Alexandre Lacazette, Mesut Ozil, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Lucas Torreira seem unlikely to be Arsenal players this time next year and the decisions made around the Manchester City game seemed to clarify that and a number of others who could go.
It was more than a little disappointing to see Arsenal put their commercial interests ahead of human rights when they hung Mesut Ozil out to dry with their statement about his comments on the Chinese treatment of the Uighurs.
Arsenal against Brighton was a lot of things, few of them good as we moved closer to the relegation zone with our first home league defeat of the season, so here are 23 things I noticed from Thursday night.
Freddie Ljungberg’s first match as Arsenal manager didn’t result in a win but it did give us a lot more entertainment, so here are 22 things I noticed during the game.
As we say Goodbye! to Unai Emery and Hello! to Freddie Ljungberg, let’s take a look how the Arsenal players rated in Unai Emery’s final month in charge.
To the outside, it looked like Arsenal fans were losing their minds over a player who isn’t any good and a manager who was winning more than he was losing, but the Unai Emery-Mesut Ozil sideshow was about more than that, including something the German might have muttered in Baku.
Ashley Smith, who was recently jailed for 10 years for his part in the attempted robbery on Mesut Ozil and Sead Kolasinac has been badly beaten by fellow inmates.
Unai Emery says he doesn’t know if Granit Xhaka will play for Arsenal again before mumbling something else a little confusing.
One of the men who tied to rob Mesut Ozil and Sead Kolasinac has been sentenced to 10 years in jail.
Mesut Ozil started his second Premier League game of the season against Wolves and, while Arsenal didn’t win, it’s clear with him in the side Arsenal score more goals…they also concede more too.
Arsenal dropped points against Wolves on Saturday, and one of the main talking points afterwards was the disparity in chances created by the two sides.
Mesut Ozil is being linked with the MLS once again and it’s a league the player has said he wouldn’t mind playing in – ‘one day’.
Arsenal threw away another lead to drop two points, playing some of the most turgid football imaginable, as Unai Emery’s time must surely be coming to an end.
Jamie Carragher was impressed with Mesut Özil against Liverpool on Wednesday, and he insists the midfielder should be in Arsenal’s first-choice team.
Unai Emery has said that the Mesut Ozil we saw on Wednesday night against Liverpool was the Mesut Ozil ‘everyone wants’ and then seemed to take credit for making him that way.
Sead Kolasinac says Mesut Özil is a bit unhappy with his current situation, but he never lets it show on the training ground.
Mesut Özil made an impressive comeback on Wednesday night, albeit against a weakened side, but the stats don’t entirely tell that story.
When Liverpool announced their lineup for the game against Arsenal, Unai Emery must have known he was on a hiding to nothing and with Mesut Ozil determined to take his chance, the Spaniard had his worst Arsenal night since Baku.
Arsenal face Liverpool in the League Cup later today, but we already have quite a lot of early team news from various sources.
Mesut Ozil will be in the Arsenal squad that travels to Liverpool on Wednesday night for their League Cup game.