3 February 2025
Arsenal live on Showmax Premier League
Can the Gunners do one better this season and be crowned Premier League champions? Only time will tell.
- Nickname: The Gunners, Gooners
- Short name: AFC
- Founded: October 1886, as Dial Square
- Ground: Emirates Stadium
- Current League position: 2nd (Played: 33 Won: 18 Lost: 3 Drawn: 12)
Most recent result:
- Ipswich 0-4 Arsenal (Leandro Trossard x2, Gabriel Martinelli & Ethan Nwaneri )
Next Premier League fixture: (Wednesday, 23 April 2025)
- Arsenal v Crystal Palace: Emirates Stadium : 21:00- Live on Showmax Premier League
Latest news:
Former England international Owen Hargreaves has tipped Arsenal to sign a Premier League midfielder this summer as a potential replacement for Thomas Partey, who appears likely to leave the club at the end of the season.
Partey, 31, is entering the final months of his contract at the Emirates and has been linked with a return to Atletico Madrid, as well as interest from Barcelona. Although Arsenal were open to offloading the Ghanaian last summer following a frustrating 2023–24 campaign, his resurgence this season has made him a key figure in Mikel Arteta’s side.
Despite his improved form, Partey’s representatives have reportedly held discussions with other clubs, with La Liga giants Atletico and Barcelona believed to be leading the chase for his signature. Having made 161 appearances for the Gunners since his £45 million move from Atletico in 2020, Partey now looks set for a summer exit.
Alongside Thomas Partey, Jorginho could also depart in the coming transfer window, leaving Arsenal in need of reinforcements in midfield ahead of the 2025–26 campaign. Real Sociedad’s Martin Zubimendi remains a primary target, but Hargreaves believes the Gunners may also turn to domestic options.
Speaking on Rio Ferdinand’s YouTube channel, Hargreaves singled out Crystal Palace’s Adam Wharton as a standout option for Arteta.
“Someone I like is Adam Wharton,” Hargreaves said.
“He gets in your team [Arsenal]. If Mikel Arteta saw him, he’d go, ‘That’s my guy’. Say if Thomas Partey leaves, Wharton is a player.”
Summer signings:
- David Raya
- Riccardo Calafiori
- Mikel Merino
- Neto
- Raheem Sterling
Arsenal XI
Manager: Mikel Arteta
Mikel Arteta was appointed Arsenal manager on 20 December 2019. As a player, Arteta began his youth career at Barcelona before taking in spells at Paris Saint-Germain, Rangers and Real Sociedad.
His introduction to English football came during a loan spell at Everton in January 2005, before making the move to Goodison Park permanent six months later.
He moved to Arsenal in August 2011, where he was named club captain ahead of the 2014/15 season. The Spaniard won two FA Cups during his time with the Gunners, before retiring in 2016. Arteta was appointed as an assistant coach at Manchester City in July 2016 working under manager Pep Guardiola and was part of the coaching team that won the Premier League in 2017/18 with a record 100 points.
City became the first club in 10 seasons to retain the Premier League trophy a year later, while they also won two EFL Cups and one FA Cup during Arteta’s time at the Etihad Stadium. Arteta took charge of Arsenal midway through the 2019/20 season, replacing Unai Emery, and the Gunners finished eighth in a Premier League campaign that was suspended for 100 days due to the Coronavirus pandemic. The campaign ended on a high with victory in the FA Cup final and qualification for the UEFA Europa League
After finishing fifth in 2021/22, Arsenal narrowly missed out on a first title since 2004 the following season, finishing five points behind Man City while returning to the UEFA Champions League.
The Gunners were even closer in 2023/24, finishing two points behind Man City with 89 points as they achieved a club-record 28 Premier League wins over the season.
Goalkeepers
- Neto
- David Raya
Defenders
- William Saliba
- Kieran Tierney
- Ben White
- Gabriel
- Jurrien Timber
- Jakub Kiwior
- Oleksandr Zinchenko
- Takehiro Tomiyasu
- Riccardo Calafiori
Midfielders
- Thomas Partey
- Martin Odegaard
- Jorginho
- Fabio Viera
- Declan Rice
- Kai Havert
- Mikel Merino
Forwards
- Bukayo Saka
- Gabriel Jesus
- Gabriel Martinelli
- Raheem Sterling
- Leandro Trossard
- Reiss Nelson
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William Saliba: “Haaland is the toughest opponent I’ve ever faced”: https://stories.showmax.com/za/william-saliba-haaland-is-the-toughest-opponent-ive-ever-faced
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