As Arsenal confirmed their squad for the North London derby, Odegaard’s name was absent, the ankle problem he picked up on international duty set to rule him out for around a month.
Riccardo Calafiori was also missing with the same problem, picked up in the same way – on international duty.
Concerned that attack is not flowing? Yes we want to improve in certain areas but in order to do that it’s important that we have to be much, much better. We never got distances or the right relationships and putting the ball in areas where they really suffer. We need to be a lot more…
Riccardo Calafiori makes promise to Arsenal fans Summer signing Riccardo Calafiori has been outstanding in his performances so far, with the Italian heavily impressing with his skill on the ball and his ability to invert into midfield. There have been one or two occasions where Calafiori was beaten too easily defensively, but the left-back has admitted…
Arsenal have been linked with both established strikers and young prospects, and there is a new name now on their radar. Mikel Arteta was rumoured to admire several centre-forwards including Viktor Gyokeres, but elected not to sign any, keeping faith in Kai Havertz. Havertz has been superb as a striker, but Arsenal may want another option to support him, and…
Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard is still an injury concern after suffering an ankle issue while on international duty with Norway in early September. The attacking midfielder had to be withdrawn during a clash with Austria after an opposition player awkwardly fell on his foot during a collision. Odegaard appeared in some discomfort and was pictured…
Arsenal are set to face a challenge to keep William Saliba as Real Madrid are reported to admire the defender. With strong form comes strong admiration, as Arsenal are realising with regard to Saliba’s future. It’s been speculated that Real Madrid see Saliba as their top target, giving Edu and Mikel Arteta a job to keep the Frenchman in…
Erling Haaland has certainly become the villain of Arsenal’s attempts to win the Premier League over the past few seasons. Haaland has scored an unruly amount of goals as part of Manchester City’s relentless winning machine, one that Arsenal are yet to better over a full season. Of course, it’s ironic that the Premier League title-race pitches two…