Leeds at the Emirates on Saturday
Arsenal are back. Leeds United at the Emirates, Saturday October 10, 13:30 CEST (1) (3) (7). It is your first game since the international break, and your first since Brighton & Hove Albion 3–0 Arsenal on September 19 (1).
You sit second on 12 points from five. Four wins, one loss. That loss is the one everyone remembers.
Tzolis out for weeks, Havertz and Konsa doubtful
Christos Tzolis has a muscle injury. Mikel Arteta did not dress it up.
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"Christos Tzolis has a muscle injury & he's going to be out for a few weeks I think. He's NOT available" (8).
Kai Havertz and Ezri Konsa are doubts for Leeds. Declan Rice could return (8). Arteta gave mostly bad news ahead of Saturday (8).
Arteta: "Yes"
Mikel Arteta was asked about his time at Manchester City after the independent commission found City guilty of Premier League rule breaches. One word.
His conscience is clear, he said (2) (5) (9). Arsenal's press office asked for the questions to move on (5). They did not get far.
Arsenal join the race for Gilberto Mora
Arsenal have made an offer for Gilberto Mora, the Mexican attacking midfielder, with Liverpool and Chelsea also in (4) (11). He is the player half of Europe wants.
Davies and Pacho on the radar
Alphonso Davies is being watched. Bayern value the left-back at €60–65m, with a possible €50m offer threshold (10).
Arsenal also sent scouts to watch PSG defender Willian Pacho. PSG do not want to sell, and Pacho signed to 2031 (6).
Fan reactions
The City verdict thread is doing numbers on r/soccer, and the mood on r/Gunners is less about Arteta's one word and more about Saturday (1) (2). The clip doing the rounds there is Inside Training, with Martin Odegaard, Bukayo Saka and Viktor Gyokeres all back (3). Elsewhere, Arsenal legends turned out for Robert Pires' tribute match in Metz (4).
