David Raya Is Papering Over a Structural Crack

Enzo Le Fee stepped up at the Stadium of Light with the away end already bracing, the way you brace

14 September 2026

Ødegaard's Strike Answers a Question Nobody Had Settled

The clock had gone past the eighty-minute mark at the Maradona when Martin Ødegaard did the thing Arsenal's

10 September 2026

Arteta's Calm About the Forward Line Is the Tell

Back in May, standing in the wreckage of a Champions League final lost on penalties to PSG, Mikel Arteta told

9 September 2026

The Unbeaten Talk Inverts Everything Wenger Got Right

Sunday afternoon, the final whistle goes at 2-1 over Chelsea, and the number on the scoreboard says one thing while

8 September 2026

Arsenal's Back Three Is a Confession, Not a Gimmick

The habit at the Emirates this season is to watch the fullback tuck inside on goal kicks and wait for

8 September 2026

Arteta's Shrug Is Doing a Lot of Work

There is a particular flatness to the way Mikel Arteta said "it is what it is" on deadline

6 September 2026

Arsenal Sold Its Patience Along With Its Fringe Players

Gabriel Jesus left for Barcelona on a deal worth an initial €10 million, with a further €4.5 million riding

5 September 2026

Arsenal Spent £201million Not To Buy A Striker

The goal that beat Aston Villa this month didn't arrive on a private jet in August. It came

4 September 2026

Arsenal's Transfer Discipline Is Starting to Look Like Neglect

The concourse under the East Stand does a particular hum in the last days of August, half relief that the

3 September 2026

Arsenal's Summer Window, Ranked By What It Proves

Arteta stood at the podium after the Champions League final defeat to Paris Saint-Germain and said the thing that eventually

1 September 2026