Bukayo Saka and Emile Smith Rowe have both been nominated for Young Player of the Year at the London Football Awards.
Podolski on Ozil: “Honestly, I would very much like to know what actually happened in the background [at Arsenal]. Nevertheless, I think its wrong to discard a player who has been on the pitch for the club for 6-7 years. In conclusion, there was a lack of respect for Mesut”
Alan Shearer�s Premier League Team of the Week, featuring Arsenal�s Emile Smith Rowe. [PL] #afc
Only two out of 15 players who have taken more than two penalties in the Premier League for Arsenal have not missed at least one – Emmanuel Adebayor and Alex Lacazette (5 each).
Arthur Okonkwo trained with the first team today. Wonder if it means he could be on the bench on Thursday instead of Hein. Nelson and Nketiah also back training with first-team
Kieran Tierney on Emile Smith Rowe: “He will go very far in the game.”
Tierney on Smith Rowe: “I think he’s amazing, what a player, honestly. You can see how much I enjoy to play with him as well, the other day I linked up well with him I thought. He�s a great guy, a humble guy & he will go very far in the game” #Arsenal
Congratulations to Vivianne Miedema, Leah Williamson and Jen Beattie who have all been nominated for The FA Women�s Super League Player of the Year
Kieran Tierney on his shorts & t-shirt combo no matter the weather: �It�s just something I like doing man! When I was a wee guy playing football when I was younger, I used to just [wear] shorts & t-shirt & just run about the streets, simple as that.� #afc
Arsenal youngster Luke Plange (18-year-old striker) is close to signing for Derby County after being told he won�t be offered professional terms by Arsenal. [@jeorgebird exclusive] #afc
The Times say Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is expected to be given an early chance to redeem himself against Olympiacos tomorrow. #Arsenal
Arteta on Martinelli: “If anything it’s my fault. He’s done everything perfect. He trains incredibly well every day, his attitude couldn’t be better. He’s disappointed he’s not playing but he needs to be patient as well.”
Rio Ferdinand: �I love him. I have to say, I love him. love the way he plays. He�s come in, and the way he�s played this season, there�s sometimes even that cheekiness about the way he plays. I said this a while ago that he could have played in the era of Wenger.” [FIVE]
Arteta says on Martinelli’s limited gametime: “It’s my fault. He’s done everything perfect. His attitude couldn’t be better. He’s really disappointed.”
Arteta on Aubameyang: “We talked, everything has been resolved in a really positive way. So we move forward.�
Arteta: “We will try to put a really competitive team tomorrow to try and win again.” #UEL
Arteta on Odegaard and ESR: “The plan was to have more options and start to create a relationship with players who in our opinion can play together. We have to find the structure for them to maximise their potential and this is what we’re trying to do.”
Arteta on Odegaard: “His work rate has been phenomenal.”
Arteta on injury doubts: “Everybody is more or less ok.”
Arteta on Saka: “He was doing another test. He felt something muscular but he’s been much better and evolving well. We will make the decision this afternoon about what we will do.”
Arteta says Saka is ‘much better’. Decision will be made this afternoon if he will be involved tomorrow night.
Today they said they are grooming Martinelli for the number 9 role long-term. Potentially working on things on the training ground to make him our future in that position.
Arteta on Olympiacos forward El-Arabi: “He’s scored two goals [against us] and created some chances. He’s a really clever striker whose movement is really intelligent. We will have to be careful with him again.”
Arteta on Elneny: “I’m extremely happy with him because he works really hard in training every day. If he’s adding other qualities to his game, that’s great.”
Arteta on whether the tie is over: “Absolutely not. From what I’ve seen from Olympiacos and the amount of games they’ve won in the final minutes it will be tough. They will try to put us under a lot of pressure so there’s still a lot to play.”
Fabrizio Romano on �degaard: �They hope to keep the player, they will meet with Real Madrid at the end of the season, they will decide together. The situation is open because at the moment there is nothing agreed, it will depend who will be the manager & more.�
Fabrizio Romano on �degaard: �I would say �congrats� to Arsenal because to find this kind of player in January in general & in particular in this season with the pandemic & more, Edu Gaspar did a great job with �degaard, signing him, obviously on loan was the only option.� #afc
Fabrizio Romano: �They will meet, Real Madrid & Arsenal [in the summer]. I can say that Arsenal have the intention of keeping Martin �degaard, they are so happy with the player, with the guy, with the professional – great feelings around �degaard.� [podcastherewego] #afc