Arsenal Media Watch

Mikel Arteta has responded to claims that William Saliba is a player ‘in the mould’ of Liverpool’s Virgil van Dijk ahead of the two sides meeting on Sunday.

Football fans are not trusted to show appropriate respect to the memory of the Queen and that’s why football is the only sport to be cancelled this weekend, according to a report in Saturday’s Daily Mail.

Let’s take a look at what’s going on in the papers in terms of Arsenal coverage

A number of major outlets reported that Thomas Partey had converted to Islam and changed his name to Yakubu, but the Arsenal man was merely having a laugh.

Spanish site Fichajes claims that Thomas Partey has ‘run out of credit’ at Arsenal after a poor season while AS claim Arsenal will sell him for €30m.

Danny Murphy believes Aaron Ramsdale was ‘losing the plot’ against Manchester United when Bruno Fernandes missed his penalty, fuming ‘he didn’t even save it!’

Martin Odegaard is not only inspiring multiple column inches of praise from Arsenal fans, he is also triggering regret in the Spanish press, with one outlet saying it was a ‘big mistake’ to let him leave.

An anonymous journalist, writing in Monday’ s Daily Mail, revealed that reporters were concerned that the ‘finest’ free food they normally get at Chelsea would be impacted by sanctions but were ‘delighted’ to find that it wasn’t.

Stan Collymore believes that Arsenal should get rid of Mikel Arteta, even if he gets Arsenal in to the top four, and they should hire Patrick Vieira, if he gets Crystal Palace into the top half of the table at the end of the season.

Mark Clattenburg has said that Michael Oliver got it right and wrong against Arsenal as he continues to be one of only a few former refs prepared to defend Arsenal.

The media are still not coping well with Arsenal daring to ask to have the Tottenham game postponed and one ITV correspondent has got himself in a bit of a pickle

The Premier League will resist calls to change their rules around matches being postponed, despite the mass hysteria over Arsenal’s game against Tottenham being moved.

Jamie Carragher has hailed Aaron Ramsdale as the signing of the season so far and I doubt you will find any Arsenal fans who disagree.

As Martin Odegaard left Real Madrid for Arsenal, some parts of the Spanish media tried to paint him as a flop, but their tune is changing now.

Arsenal beat Leeds United on Tuesday night with a largely second string team that stepped up and put in a good performance.

Martin Samuel thinks that Arsenal should ‘expect more commitment’ from Benjamin White after the defender admitted he doesn’t watch football.

Harry Kane’s hilarious double-assist to both start the move that led to Arsenal’s third goal and his sliding tackle to provide the final assist has resulted in a few of the papers laughing at him, along with millions of Arsenal fans.

Martin Odegaard is one of the main reasons Arsenal are starting to win again, according to to Sport in Spain.

The Mail on Sunday thinks Burnley’s penalty against Arsenal should have stood because the referee didn’t make a ‘clear and obvious’ error.

Some parts of the media seem to be gearing up to unsettle Mesut Ozil once again despite his agent saying the complete opposite of what they claim.