“My relationship with my club began the same way it does for most football fans: before I was old enough to understand what I was getting myself into. When I was nine, my uncle introduced me to a team with a cannon on its shirt, a grizzled captain named Tony Adams, and players like Nwankwo Kanu who had been born in Africa but now lived somewhere else, just like me. Arsenal felt familiar before I even understood why.
“And then there was the manager, a man who I initially thought had been named after the club and then believed that somehow the club must have been named after him. Arsene Wenger may have struggled with his raincoat, but rarely with his orchestra. The football his teams played sang.
“But what was once the nostalgia of the past has become the beauty of the present.
“We won. We are champions of England. And we are just one game away from being crowned champions of Europe too.”
@ZohranKMamdani, mayor of New York City, writes for The Athletic on what Arsenal means to him.
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David Raya you sir are unbelievable. Lost for words. Saved us. We will never forget.
Literally saved our Premier League Title campaign over and over again.
the cj stroud discourse is phenomenal
I always think about how rookie season performances anchor perception - both positively and negatively
the Texans caught fire that first year. Nico, Tank Dell and role players constantly open on downfield crossers
Great protection plan + Tunsil. Feisty defense.
But go back to the Jets game that season and you see what could have happened if he faced pressure with covered concepts at a higher rate
Which is exactly what we’ve seen over the last two seasons - and his play can fall off a cliff in these spots
You absolutely pick up the 5th year option. This isn’t a question. I’ll buy low. Long career still ahead of him - real point is how underrated the environment was in 2023, but it was all attributed to the QB
🚨❤️🤍 BREAKING: Viktor Gyökeres to Arsenal, here we go! Verbal agreement in place between all parties involved.
Sporting accept last bid from Arsenal for €63.5m plus €10m, agent will reduce his commission.
Gyökeres will sign five year deal at #AFC. He ONLY wanted Arsenal. 🇸🇪