Chelsea at the Emirates on Sunday, Arsenal's perfect start on the line
Saka has scored in both league games, and your back line has not conceded. Arsenal and Chelsea both go into this with a 100 percent record (1). Coventry fell 3–0 at the Emirates and Villa went down 1–0, clean sheets both times (1).
Guimaraes and Mosquera missed Thursday training
Two first-team players sat out training ahead of the derby and Arteta faces a selection dilemma (4). Arteta on one of them: "He's fine, but he was feeling like he was about to have something, and that's why we have the bench that we have" (4).
Martinelli sold to Saudi Arabia for a record fee
Gabriel Martinelli is gone, and the fee is a club record for an outgoing (3). The sale reshapes the attack right before the Chelsea game.
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Gyokeres frozen out, and the striker question is real
Viktor Gyokeres still has not played a minute this season (8). Arteta has spent the build-up talking about only targeting world-class talent, and the result is one senior striker situation that looks thin (8).
Arsenal Women sign Elisa de Almeida
French defender Elisa de Almeida joins Arsenal Women from Paris Saint Germain on a three-year deal worth just over half a million pounds (5). She said: "I'm so excited to join Arsenal. This is a very big club and I can't wait to get started" (5). She is the eighth new signing in a window aimed at a first WSL title since 2019 (2).
Ferdinand calls Tzolis the signing of the summer
Rio Ferdinand picked Christos Tzolis as the best transfer business in the Premier League (9). "For the price you got him for, £35m, from what I've seen, jinky little winger, great vision, making good decisions in the final third" (9).
Champions League squad boost, and two misses
The Champions League squad is confirmed and one injured defender is back in it (11). Arsenal also explored Lautaro Martinez late in the window after Julian Alvarez was ruled out, but Inter had no interest in selling (13). Pablo García slipped away to Racing Santander in the final hours (12).
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The De Almeida signing is the story Arsenal Women fans are rallying around, with supporters framing it as exactly the kind of statement the club needed in the push for a first WSL title since 2019. Read the thread
