Mikel Arteta says his thoughts are with the family of former Arsenal academy player Billy Vigar, who has died aged 21 after colliding with a concrete barrier during a match last weekend. Vigar was playing for Chichester away to Wingate and Finchley on Saturday when the incident occurred as he tried to keep the ball in play.

Club captain Martin Ødegaard is also suffering with a shoulder injury, but Arteta is confident the Norway international will be back in action in the coming weeks. Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta insisted Bukayo Saka’s early withdrawal against Port Vale on Wednesday was not the result of any fresh injury concerns.

The Frenchman is set to put pen to paper on a new long-term deal with the Gunners, having joined the club back in 2019. “Hopefully it will be everybody in the world, Arsenal included, [reporting it] very soon and that’s what I’m hoping but let’s leave the club to announce that when it’s all done,

Erling Haaland struck early and the Gunners left it very late to reply through Gabriel Martinelli’s brilliantly taken stoppage-time equaliser

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta took on all comers with a fierce defence of his team’s display against Manchester City last weekend, insisting that while fans may have been unimpressed, managers, CEOs and presidents from around the footballing world had a rather different message.

Saka made his first start following his recent hamstring injury as the Gunners won 2-0 to progress to the Carabao Cup fourth round. He was taken off on 63 minutes shortly after being on the receiving end of a heavy tackle,