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

Saka's Goal Papers Over a Real Arsenal Problem

Fifty-nine minutes gone at Villa Park on the last Monday of August, and Riccardo Calafiori arrives on the overlap Eze

2 September 2026

Saliba's Absence Is a Structural Gap, Not a Blip

Thirty minutes into a World Cup semi-final in Dallas, on 14 July, William Saliba went down again. He had been

28 July 2026

William Saliba's Back Is Not a Detail Anymore

At half past the hour on Tuesday, with the ball nowhere near him and no opponent inside three yards, William

16 July 2026

Selling Trossard Makes Sense Until Someone Pulls a Hamstring

Eighty-three minutes gone at the London Stadium last May, the game locked at 1-1, City still breathing down the neck

11 July 2026