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Mesut Özil in action for Arsenal against Burnley. After an impressive start to the season, the playmaker has again drifted to the periphery in matches. Photograph: Dylan Martinez/Reuters
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Alexis Sánchez has seemed disillusioned at times this season with life at Arsenal and is out of contract in 2018. Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian
‘Disappointed’ Alexis Sánchez at the Heart of Arsenal’s Pivotal Summer
London – As usual the vast majority of the punters in the Club Level seats that ring all the way round the prime view at the Emirates Stadium took their time to re-emerge into the sunshine after half-time of Arsenal’s game with Manchester United on Sunday. It is...Caption:
Rémi Garde sits on the steps to the entrance of Arsenal’s old Highbury stadium. ‘It is difficult for me to imagine the end for Arsène Wenger’ says the former Gunner. Photograph: Graeme Robertson for the Guardian
Rémi Garde: ‘I Am Sad to Read Criticism of Wenger, the Bad Words’
London – Flooded with tantalising possibility, the temptation for Didier Deschamps to pick his next France squad merely by drawing lots must have some traction. The new wave of talent to burst on to the scene is impossible to ignore as they have sparkled in...Caption:
Andy Carroll puts West Ham 2-0 up against Crystal Palace. Photograph: Ian Kington/AFP/Getty Images
Dimitri Payet has had his Head turned at Worst Possible Moment for West Ham
Dimitri Payet may never have heard of Pierre van Hooijdonk but during the spare time he may find he has on his hands in self-imposed exile from West Ham United, he could look up one of the first Premier League players to go on strike and see how that panned out. Van...Caption:
Mesut Özil lobs the ball over the Ludogorets keeper for his masterpiece winner in Arsenal’s 3-2 Champions League victory. Photograph: Zemanek/BPI/Rex/Shutterstock