The Arsenal Sentinel
Squad17 Aug 2026
David Raya out for 27 days
The medical room confirms 27 days on the sidelines for David Raya, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Arsenal
Declan Rice 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.
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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words at Arsenal training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Gabriel 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: Andrew Mitchell joins the Arsenal first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Andrew Mitchell is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market17 Aug 2026
Arsenal promote Anthony Howard from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Anthony Howard 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.
In brief
- Market Arsenal promote Matthew Brown from within
- Market Robert Simmons steps up from the Arsenal academy
- Squad Daley Blind still has not settled
- Boardroom Arsenal spend it where nobody looks