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Granit Xhaka celebrates his goal against Manchester United on Sunday but has endured an indifferent first season for Arsenal in the Premier League. Photograph: BPI/Rex/Shutterstock
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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
Mesut Özil, His New Driveway and the Eternal Question of His Value to Arsenal
London – Arsène Wenger has become accustomed to putting on his best front for the pre-match media fandango. Given the volatile climate he arrives, straight bat at the ready, intent to defuse and dampen. It was all steady and predictable enough before this...Caption:
Arséne Wenger has claimed he doesn’t know what a director of football is: ‘Is it somebody who stands in the road and directs play right and left?’ Photograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images
Arsène Wenger Wins another Small Battle in Arsenal’s Unlikely Civil War
London – After 15 minutes of tepid football, Arsène Wenger rose from the bench for the first time and went for a wander around his technical area, presumably just for a change of pace. A few seconds later, despite not having done much in the way of experimental...Caption:
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:
Vincent Kompany says the Manchester City player had had to work to adapt to Pep Guardiola’s ‘unique style’. Photograph: Nigel Roddis/EPA