The Arsenal Sentinel
Market28 Aug 2028
Arsenal say no — this time
The offer from Rotherham United for Myles Lewis-Skelly was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Squad28 Aug 2028
Tempers go at Arsenal
Bukayo Saka was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad28 Aug 2028
Words at Arsenal training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. William Saliba is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Player ratings28 Aug 2028
Martin Ødegaard runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 22. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad28 Aug 2028
Real improvement from Daniel Jones at Arsenal
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Daniel Jones is 16, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Match26 Aug 2028
A bad afternoon for Arsenal against Sunderland
0‑1 to Sunderland, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad28 Aug 2028
No hiding place for Kai Havertz
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Kai Havertz, and the manager let it.
Boardroom28 Aug 2028
Doors closed at Arsenal
The music was off and the showers ran late. What was said in that dressing room stays there, but Saturday will publish the minutes.
Market28 Aug 2028
Milton Keynes Dons are about to pick up the phone
A conversation is coming this week. Arsenal will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
In brief
- The terraces The spotlight tightens on Viktor Gyökeres
- Player ratings Off the pace: Viktor Gyökeres
- Market The William Saliba talk will not go away