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Thierry Henry on Bukayo Saka:

"I have a soft spot for him. He’s my favourite player. He’s been there for a long time.

"He’s so nice. I never thought he was going to reach the level we’re seeing.

"I challenged him the other day to work a bit on his free kicks!" told BBC.

Arsenal are advancing in talks with Roberto Olabe for the Spaniard to become sporting director, as exclusively reported last week.

Jurrien Timber: "It was fun to play in. We scored a lot of goals and it's always fun to score a lot of goals."

Arteta: "We made it crazy, we played so well at the start of the game.

"We have to manage the game - we did that really well. The last two games were tricky and to score goals is a big one."

Saka: "I am taking a lot of pleasure from creating and scoring but the greatest pleasure is to win. Let’s keep this form going.

"Definitely the last three games we have been back."

William Saliba on Martin Odegaard:

“He is one of the best players in the world. You can see we are better with him.

“Honestly, every game I’m shocked because he is doing something new on the field that you haven’t seen."

Bukayo Saka on Martin Ødegaard:

"He's an unbelievable player. The day he returned, there was a big smile on my face.

"You can see the chemistry we have. I hope he stays fit for the rest of the season.

"This is where we belong. We've shown the level we can play at."

Gabriel's celebration after scoring v Sporting 🇧🇷 👀

Ethan Nwaneri’s younger brother and Arsenal midfielder, Emerson, has been called up for the England U15 talent ID camp. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

David Raya on Gyokores:

"We know his strengths, how he runs a lot in behind and scores a lot in 1-v-1. He's a top player in form.

"We're going to try and keep him very, very quiet. Don’t give him any chances. We have to step up defensively. Hopefully we can do a great job and keep a clean sheet."

Bacary Sagna: "Santi Cazorla and Mikel Arteta have an amazing relationship. I believe Santi could be on his way back to Arsenal one day. 🇪🇸

"I think that Santi would be better suited to a coaching role rather than Sporting Director. He'd be a major boost to the players, especially youngsters.”

Guardiola: "Just give me my players back! Give me my players back.. and you will see! It's difficult when you have to play without 4 central defenders, 2 holding midfielders out, Rodri being out, when you had 4 wingers and now just 1, just give me my players back and you will see Manchester City!"

Mohamed Salah: "We're almost in December, I haven't received any offer to stay at the club, so probably I'm more out than in."

Arsenal move quickly on contract talks for duo amid Manchester City pressure The Gunners are laying down the framework to commit two of their prized assets to new long-term contracts

New contracts being discussed for two stars 📝

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David Raya and Mikel Merino have been awarded a PFA special achievement award for their Euro 2024 campaign with Spain 🇪🇸

Arteta: "Riccy [Calafiori] trained today. He trained on this pitch this week so he's back in the squad.

"Kieran [Tierney] is not ready yet and Tomiyasu is going to be out for a period."

Arteta: "Trossard seems to be ok, he trained this morning and seems to be feeling good.

"Bukayo and Declan have their first session today. Very good as well.

"Ben [White] is going to be out for months, unfortunately."

Guardiola: "I said six months ago, when all the clubs accused us to have done something wrong, what happened if we are relegated - I will be here.

"Next year, if we are in the Conference we will come up to the Premier League. I knew it then, I feel it now."

Guardiola: "I have the contract but maybe in a month, I'm not here if the situation is not going well.

"I think we deserved to continue. I'm not naive enough to stay because I have a contract.

"I deserve to extend the contract but at the same time we have to be up there."

Kolo Toure's son Yassine is on trial with third tier English side Wrexham.

Key Arsenal forward set for new contract following Mikel Arteta decision Mikel Arteta’s latest move signals big faith from the Spaniard in the Arsenal star.

New contract incoming for Leandro Trossard

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Youngster Mikel Arteta called 'exciting' makes bold admission about next career step Former Arsenal starlet, once compared to Bukayo Saka opens up about his injury recovery and Championship ambitions.

Mikel Arteta called him 'exciting' and Jack Wilshere compared him to Bukayo Saka 💫

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Key figure who will oversee transfers begins new role at Arsenal A major addition to Arsenal's leadership team is set to oversee transfers and recruitment.

He will oversee player recruitment, transfers and contract negotiations at Arsenal

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Martin Odegaard spent last night training and doing drills with Arsenal U13 academy players 👏

Zinchenko: "[Arteta] likes to play games with the opposition.

"I've seen him tell injured players to come on the team bus and walk into the dressing room with their wash bag, to put the other manager off the scent," he told The Athletic.

Mikel Merino: "I was seduced by the fact that it [Arsenal] was a team in a process of growth, that had not yet won and wanted to win. Feeling part of building a winning culture.

"And also that they insisted that they could help me grow more," he told @elpais_espana.

Fede Valverde: “Arsenal trials? I was 16 years old. I said: ‘That’s it. This is my club. I’m going to grow up here.’

“In Uruguay, people looked a lot at the Premier League. I imagined a future there.”

Robin van Persie: “I don’t expect to work at Arsenal. I think that is closed, because of my switch to Manchester United. You never know in football, but that is my assessment. It is still sensitive for them, not for me — it is especially sensitive for the Arsenal fans.”

Alexander Isak on Arsenal transfer links:

"The only thing I can say is that a lot of information and rumours often come out.

"Much of what I read is not true. So that’s about all I can say about the whole thing."