The Arsenal Sentinel
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Giorgi Mamardashvili
Arsenal asked and Liverpool 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
Arsenal say no — this time
The offer from Manchester United for Mikel Merino 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.
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
The Derby County deal is off
Everything was agreed until it was not, and Myles Lewis-Skelly reports back to Arsenal with a summer to forget. Neither club is saying who walked away from the table.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Jurriën Timber stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Jurriën Timber and Arsenal agree another 5 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Market10 Aug 2026
Arsenal promote Steven Ellis from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Steven Ellis 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.
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 William Saliba keeps his manager's vote
- Boardroom The Arsenal academy earns its keep