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Morning all.
There’s no Euro 2024 to write about and very little going in terms of substantive Arsenal news, but let’s see what bits and pieces we can dig up.
It’s been reported that Declan Rice was not training with the main group ahead of England’s Round of 16 game against Slovakia on Sunday, but working to an individual programme to manage his workload apparently. It remains to be seen how far England go in this tournament, but when it ends, I hope we have invested in some new technology which will allow him and Bukayo Saka to take 6 weeks holidays in just 2 weeks. Like Microwave vacations, or something.
The pre-season work has already begun for some players, with Ben White, Reiss Nelson, Fabio Vieira, Eddie Nketiah, Jurrien Timber and Emile Smith Rowe summoned to Marbella by Mikel Arteta for some fitness work. Other players, including Martin Odegaard, are set to join over the next few days, and the preparations for next season are underway.
Speaking of Smith Rowe, a player we talk about a bit in the new Arsecast (available now in all the usual podcast places etc), Sky Sports are linking him with moves to Fulham and Crystal Palace. I’m on record many times about how much I like him as a player, but I don’t think we can ignore the reality of his situation. He could stay at Arsenal, but how much will he play? Bar some kind of injury crisis, not much – as last season showed.
I think both he, Eddie, and Nelson, have decisions to make about their futures and their careers. As much as they might been seen as ‘expendable’ by fans, and as much as Arsenal might look at them as pure profit sales in the PSR era because they are Academy graduates, each of them has to seriously consider what’s best for them. Arsenal is a great place to be right now, especially if you’ve grown up a Gooner. A great manager, brilliant players, wonderful atmosphere and connection with fans, and good money too, but footballers have to play, not sit around and enjoy the…
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Publish date : 2024-06-28 07:17:12
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