The Arsenal Sentinel
Squad26 Jul 2027
Tempers go at Arsenal
Bukayo Saka 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.
Squad26 Jul 2027
A row about effort at Arsenal
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Declan Rice was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad26 Jul 2027
Real improvement from Peter Ward at Arsenal
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Peter Ward is 17, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
The dugout26 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.
Market26 Jul 2027
The Declan Rice 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 dugout26 Jul 2027
Martín Zubimendi has been promised minutes
A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and Martín Zubimendi has written the date down.
In brief
- Squad Fábio Vieira remains an outsider
- The dugout Patrik Carlgren asks for a word with the manager
- The dugout The manager comes out for Bukayo Saka