Arsenal Opinion Archives: 08/2021

Henry Winter has admitted that, despite being the chief football writer for The Times, he has written tweets for England players – and he’s not the only one.

Help us Martin Odegaard, you’re our only hope: This week, we try to see what lessons can be learned from Chelsea, where our signings fit and ask is Mari the new Cygan?

New addition Martin Odegaard has heaped praise on Arsenal’s activity in the summer transfer window and believes the team are now good enough to challenge higher up the table.

Aaron Ramsdale was announced on Friday night to little fanfare from Arsenal or their fans.

Martin Odegaard is receiving the same treatment from the Real Madrid-friendly press in Spain as Mesut Ozil did when he left the club for Arsenal.

Arsenal’s dismal 2-0 defeat at Brentford on Friday immediately crushed the fans’ excitement about the start of the new Premier League season.

This week, Matthew is joined by Paul and Brentford fan and host of the Sustainababble podcast (@thebabblewagon) Dave Powell (@powellds) to run the rule over any remaining Arsenal pre-season optimism evaporating on day one.

The value of Arsenal’s squad has plummeted, dropping them below Leicester and some £200m away from Spurs in what is a damming indictment of how the club has been run.

Mikel Arteta went into this season knowing his job was nowhere near as secure as he would like it to be and with fans back in the stadium, his process needs to start delivering very soon.

Few things drone on more than a man with a chip on his shoulder and that’s exactly what Emi Martinez seems to be despite how well it’s been going for him.

The start of the Premier League season in 2021-22 is finally here with us.

As a special extra to celebrate 300 episodes, an exclusive interview with football writer Ryan Baldi (@RyanBaldiFW) about what he learnt researching his new book ‘ The Dream Factory: Inside the Make-or-Break World of Football’s Academies’.

Celebrate 300 episodes as we look back at the contrasting fortunes of the men’s and women’s teams against Chelsea, what we can learn from both and where £50m man Ben White fits in.

All eyes are on the Emirates right now as Mikel Arteta faces a race against time to get his squad to where it needs to be ahead of the new campaign.

Arsenal announced Ben White on Friday and we explain what Arsenal be getting for their £50m and why Arsenal fans should be very excited indeed.