The Arsenal Sentinel
Market17 Aug 2026
Arsenal turn down Olympique de Marseille for Martin Ødegaard
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market17 Aug 2026
A long bet from Arsenal on Rayan
He is 20, and nobody at Arsenal signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Arsenal
Declan Rice and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Rayan arrives at the club he grew up with
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Rayan has, at Arsenal, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
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.
Market17 Aug 2026
The Gabriel Martinelli conversation is coming
Everyone has stopped pretending: Brentford will make the call about Gabriel Martinelli this week. Arsenal have a number in mind, and the number is not shy.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Arsenal rebuffed over Adrien Truffert
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Bournemouth have kept their man, and Arsenal go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market17 Aug 2026
Arsenal promote Jack Scott from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jack Scott 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
5 new faces, and Arsenal are still learning each other
A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.
In brief
- Boardroom Arsenal say no to the training-ground money
- Squad The formation has left Rayan behind
- Looking ahead A reunion for Declan Rice