I feel Alvarez is going to be Arsenal’s Joao Felix/Thomas Lemar signing for Berta.

I might be imagining it but I remember Arteta saying they would only sign players who want to come here.

I was thinking about this when news broke he could play again.

Swiss Ramble’s look on Premier League Finances 2016-25 (registration required) https://swissramble.substack.com/p/premier-league-finances-2016-25

Though not an upgrade, Nwaneri played there for Marseille.

Hope this gets settled quick. Because if it isn’t before the next match it’s going to generate a lot of (negative) talk again.

If the rumours are to be believed Arteta and Berta are pushing for the Alvarez deal. I don’t link this. He doesn’t want to come to Arsenal. Then invest your money elsewhere. We don’t need another Lassana Diarra.

Also G. Neville saying we should. Then you definitely want to stay away from that deal.

And playing with their 3rd option keeper, plus no Watkins and Martinez on the bench.

Brentford looking good against a Championship team.

Goretzka to Villa would be a great move for them. Free transfer for those muscles. And we’d finally see how he’ll do in the Premier League after years of speculations.

http://archive.today/2026.08.22-100624/https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7530895/2026/08/22/aston-villa-leon-goretzka-transfer-talks/

They look a bit nervy now, since the 80th minute.

My goodness. Hull looking good, or Man U just look like Man U?

Here you go: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/71wxY1cJ-vY

Well actually, I love it even more. Had straight up Campbell vibes for me.

He improved. Apparently been working a lot this weekend to improve.

Oh! I forgot about that. Yeah, just like Eze.

I really wonder what this will do, along the other 18-19 y.o they got. The path is pretty clogged up. And Arteta isn’t really known for risking it with youngsters if he has senior players available.

Read an article on Man Utd and it mentioned Ned De Ligt being out for 9 months with a back injury.

Feel this confirms my thoughts that Konsa is being used as a stop-gap. And sold on the next season like Norgaard. Or see Ben White leave if he’s injury prone again this season.

The Oracle has spoken: Konsa at Arsenal. Press stuff probably dropping later.

Article to Athletic (free read) https://archive.ph/wC3Un

Will be interesting to see if Arteta includes Salmon so he at least has two defenders on the bench. Or drops MLS for Rice. And uses Hincape at CD to drop Mosquera as a sub for RB/CD.

I can’t see Dowman being added. With Martinelli excluded last time.

Looks like Mourinho is butt hurt Rodri went to Barcelona.

*“I spoke to him a couple of times and Real Madrid made him a very good offer,” Mourinho revealed in an interview with El Chiringuito.

"Rodri had doubts, he hesitated, and Rodri’s doubts created doubts for me. Real Madrid is of a dimension that cannot have players who second-guess themselves.

“I don’t need Rodri. We have solutions, quality players.*”

Missed the rumours about Viktor being linked with Barça. Does Barcelona have at least 80 million?

I understand Garlick is saying selling MLS and Nwaneri is a possibility from a business point of view but I don’t like it. http://archive.today/2026.08.19-100428/https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7523286/2026/08/19/nwaneri-lewis-skelly-arsenal-ceo-transfer-news/