Arsenal Media Watch

Mikel Arteta has only been at Arsenal five minutes and already the press in Spain are speculating if he could be heading for Barcelona sooner rather than later.

Three of the Arsenal defensive unit made the WhoScored or BBC Teams of the Week after a clean sheet against Manchester United on Wednesday.

If you ever wonder why a lot of people who don’t watch Mesut Ozil play regularly hold the views of him that they do, it is because of rubbish like this from the Daily Mail.

It was widely reported on Saturday afternoon that Mauricio Pochettino had made the amazing admission that he was open to taking the Arsenal job, but when you actually read what he said, you can conclude he’s open to any career change in the world.

Mikel Arteta wasn’t even on the bench for Arsenal against Everton on Sunday and for the Mail on Sunday, that was all they needed to take their first dig at the new Arsenal head coach.

Tony Cascarino has called Pierre-Emerick’s work ethic ‘bordering on disgusting’ and said the player should be the first one out of the club.

Ahead of the game against West Ham on Monday night, a number of mainstream media outlets tried to claim that the Arsenal players were not behind Freddie Ljungberg.

The FA will not use Anfield to host an England game because of Liverpool’s ban on S*n journalists but Liverpool’s is a stand that every club in the country should get behind.

Gabriel Martinelli’s former club, Ituano, has hit out at a Brazilian journalist for forgetting about them as he hailed the Arsenal teenager. Jorge Nicola tweeted…

Jamie Caragher has laid into Unai Emery claiming he is ‘no Wenger upgrade’.

Paul Scholes believes Manchester United could do with a player like Mesut Ozil even though Arsenal could do with one like him as well.

Jack Grealish has posted that the Emirates Stadium is his favourite ground to play at in the Premier League, after Aston Villa’s recent clash with Arsenal.

The S*n are reporting that Ainsley Maitland-Niles is FURIOUS and has let out a SHOCK BLAST at Unai Emery after Arsenal’s 2-2 draw at Watford, but did he really?

Jose Mourinho has been incredibly complimentary about Arsenal’s newboy, Kieran Tierney, despite the Daily Express trying to make it seem like a dig.

David Luiz did not go on strike to force a move from Chelsea to Arsenal the Chelsea head coach has said but that hasn’t stopped the Daily Mail having a number of digs at the Arsenal defender.

Tony Cascarino, who continues to be paid as a ‘football expert’, has picked out Bernd Leno as a major week spot at Arsenal despite the keeper being ranked as one of the best in the Premier League in his first season in England.

John Cross is responsible for the rumour that Arsenal only had £40m to spend this summer but David Ornstein claimed back in February it could be as much as £100m.

According to Tuttosport Arsenal have submitted a €35m bid for Moise Kean but a clause is causing them a problem in a story that’s bit of a mess.

Alex Iwobi has hit back at the ‘fake news’ being spread around the internet this morning based on twisted quotes from the winger.

The French media aren’t giving up on their story about Arsenal’s €80m bid for Nicolas Pepe, despite how ridiculous that sounds.