Arsenal news: Gunners given transfer hope as Declan Rice opens up on Mikel Arteta meeting

Mikel Arteta's Arsenal person a accidental to decorativeness the play apical of the Premier League array if they tin get the amended of reigning champions Manchester City connected Sunday

Arsenal's pugnacious September continues connected Sunday with a top-of-the-table crippled against Manchester City.

United's nonaccomplishment to triumph distant to theit rubric rivals successful March was pinpointed by rival Rodri arsenic being cardinal to the last destination of the title. This time, however, Mikel Arteta's broadside could find themselves up against it.

Not lone volition they beryllium facing an in-form striker successful the signifier of Erling Haaland, but they'll besides beryllium missing injured skipper Martin Odegaard. City won't beryllium astatine afloat spot either, though, with Kevin De Bruyne a uncertainty aft being forced disconnected against Inter Milan successful midweek and Nathan Ake already connected the injured list..

Declan Rice volition beryllium backmost for Arsenal, though, having served a one-match home prohibition against Tottenham. The England midfielder's speech with manager Arteta is among Mirror Football's latest lines from astir North London.

Gunners handed Garcia transportation hope

Espanyol's manager Fran Garagarza has indicated Arsenal-linked goalkeeper Joan Garcia could inactive extremity up leaving the club. Arsenal were incapable to implicit a woody for the Spaniard during the summertime transportation window, alternatively completing a precocious indebtedness determination for Neto.

“If you consciousness that determination volition beryllium maturation and performance, possibly the existent 1 could beryllium a merchantability of a subordinate without reaching completion," Garagarza told AS. "For this exercise, we person understood that Joan is an plus and that helium is indispensable to execute the nonsubjective due to the fact that helium acts successful a precise circumstantial position.

"We could not weaken there, we couldn’t. The involvement successful him is not going to stop. The clip to merchantability Joan whitethorn beryllium astatine different time.”

Rice opens up connected cardinal Arteta meeting

Declan Rice has shed airy connected the conversations with Mikel Arteta which helium hopes volition let Arsenal to spell 1 amended this season. The Gunners are coming disconnected successive second-place finishes, though past season's rubric contention went down to the last week of the season.

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"When we came back, it was similar 1 of the manager's archetypal meetings – successful presumption of like, however tin we beryllium amended this season, however tin we upgrade," Rice told Lionesses prima Alessia Russo connected Sky Sports."We missed retired connected the league past twelvemonth by 2 points, the twelvemonth earlier was 4 points.

“So, it was however tin we support getting amended and striving for more. We are truly close. It is the finer details, the Villa crippled which fto america down towards the extremity – we bespeak connected that. It was disappointing but wide specified a affirmative twelvemonth again.”

Smith Rowe makes Arsenal admission

Former Arsenal prima Emile Smith Rowe is enjoying his shot again aft leaving the Gunners for Fulham. The England planetary became the Cottagers' grounds signing implicit the summer, and already has 2 goals and an assistance aft 5 league outings.

"I'm truly assured astatine the infinitesimal and comfy with everything," helium said aft scoring successful Saturday's triumph implicit Newcastle. "I've got to support going and support moving hard.

"Everyone knows it has been a pugnacious mates of seasons for me, I person to enactment acceptable and I consciousness bully astatine the moment. I'm feeling assured and happy."

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