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Jurgen Klopp: "Martinelli has become exactly the player I expected. Odegaard, I spoke to when he was 15 and the whole world wanted him. He became the player everyone expected. Saka, wow, incredible" #ARSLIV
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Thierry Henry on #Arsenalās failure to sign Mudryk: "That was a lot of money to buy Mudryk for that. Was he going to have an impact straight away on that team? They went for Trossard that knows the league, been there a long time, can adapt quicker and better"
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.@David_Ornstein: "I don't want to upset Newcastle fans, but I do think we'll be hearing a lot more about #Arsenal and [Alexander] Isak due to Mikel Arteta's affinity with him. He nearly signed him from Real Sociedad before he went to Newcastle"
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Klopp on Gabriel Jesus: "Heās flying in this moment, thatās clear. If youāre not playing against them, Itās easy to enjoy what heās doing. We need to make sure he stops flying for a weekend" #ARSLIV
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England World Cup diary with Bukayo Saka. š“ó §ó ¢ó „ó ®ó §ó æ
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Odegaard on Everton: "The game we had there, the performance, everyone was really upset. We want to show a different side on Wednesday and get another three points" #ARSEVE
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Martin Keown: "For me, Ramsdale has now overtaken Jordan Pickford to become the best English goalkeeper in the Premier League" #Arsenal
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Rio Ferdinand: "I think Saka, my young player of the year, had Shaw scared. Thatās the first time Iāve seen Shaw look like, 'Oh, this guy has got my number'" #ARSMUN
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Fabregas: "Trossard is a really good player. Better at the moment than what people think he is. He showed that at Brighton, he showed it today for a couple of minutes. He is different to what they have got, he plays between the lines, can score goals, play in different positions"
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Peter Schmeichel: "When you want your team to play as tactically as today, when your first priority is not giving anything away, you can't have better player in your team than Declan Rice. He has been outstanding today" #ARSMCI
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Ben White: "My temperament is one of the big reasons why I am where I am. I donāt go too high or too low. I learned from getting released [by Southampton at 16]. It was a rubbish day but I didnāt cry. It was on to the next thing" #Arsenal
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Gary Neville on Thomas Partey: "Honestly, in these three games Iāve seen live since Christmas I just think heās holding a lot together in terms of the glue between the back four and Odegaard and the strikers" #Arsenal
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Arteta on Leno: "I am really happy for Bernd. He is a really good goalkeeper and we knew that. I am really glad he went somewhere where he is happy and performing" #FULARS
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Arteta on Casemiroās absence tomorrow: "He didn't play in our first game either & we still didn't do enough to win that match. When you look at the squad they have, it's just incredible. The individuals and the collective organisation can beat any opponent in this league" #ARSMUN
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Keown: "If Nketiah was a new signing, youād be buzzing over this acquisition as an #Arsenal fan. We could highlight the games of Odegaard, Saka & Martinelli [against Brighton]. Nketiah deserves as much praise as anyone after a truly strong performance at the head of the team"
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Jamie Carragher: "A big thing that you should give #Arsenal credit for is when Jesus got injured they were five points clear of Man City. How long's he been injured, 2-3 months? They're still five points clear"
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Nuno Tavares is close to signing for Ligue 1 side Marseille in a loan deal. #Arsenal [Daily Express]
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Tomiyasu on his lack of starts: "You have to accept the reality. Ben has been doing very well. He is fantastic. Of course I want to play from the start. I just want to help the team. It doesnāt matter if Iām playing from the start or not. When Iām on the pitch I give everything"
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Klopp: "Gabriel Jesus, Mikel could see how good he could be not in a Man City shirt. Thomas Partey, everyone saw how good he was at Atletico Madrid. They have lots of quality. A young, exciting team doing really well" #ARSLIV
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Xhaka: "Gabriel Martinelli has a lot to be one of the best. He goes 100mph. He has to push himself with how far he can go. He has the team and everything around the help him" #Arsenal
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Zinchenko on the win: "I love this winning, you know? The winning feeling in the last minute, the last second. Itās something you cannot describe. Today was unbelievable. I need to watch it again before I go to bed because these are the magic moments" #ARSMUN
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Jorginho on joining #Arsenal: "I had spoken to Chelsea and I knew I was no longer part of their plans. I wanted to progress in my career and the Arsenal project suits me. Itās a young team that plays good football and fits my characteristics"
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Ian Wright: "You look at Saliba; Even when he went for the last year at that loan, we was like āwhy donāt we bring him back now!?ā. We left him there and heās totally ready [now]. At the moment it looks like an unbelievable decision" #Arsenal
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Tierney on title hopes: "The boys have got a lot of confidence, but we also know how hard our league is to win. Itās about being the most consistent team over 38 games. Weāre under no illusion itās going to be the hardest second half of a season weāll have. But weāre up for it"
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ten Hag on Arteta: "In the Premier League there are many incredible coaches in this moment, he is definitely one of them. But what heās doing, in this moment, he is the best in this moment" #ARSMUN
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Fabio Vieira: "I like to score goals but I prefer assists. I like to do the last pass and this is one of my best characteristics" #Arsenal
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Paul Scholes on Nketiah: "I've been so impressed with him since he came in for Jesus. I think its difficult for Jesus to get in with the way he is going. Since he has come in, I donāt think I have seen better number nine performances from anybody. I think he has been sensational"
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Ramsdale on his MOTM performance: "Itās what Iām there to do. The manager also mentioned that in quite a few of the last North London derbies weāve not kept a clean sheet, especially since heās been in charge. I think that might have spurred me on a little bit" #Arsenal
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.@David_Ornstein on Arsenal transfer targets: "There are young players that will be on their agenda. I know I reported recently like Nypan from Rosenberg, one of the top young midfielders from what Iāve heard across the game, heād be very keen on a move to Arsenal. They like him"
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Ian Wright on Trossard: "This is why weāre so happy he chose to come & we went & got him, because heās somebody that can hit the ground running ā thatās what heās done. We saw it against Man United and weāre seeing it again tonight. Heās getting the ball, heās going at people"
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Gary Neville on Gabriel Jesus: "Jesus is a 5ft 10in targetman. He backs into people, he holds people off. He turns people, he rolls them, he pops it off to people, he is a brilliant centre-forward. He runs the channels, he runs the sides, he hunts down and he presses" #Arsenal
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Martinelli: "We have a winning mentality. We always go on the pitch to win and we have to keep doing that if we want to be champions. It does not depend on age, but on the mentality and the desire to win every game" #Arsenal
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Arteta on Erik ten Hagās start at Manchester United: "Really impressive. I think he's turned things around pretty quickly. He has implemented a very clear way of playing. I think the players seem like they've bought into it, they have really good energy around the place" #ARSMUN
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Zinchenko on which #Arsenal player is better than he thought: "I think Martinelli. He is the special one. From the first days when Iāve seen his footwork and his attitude and the way he works. Honestly, this guy if he is going to keep going, remember his name. Heās unbelievable"
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Tierney: "Itās crazy that Iām now in my fourth season at #Arsenal. It feels like itās flown in. To be at a club like this with over 100 appearances is very good and itās something that no one can take away from me"
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Saliba: "After the summer [returning to #Arsenal from loan at Marseille], when I saw the team & the mentality, I tell myself: āYeah, we can do something this seasonā"
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Odegaard on Arteta: "Every day in training heās pushing us to do our best, the standards in training are unbelievable. Everyone has to be so sharp every day, that's where we set the standard. We come in and work hard and we only want the best from everyone" #Arsenal
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Saliba on Man Utd: "We know we have a big game this week. We know they beat us. They are the only team to beat us this season in the Premier League & we want to beat them again at home. We will prepare very good for this game, & I hope we will win in front of our fans" #Arsenal
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Arteta on Odegaardās performance: "Great, the way he put the ball to Martinelli in the first minute of the football match to make the game in our favour, it was great, Iām really pleased with the way Martin is playing" #Arsenal
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Rio Ferdinand on Odegaard: "Iād go as far as to say heās probably my player of the year. Haalandās been great, donāt get me wrong. If Haaland eases up with the goals and #Arsenal win the league and Odegaard continues, heās my player of the year"
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Odegaard on the basketball celebration: "Itās just something we talk about inside the team; basketball. Thatās why we did it" #Arsenal
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Jurgen Klopp on failing to sign Odegaard when he was at Dortmund: "I was really disappointed about that because we wanted him at Dortmund, we wanted him as well when he was very young, we had a long talk when he was a kid still, with his dad, in the end he decided for Madrid"
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Zinchenko: "If we are going to keep fighting and keep believing; The reaction from all of us in the second half is a perfect way to go" #Arsenal
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Arteta on the North London Derby: "Itās one of the biggest games of the season for us. We know how much it means for us right now and how much it means to our people as well. We have to focus on playing well and doing what we have to do to win the game" #TOTARS
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Arteta on the win: "Emotional, a lot of passion, a lot of quality. It doesn't get much better than that. After the derby, to come here against this team and play the way we played. The second half especially, the performance was incredible" #Arsenal
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.@FabrizioRomano on Merino: "This deal is at the final stages and is advancing very well with Merino expected to be a new #Arsenal player very soon"
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Gary Neville on Calafiori: "When he came on he looked really strong, up for the fight. He has that spirit about him. Heās a big boy, powerful, strong, can play in a number of different positions"
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Ian Wright on Lokonga: "Youāre hoping at some stage it will kick in for Lokonga because at the moment, it doesnāt seem like itās happening for him" #Arsenal
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David Dein: "I think Arsenal are blessed at the moment, without naming names particularly, but I have to, because in Saka, in Martinelli & in Odegaard, theyāve got 3 world-class players. Saliba is doing a fantastic job at the back. They have got the nucleus of a very good team"
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Arteta on Trossard's performance: "He did really well. He was really good, he got involved in many situations that could have ended up in many more big chances, he was involved in the incredible goal that was disallowed, involved in the goal of Gabi, the pass he played to him"
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Odegaard: "I want to say again how important you, our supporters, can be for us tonight. If you can be there for us, like you have every game this season, it will be huge for us. It means so much to the team, & you give us so much extra when you are really into it & behind us"
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Rice: "As I've got older I don't get the recognition I deserve. I was bought for a big fee and I play for #Arsenal. Not a lot of people like Arsenal - I keep my head down and I know my qualities"
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David Seaman: "Weāve got to be careful of injuries and the position weāre a little bit short on is defensive midfield players. With Partey & Xhaka, if they get injured weāre not struggling but it could make things tricky" #Arsenal
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Nypan would be signed with a view to joining up with the first-team squad immediately. He operates in attacking midfield, as a creative No 8 or No 10. [@David_Ornstein]
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@afcstuff He is very versatile, proven in the Premier League, scores against the big clubs regularly and at Ā£20m, a relatively low risk signing.
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Mikel Arteta has told Jakub Kiwior that he will not be guaranteed regular football & that he has to āfight for his placeā in the team. [@TheAthleticFC]
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.@FabrizioRomano: "Donāt worry Arsenal fans, Merino is coming and is coming very soon. They are fixing the final details of the deal, but Mikel Merino is fully expected to become a new #Arsenal player in the final 10 or 11 days of the summer transfer window"
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Cesc Fabregas: "I was lucky enough to be at the training ground recently and it was like I had never been there before. Everything had changed so much. The manager of the training ground said it was 95% Mikel who had changed the whole thing. Heās changed everythingā¦"
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Spezia coach Luca Gotti on Jakub Kiwior being sold to #Arsenal: "I am very happy for Kiwior and this opportunity he created for himself. It is also the biggest sale in Speziaās history and I imagine the club is happy with that too"
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.@FabrizioRomano: "Trossard had some opportunities in France & of course England, but he only wanted Arsenal. He immediately said yes to #Arsenal when they called him, when Mikel Arteta also had the conversation with the player. Trossard was super happy about this possibility"
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Gary Neville: "Saka, to be fair, you canāt help but love him. Heās absolutely wonderful, a breath of fresh air. Heās everything you would want in a football player"
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Pep Guardiola on Zinchenko: "Iām happy for him, itās going well. I think everyone here is in love with him, he was an important figure in our club" #ARSMCI
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Arteta: "We go home extremely sad but I cannot be prouder of my players, the team, individually, collectively what they have produced, on Wednesday night against Newcastle, against two top teams, itās incredible. We havenāt got rewarded and thatās the downside to it" #Arsenal
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Jack Wilshere: "I wonder if the England fans realise what a truly great player we have in Bukayo Saka. Yes, I know Iāll be accused of bias because Bukayo plays for #Arsenal but, honestly, he has special gifts" #FIFAWorldCup
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Arteta on never having beaten a Guardiola team before: "Itās for the team, the club and where we are. For me personally, it is not about beating one manager, it is about beating the next opponent, and in this case, it is Man City" #ARSMCI
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Martinelli on using the Europa League semi-final loss as motivation to go all the way this year: "If you play for #Arsenal, you need to go into every competition to win, and thatās our mentality. We play against Sporting, and we go there to win"
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Rio Ferdinand on Lewis-Skelly's red card: "I thought it was a shocking decision. This is the sort of decision that VAR is there for. How VAR have not intervened and made the decision right is well beyond me. Horrendous decision. Awful decision"
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Wenger on Odegaard: "When he was 15, I talked to him [about signing him]. I actually spoke to Martin about it after the game on Boxing Day. I was desperate to sign him. Fortunately, he is here now. He really is like a young Cesc. I think he has developed into a complete player"
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Robert Pires on Saka: "We have our resemblance. He handles the pressure, heās fearless, heās got good dribbling and he scores important goals" #Arsenal
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Arteta on the win: "There were a lot of players that stepped up today to a level that I have never seen before, especially in difficult moments. The subs made a huge, huge impact" #Arsenal
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