The Arsenal Sentinel
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Door shut on Kaoru Mitoma
Arsenal asked and Brighton said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market17 Aug 2026
Arsenal turn down Inter for Declan Rice
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Arsenal
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Market17 Aug 2026
Arsenal promote Jacob Cooper from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jacob Cooper has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market17 Aug 2026
Arsenal promote Mark Pearson from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Mark Pearson has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market17 Aug 2026
Arsenal promote Harry Allen from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Harry Allen has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Looking ahead17 Aug 2026
A reunion for Declan Rice
He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against West Ham United in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
Jacob Cooper knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Jacob Cooper trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
The manager plants his flag on William Saliba
“Judge me on him.” Managers do not say that kind of thing by accident — it moves the pressure from William Saliba’s shoulders onto his own, and both of them know it.
In brief
- Looking ahead Looking ahead: West Ham United at home
- Boardroom Arsenal spend it where nobody looks
- Squad Word from the training ground: Declan Rice