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The Weekly Arsenal Digest

Everything Arsenal: the first team, transfers, tactics, Hale End, Arsenal Women and Gunners on international duty.

Oct 27, 2026

Anfield, Without Him

Arsenal go to Anfield on Sunday level on points with Manchester City but without Bukayo Saka, who faces weeks out with a quad injury.

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Oct 20, 2026

Back to Munich, Carrying a Different Kind of Problem

Arsenal go to the Allianz Arena as English champions with a perfect Champions League record and a scoring problem nobody has solved yet.

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Oct 13, 2026

A new contract, two wins in four days, and the answer last month's defeat demanded

Arsenal followed Mikel Arteta's new contract to 2030 with a comeback win over Leeds and a 3-0 Champions League rout of Lille, in a week that ended with the death of Ken Friar.

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Oct 6, 2026

Twenty-one days to fix the thing nobody has fixed

Arsenal return from a three week international break second in the table with eight goals in five games and the sharpest question of their season still unanswered.

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Sep 29, 2026

No match, no peace: Arteta signs up for four more years

With no Arsenal men's match all week, Mikel Arteta agreed a reported four-year deal and Manchester City were found guilty of breaking Premier League financial rules.

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Sep 22, 2026

Arteta Gets His Deal. His Champions Get a Warning.

Arsenal and Mikel Arteta have agreed a new long-term contract, the BBC reports, three days after Brighton beat the champions 3-0 on the south coast.

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Sep 15, 2026

The one trophy that keeps getting away

Arsenal begin the Carabao Cup at Ipswich six months after losing its final, unbeaten in six and missing half a back four.

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Sep 8, 2026

Naples, a grounded plane and a back four held together by faith

Arsenal open their Champions League campaign at Napoli on Wednesday with William Saliba out, Ezri Konsa two games into his Arsenal career and Martin Odegaard in the form of his life.

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Sep 1, 2026

Arsenal Sell the Summer and Back What They Already Have

Arsenal close the window having sold Gabriel Jesus and Gabriel Martinelli, missed out on Malick Fofana and loaned Ethan Nwaneri to Dortmund, all while unbeaten and yet to concede.

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Aug 25, 2026

Six Days to Remake a Forward Line

Arsenal open the title defence with two 3-0 wins and six days left to remake a forward line, with Gabriel Martinelli close to a record Saudi exit.

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Aug 18, 2026

Champions Again, and Already One Defender Short

Arsenal begin their Premier League title defence against Coventry on Friday, three days after a 3-0 Community Shield win and with the centre-back department still unfixed.

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