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Morning all.
The Athletic report that sources with knowledge of Bukayo Saka and Martin Odegaard’s fitness situation have said that following scans on both players, neither injury is as serious as first feared. Weeks rather than months for the Englishman, whilst our captain could be fit to face Liverpool on Sunday.
After a huge spending spree this summer, Mikel Arteta has solutions rather than just options. He doesn’t need to play a player out of position to cover. Eze and Nwaneri are central midfielders, Madueke is a right winger. Nwaneri too is an excellent alternative to Saka. Let’s not forget that at some stage this season, unless sold, Jesus is going to return to the squad so Arteta will have a player available who can play anywhere across the front line.
Defensively we were looking strong, especially after adding Mosquera to the squad this summer but with Kiwior nearing a move to Porto, we’re not looking quite as strong. Piero Hincapie is widely reported to be the player Arsenal want to replace Kiwior but that’s far from a done deal.
David Ornstein reports that the player, who is under contract with Leverkusen until June 2029, has told his club he wants to leave, and his wish is to join Arsenal. However, Leverkusen would prefer to keep the 23-year-old unless a €60million release clause in his terms is activated. Arsenal have six days to sort this one out. They have just six days to try and sell Vieira, Nelson, Lokonga and any other player not in Arteta’s plans.
Girona’s right-back Arnau Martínez has been linked to Arsenal although this story has not been been supported by any reputable source like Ornstein etc so it could just be a load of rubbish. But, if there are any concerns over Ben White’s fitness going forward, perhaps the club are looking at bolstering our right-back options.
This guy should be available on Sunday….
April 2024, Eze scored at Anfield as Crystal Palace won 1-0, May 2025, he was part of a Palace team with drew 1-1 at Anfield and in May 2025, he scored the only goal in the FA Cup Final against Man City which ensured Palace won the big cup for the first time ever. He’d scored in the semifinal against Aston Villa too. A 2-2 draw at The Emirates back in April, yep, he scored for Palace that day as well.
Our new number 10 might not start on Sunday but I’m sure he’ll be on the pitch at some stage. I know he’s probably not every Arsenal fans favourite signing but that’s life. Now he’s ours again I hope he does really well and there’s no reason why he can’t or won’t. I know I’ve only looked at last season’s games but he certainly seems to like scoring in the big games. The little games too as he scored both goals in Palace’s 2-0 win over Totts…
Bit of a waffle this morning, I’ve been dodging workmen. And making coffee, lots of coffee!
Catch up in the comments…