The Arsenal Chronicle
Match1 Sep 2029
No end in sight to Arsenal's wait for a win
8 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Arsenal has to find a result from somewhere.
Market3 Sep 2029
Máximo Mendoza asks to leave Arsenal
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market3 Sep 2029
Only the photograph left for Lucas Mihovilcevich
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Lucas Mihovilcevich will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Arsenal the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad3 Sep 2029
Matteo Trombini falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad3 Sep 2029
Máximo Mendoza in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Arsenal this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market3 Sep 2029
Still no ink between Arsenal and Federico Mekbel
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Arsenal, another week without a signature from Federico Mekbel.
Squad3 Sep 2029
Daniel Domínguez named in the team of the month
A month is long enough that nobody gets in by accident. Daniel Domínguez is in the division's best eleven for it, which is a quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.
Market3 Sep 2029
No place for Giuliano Escobar in the plan
“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Giuliano Escobar has his answer from Arsenal; what he does with it is the next window’s story.
Squad3 Sep 2029
Federico Mekbel knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Federico Mekbel trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
In brief
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Tobías Dieni
- Match No goals between Arsenal and Atlanta