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Sports 'Amazing Journey': Mesut Özil Thanks Arsenal as He Seals Fenerbahce Move

'Amazing Journey': Mesut Özil Thanks Arsenal as He Seals Fenerbahce Move

Mesut Özil has “no regrets” about his time at Arsenal after completing his move to Fenerbahce, finally drawing a line under what he called an “amazing journey”…

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Sports Mikel Arteta Says There Is No Room for Self-Doubt Among His Arsenal Players

Mikel Arteta Says There Is No Room for Self-Doubt Among His Arsenal Players

Mikel Arteta says Arsenal’s beleaguered players need to master their self-doubt and that there is no room in the squad for anyone who is “dragging you back”. …

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Sports Mikel Arteta's Arsenal May Need More Madness in Their Method

Mikel Arteta's Arsenal May Need More Madness in Their Method

The utterances offered by footballers before European games tend to be crushingly banal but Shkodran Mustafi offered an insight that lingered in the mind when…

Nick Ames (London)
Sports Ben Chilwell Looks to Ashley Cole to Ignite His Fire at Chelsea

Ben Chilwell Looks to Ashley Cole to Ignite His Fire at Chelsea

Early last month Ben Chilwell found himself sitting on a sofa with a footballer he used to idolise. He admits to being “starstruck” at spending a few hours…

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Sports  Intensity, Pace and a Sweet Left Foot: Arsenal's Gabriel Has the Full Package

Intensity, Pace and a Sweet Left Foot: Arsenal's Gabriel Has the Full Package

Shortly after Gabriel Magalhães played his first and, as it turned out, only game for Dinamo Zagreb’s senior team he was called into the manager’s office…

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Sports Mesut Özil's Groundhog Act Ensures Arteta's Plan for Arsenal Remains Cloudy

Mesut Özil's Groundhog Act Ensures Arteta's Plan for Arsenal Remains Cloudy

Mesut Özil retains his unnatural gift for dominating Arsenal’s narrative. This may yet be the week when, in announcing the signing of Willian and confirming…

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Sports Arsenal Take Firm Transfer Dealings Action With Exit of Raul Sanllehi

Arsenal Take Firm Transfer Dealings Action With Exit of Raul Sanllehi

Arsenal’s summer cull continues with its highest-profile casualty yet. Raul Sanllehi finds himself faced with an extended holiday and the club are left to…

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Sports Arsenal's Head of Recruitment to Leave Amid 55 Planned Redundancies

Arsenal's Head of Recruitment to Leave Amid 55 Planned Redundancies

Arsenal’s head of recruitment, Francis Cagigao, is among 55 staff members who will leave the club after a swathe of redundancies was announced. Cagigao has…

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