Dan Critchlow Archives: 12/2020

Mikel Arteta says William Saliba is making great strides in his development with the club, ahead of a January decision on their next steps.

Tyreece John-Jules finally returned from the thigh injury he picked up on international duty at the beginning of October last week, and it’s fair to say he has picked up where he left off.

Fabrizio Romano says Mikel Arteta isn’t currently at risk of losing his job as Arsenal manager, as the board want to give him time.

Reiss Nelson and Sead Kolasinac are both set to miss out on Arsenal’s clash with Dundalk on Thursday night, after suffering minor injuries.

Calum Chambers is in line for a start against Dundalk on Thursday, his first at senior level for over 11 months after recovering from an ACL injury.

For the third month in a row, Gabriel Magalhaes is Arsenal’s Player of the Month, and once again, the vote wasn’t even close.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has received a fine from the Confederation of African Football after his social media posts last month.

Aaron Ramsey put in a strong performance for Juventus as they thrashed Barcelona 3-0 to top their Champions League group on Tuesday.

William Saliba and Tim Akinola picked up red cards playing for the Arsenal u21s on Tuesday night, but the rules on suspensions are a little unusual in this case.

Mesut Özil doesn’t plan to leave Arsenal in the January transfer window, believing he’ll be able to sign for a top club in the summer.

Back in the Europa League for a dead-rubber group stage game, let’s take a look at our predicted Arsenal lineup for Dundalk.

Konstantinos Mavropanos played another 45 minutes for Stuttgart at the weekend, as they returned to winning ways against Werder Bremen.

Arsenal-linked Houssem Aouar provided an audacious flicked assist against FC Metz on Sunday, as he continues to underline his credentials.

Charlie Patino picked up an injury in the build-up to the Arsenal u18 game against Leicester City on Saturday.

Thomas Partey picked up another injury in the same place as his previous one during the North London derby on Sunday.

Gabriel Martinelli, Sokratis Papastathopoulos and William Saliba will play for the Arsenal u21s against AFC Wimbledon in the EFL Trophy on Tuesday evening.

Arsenal summer signing Nikolaj Moller is up for the Premier League 2 Player of the Month award for November, after a strong start with the club.

Lucas Torreira’s situation with Atletico Madrid is starting to become a bit of a concern, after another week of football without a start.

Dominik Szoboszlai is likely to leave RB Salzburg in January, but his release clause has a few specific conditions, according to David Ornstein.

Jose Mourinho only had nice things to say about Mikel Arteta after the North London derby, though I’m not sure that’s a good thing.