The Arsenal Sentinel
Market23 Aug 2027
Arsenal get their man
The chase for Mateo Retegui ended with $109.8M changing hands and Napoli out of reasons to say no. The supporters will judge the fee the only way that matters: on Saturdays.
Market23 Aug 2027
Arsenal spend $44.5M to raise the standard
This is not cover and nobody is pretending it is. $44.5M has been paid because Karl Etta Eyong is straightforwardly better than what was already here, and the club has decided to stop waiting.
Transfer targets23 Aug 2027
Arsenal bid $31.5M for Andriy Lunin
The offer went to Wolverhampton this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Mateo Retegui 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. Mateo Retegui has, at Arsenal, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Market23 Aug 2027
Seb Ferdinand is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Arsenal is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad23 Aug 2027
A falling-out at Arsenal
Gabriel and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
Graduation day at Arsenal
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
The dugout23 Aug 2027
David Raya gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market23 Aug 2027
Arsenal promote Daniel Wright from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Daniel Wright 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
- Match The run at home goes on for Arsenal
- Player ratings Bukayo Saka in the eights
- Squad The formation has left Mateo Retegui behind