It has been claimed {that a} star free agent opened talks to hitch Arsenal over the weekend, all whereas Mikel Arteta was making ready for the North London derby.
Arteta praises Arsenal after 1-0 win away to Tottenham
Derby bragging rights returned to the Emirates Stadium as soon as once more on Sunday, with Arsenal sealing a 1-0 victory away to Tottenham courtesy of defender Gabriel Magalhaes’ solely aim of the sport.
The house facet dominated possession and created a good few openings, however Ange Postecoglou’s males have been finally fruitless of their makes an attempt to interrupt down a resolute Arsenal staff who have been with out Declan Rice, Mikel Merino, Riccardo Calafiori, Martin Odegaard and Oleksandr Zinchenko for the encounter.
Arsenal then exploited Spurs’ weak spot in coping with set items on 64 minutes, as Gabriel leaped the best to go in a nook from shut vary, leaving the helpless Guglielmo Vicario stranded simply exterior his six-yard field.
Most targets by PL centre-backs since Gabriel’s debut | |
|---|---|
Participant | Aim tally |
1. Gabriel | 15 |
2. Kurt Zouma | 11 |
3. Lewis Dunk | 10 |
4. Ben Mee | 10 |
5. Virgil van Dijk | 9 |
6. Michael Keane | 9 |
7. Fabin Schar | 9 |
8. John Stones | 8 |
Information through BBC Sport. | |
It was a vital, hard-fought Premier League victory for the Gunners – who have been compelled to showcase resolute defending on a fairly tight afternoon on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Arsenal additionally broke a document with their win over Spurs, having sealed three consecutive victories away to their rivals for the primary time in 35 years.
“Loving the sport signifies that you’ll be able to do issues no matter context,” mentioned a delighted Arteta on Arsenal’s win at Tottenham.
“Jorginho, he loves the sport. He would not play it, however he loves successful. I imply, when he is not taking part in, he is coaching like an animal at his age, after successful every little thing. So while you ask him to play 90 minutes, like he hasn’t performed most likely for the final 5 months, he is in a position, even cramping in all places, managed to do it.
“The identical with Jurrien, he is been a yr out, he hasn’t performed 90 minutes in any respect, and he was struggling as we speak, however he managed to do it for the staff. And like, all these guys, I do not know and not using a pre-season, I don’t know what number of minutes he is performed. And he was unbelievable, all of them, however that is the spirit and the characters that we’ve, that I really like.”
In line with The Boot Room and journalist Graeme Bailey, whereas Arsenal have been making ready for the conflict, they have been approached by ex-Juventus and PSG midfielder Adrien Rabiot over becoming a member of them on a free deal.
Adrien Rabiot held talks to hitch Arsenal in the previous few days
In line with their info, Rabiot opened talks to hitch Arsenal over the weekend, through his representatives. Arteta’s facet have been apparently contacted and provided the prospect to strike a Bosman deal for Rabiot, however the France worldwide has now joined Ligue 1 giants Marseille as an alternative, with Roberto De Zerbi’s facet agreeing a transfer.
Rabiot has agreed a £162,000-per-week contract with Marseille, in keeping with experiences, with the 29-year-old lastly securing a brand new dwelling after leaving Juve on the finish of his contract. Time will inform whether or not sporting director Edu Gaspar and the membership’s recruitment staff remorse passing up the prospect to signal Rabiot, however these expensive wages would’ve instantly put him amongst Arsenal’s high ten highest-paid gamers.
