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Arsenal receive nominations for Manager & Player of the Month

Arsenal have received nominations for the Manager and Player of the Month awards, following an encouraging start to the season in August.

LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 21: Mikel Arteta, Manager of Arsenal, acknowledges the fans after victory in the Premier League 2026/27 match between Arsenal FC and Coventry City at Emirates Stadium on August 21, 2026 in London, England. (Photo by Justin Setterfield/Getty Images)
Photo by Justin Setterfield/Getty Images

The Premier League have announced their nominees for the Manager of the Month and Player of the Month awards for August, with Arsenal receiving nominations in both categories.

Mikel Arteta has been nominated for Manager of the Month, having led Arsenal to two wins and a goal difference of +4 in the Gunners’ opening two games of the new campaign.

No other manager can better that, but Enzo Maresca can match it with Manchester City. Though City have conceded twice more than Arsenal, they’ve also scored twice more.

It’s not hard to guess the other two nominees, as they’re the managers of the other two clubs to win two from two – Hull City’s Sergej Jakirovic and Chelsea’s Xabi Alonso. Voting is open here until Monday, September 7th at 12:00 BST.

Riccardo Calafiori in training with Arsenal (Photo via Arsenal on Twitter)
Photo via Arsenal on Twitter

Then Riccardo Calafiori has been nominated for the Player of the Month award for August.

Calafiori is up against Chelsea duo Cole Palmer and Joao Pedro, Manchester City’s Rayan Cherki, Manchester United’s Bruno Fernandes, Brentford’s Mamadou Sangare, Hull City’s Konstantinos Tzolakis, and Newcastle United’s Yoane Wissa.

The Premier League write that Calafiori has been nominaed for his two assists and Arsenal’s two clean sheets, with the Italian international impressing at left-back. Voting is open here, again until Monday, September 7th at 12:00 BST.

CARDIFF, WALES - AUGUST 16: Riccardo Calafiori of Arsenal scores his team’s first goal during the 2026 FA Community Shield match between Arsenal and Manchester City at Principality Stadium on August 16, 2026 in Cardiff, Wales. (Photo by Shaun Botterill/Getty Images)
Photo by Shaun Botterill/Getty Images

The nominations don’t even include the fact that Arteta’s team won the Community Shield against Manchester City, nor that Calafiori scored in that game.

Regardless, they are two well-merited nominations for the Arsenal duo, and hopefully there will be more to come in September.

Arsenal Manager Mikel Arteta during the Premier League 2026/27 match between Arsenal FC and Coventry City at Emirates Stadium on August 21, 2026 in London, England. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images)
Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images
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