The Arsenal Sentinel
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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Joshua Ajala gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Joshua Ajala has just signed for Arsenal, and for once the answer mattered.
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
Peter Matthews steps up from the Arsenal academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Peter Matthews has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market17 Aug 2026
Arsenal promote Christopher Harris from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Christopher Harris 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 One of our own: Benjamin King joins the Arsenal first team
- Market Mark Hill steps up from the Arsenal academy
- Squad Somebody is after Viktor Gyökeres’s shirt
- Boardroom Arsenal spend it where nobody looks