The Arsenal Sentinel
Squad10 Aug 2026
A move Vangelis Pavlidis would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Vangelis Pavlidis is living that version at Arsenal, and it tends to show in the first month.
Squad10 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Vangelis Pavlidis joins Arsenal to strengthen the squad
Nobody sells a season ticket on a signing like this. Every manager who has been through a bad October wants one anyway, and Arsenal have gone and got theirs early.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Martín Zubimendi stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Martín Zubimendi and Arsenal agree another 5 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at Arsenal training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Íñigo Martínez 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
The Cristhian Mosquera conversation is coming
Everyone has stopped pretending: Ipswich Town will make the call about Cristhian Mosquera this week. Arsenal have a number in mind, and the number is not shy.
In brief
- Market A long bet from Arsenal on Jack Barnes
- Market A long bet from Arsenal on Samuel Harris
- The terraces The spotlight tightens on Esapa Osong
- Boardroom The Arsenal board spend on the team