Journalist @AthensVoice, dj, record collector. Arsenal FC 🔴 | Panathinaikos ☘️
"I found the values at this club that I love in the game" —Arsene Wenger
Arsenal having transfer valuations and sticking to them is… good business.
Some clubs don’t have limits. Arsenal do.
Can’t be losing sleep over a player who won’t impact the first team.
Remember Sverre Nypan? City snatched him. Loaned to Boro. 600 mins. 0 goals, 0 assists.
In 2016, during a pre-season trip to Seattle, a young Declan Rice was handed the No. 41 shirt by West Ham’s kitman. With the lower squad numbers already taken by senior players, academy prospects were typically given higher numbers.
Rice made his senior debut wearing No. 41, kept it throughout his rise at West Ham, and when he joined Arsenal in 2023, he chose to keep the number, prompting the club to make a rare exception to its usual squad number policy.
But why did he choose to keep the number 41 shirt and why bring up No. 41 today?
Because, ladies and gentlemen, it has been 41 days since Arsenal won the league title.
🇧🇷 | Wall at the back
Gabriel Magalhães has today become the first Brazilian player in our entire World Cup database (since 1966) to contest 7+ duels in a single match and win them all.
Face him on the ground, face him in the air — there was only one outcome either way 💪
#SCOBRA
The best of Stuart MacFarlane's photos from the 2025/26 season 📸
1. The moment we win the Premier League. I love the expressions on their faces, they know what’s happening but can’t celebrate until the final whistle.
On Matchday 33 of the 2025–26 Premier League season, Arsenal played against Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium.
The game ended 2–1 in favour of City. At full-time, Manchester City players were doing victory laps while rival fans flooded social media with posts about Arsenal bottling the league.
But in the middle of all the gloom, one man lifted his head, looked at his captain Martin Ødegaard and said:
“It’s not done.”
That man was Declan Rice.
Arsenal went on to win every remaining league game, storming to the Premier League title and finishing 7 points clear of Manchester City.
But why do I look back on Matchday 33 with such nostalgia?
Because ladies and gentlemen, it’s been exactly 33 days since Arsenal won the league title.
In 2013, at 31 years old, Mikel Arteta was Arsenal’s vice-captain and midfield leader.
Born on March 26, 1982, he had joined Arsenal from Everton in late August 2011 for around £10m.
He left the pitch in 2016, sharpened his craft as Pep Guardiola’s assistant at Manchester City, and returned to Arsenal in 2019 tasked with bringing the club back among Football’s elite.
Fast forward to today, 20th June 2026...
It has been exactly 31 days since Arsenal won the Premier League title under his management.
Noni Madueke wins the penalty before Harry Kane put England in front.
Declan Rice assisted from a corner to put England back in front.
Bukayo Saka comes off the bench and sets up Marcus Rashford to seal the win.
The Arsenal boys have done it for England.
It’s what they do. Easy. 🏴