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Boubacar Kamara
Arsenal asked and Aston Villa said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market10 Aug 2026
Sevilla come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Arsenal did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market10 Aug 2026
Bukayo Saka wants to know where this is going
“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Arsenal hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Jonathan Grant joins the Arsenal first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jonathan Grant is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Robert Bailey steps up from the Arsenal academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Robert Bailey has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Christos Tzolis signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Christos Tzolis and Arsenal agree another 4 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Arsenal
Piero Hincapié and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
Riccardo Calafiori knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Arsenal, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Gabriel wants to know why he earns less
Numbers do not stay secret in a dressing room. He is not asking for more than he is worth; he is asking why somebody beside him is worth more, and Arsenal have no good answer.
In brief
- Squad Christos Tzolis still has not settled
- The dugout David Raya keeps his manager's vote