And the offer for Mbappe – who is being chased by half the big clubs in Europe – is so “un-Arsenal” few believe it is real. Business as usual then. In truth, there are a ton of question ...

Arsenal presented a blueprint -- winning games while being easy on the eye and doing so on a budget -- that other clubs tried, mostly unsuccessfully, to copy. But now, the landscape has changed ...

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FOOTBALL loves its narratives and analogies. So, with Manchester City hosting Arsenal this afternoon, the temptation of drawing a parallel between Pep Guardiola and Arsene Wenger was just too strong.

Marcotti: He spent last season as a starter at Valladolid in LaLiga, but it's hard to judge him on that given how poor the team was. There's a player there, but probably not an Arsenal-caliber keeper.