The Arsenal Sentinel
Market12 Jul 2027
Terms done: Tommy Setford is going
Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Birmingham waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Arsenal is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.
Squad12 Jul 2027
A falling-out at Arsenal
Bukayo Saka and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market12 Jul 2027
Aaron Atkinson puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Arsenal, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad12 Jul 2027
David Pearson is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 15 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad12 Jul 2027
Piero Hincapié signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Piero Hincapié commits to Arsenal for another 5 years.
Squad12 Jul 2027
A row about effort at Arsenal
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Riccardo Calafiori was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout12 Jul 2027
Bukayo Saka has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Arsenal will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
Market12 Jul 2027
The William Saliba talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Arsenal know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
The dugout12 Jul 2027
Piero Hincapié asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
In brief
- Market Nobody at Arsenal has picked up the phone to Mikel Merino
- Loan watch 5 goals on loan for Charles Sagoe Jr
- The dugout A door opens for Noni Madueke