Dan Critchlow Archives: 10/2023

Bukayo Saka has backed up Mikel Arteta on his minutes, insisting it’s normal for the top players to play every few days.

The Premier League have confirmed their match official appointments for the upcoming round of fixtures, including Arsenal’s trip to Newcastle United.

Arsenal have confirmed their nominees for the October Player of the Month award, with four contenders in the running.

Alexander Isak and Sven Botman have both been ruled out of Newcastle United’s match against Arsenal this week, as the host’s injury list grows.

Arsenal travel to West Ham United on Wednesday night, giving Declan Rice his first opportunity to play against his former club.

Mikel Arteta gave injury updates on Martin Odegaard, Gabriel Jesus, and Thomas Partey in his press conference ahead of Arsenal’s trip to West Ham.

Arsenal are yet to make a decision on signing a new midfielder in January, but links to Real Madrid’s Aurelian Tchouameni have been played down.

Nuno Tavares became the first of Arsenal’s three injured senior loanees to return to his side’s matchday squad over the weekend.

The reasoning behind Fabio Vieira’s goal celebration has been revealed, with the player confirming the birth of his son.

Eddie Nketiah features in multiple Teams of the Week for the most recent round of Premier League fixtures, after his hat-trick heroics.

Arthur Okonkwo kept another clean sheet for Wrexham against Notts County at the weekend, and it was arguably the most important of his loan so far.

Triallist Mason Cotcher provided a goal and an assist as the Arsenal u18s drew 3-3 away to Crystal Palace on Saturday.

Marquinhos wore the captain’s armband and provided two assists as Brazil topped their Pan American Games group on Sunday, progressing to the semi-finals.

After links with Arsenal in recent months, Pedro Neto’s blistering start to the season has been cut short by a potentially serious hamstring injury.

Mikel Arteta was pleased to hear praise from Arsene Wenger on Saturday, admitting the former manager’s influence is still clear at Arsenal.

Arsenal are in the race for Crystal Palace defender Marc Guehi, though they’ll likely need to wait until the end of the season to make a move.

The Arsenal u21s came out on top in an entertaining game against Brighton and Hove Albion on Sunday, which eventually finished 6-3 to the young Gunners.

Former Gunner Marcelo Flores scored his first goal for new club Tigres UANL on Saturday night, after coming on as a substitute.

Bukayo Saka believes Eddie Nketiah earned Saturday’s hat-trick with the work he puts in every day on the training ground for Arsenal.

Saturday was an emotional day for Arsenal’s Eddie Nketiah and Takehiro Tomiyasu, as they dedicated their goals to late relatives.