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[now.arsenal @now_arsenaI]

Vinicius Jr has his say on Martin Odegaard.

I’ll say it again, those in football know how good Martin Odegaard is.

My skipper.

[afcstuff @afcstuff]

Mikel Arteta with a message for Santi Cazorla, following his retirement from football. 🥹❤️

🗣️ “It’s been an honour, a gift to get to know you as a person, be your team-mate. Thank you for what you have given to football, for always putting on a smile.”

[Transfer News Live @DeadlineDayLive]

🚨 𝗦𝗔𝗗 𝗡𝗘𝗪𝗦: Palestinian goalkeeper Saleem Al-Ashqar has been killed by the Israeli military in the Gaza Strip at the age of 32. 🕊️😢🇵🇸

He played for Khadamat Khan Younis.

Married just five months ago, he leaves behind a wife who is pregnant with their first child.

Absolutely heartbreaking. 🥹💔

(Source: Al Jazeera)

[The Arsenal Stand @ArsenalN41]

🚨 Wayne Rooney fires back at Jürgen Klopp over his comments comparing Germany's disallowed goal to Arsenal's set-pieces:

🗣️ “Listen, you can't keep dragging Arsenal into every conversation.

Every time there's a controversial decision, somehow Arsenal become the reference point. It's getting ridiculous.

People spent an entire season trying to discredit Arsenal's set-pieces, calling them lucky, calling them boring and saying they were exploiting the rules.

Now Germany have a goal ruled out after a VAR review, and suddenly Arsenal are being mentioned again.

The two situations aren't the same.
Arsenal's set-pieces were worked on relentlessly on the training ground. They were legal, they were effective, and they played a huge part in Arsenal becoming Premier League champions.

Let's stop being hypocrites. When Arsenal score from a well-worked routine, it's called 'boring football.' When another team is on the wrong end of a VAR decision, Arsenal are somehow blamed for changing the game.
Enough of that.

Give Arsenal credit for what they achieved instead of using them as the benchmark every time football throws up another controversy.”

[Footysm ⚽️ @Footysm]

🚨🚨 | BREAKING: 💣

Arsenal have been voted The Media’s Most Influential Club of the Year. 🗳️

They recorded the highest social media mentions and interactions, making them the most talked-about club of the 2025/26 season. 🔥🗣️

[CentreGoals. @centregoals]

🚨🚨| Leandro Trossard has created 𝐅𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐒 for Kevin De Bruyne vs Iran.

The most by one player to a single teammate in a World Cup match since Schweinsteiger to Ballack (Germany vs Sweden, 2006).

[Shedyfooty @Shedyfooty]

🚨 BREAKING: Jamie Carragher blasts FIFA and Canada over Thomas Partey visa controversy

"This is an absolute disgrace from a tournament planning point of view. You spend years building towards a World Cup, qualifying, preparing squads, getting everything right — and then something like this happens days before kickoff. It’s just not acceptable at this level of football."

"If Thomas Partey is part of Ghana’s plans and has been cleared to be in the squad, then how does it get to a point where a visa issue knocks him out of the opening game against Panama? That’s not football, that’s administration failure."

"I don’t care who is responsible — FIFA, Canada, immigration — someone has to take accountability. You cannot tell fans to invest emotionally in a tournament and then allow situations where key players are missing because paperwork wasn’t sorted in time."

"At the very least, these issues should be resolved weeks before the first match. It’s unfair on the player, it’s unfair on Ghana, and it damages the integrity of the competition. This is exactly the kind of chaos that should never happen at a World Cup."

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🚨 FIFA statement on Thomas Partey left out of Canada.

“FIFA can confirm that player Thomas Partey will be unable to travel from Ghana's Team Base Camp in Boston, USA, to Canada for their first match against Panama on Wednesday, 17 June, as his visa application has been refused by the Canadian government.

"FIFA is not involved in the immigration processes of host countries, including the adjudication of visas. As with previous FIFA events, the host government ultimately determines who receives a visa and is admitted into the country."

[afcstuff @afcstuff]

Thierry Henry has been honoured with a street named after him in New York City ahead of the 2026 World Cup. 💙🗽

📍 Thierry Henry Way

🎥 @FOXSports

[Stunner @invertCucurella]

🚨EXCLUSIVE: Thierry Henry says the world cup in the USA is looking like a mess, Iran says FIFA has withdrawn its World Cup ticket allocation, Somali referee Omar Artan was who was appointed by FIFA to ref in the 2026 World Cup denied entry, expensive ticket and says politcs had no business in football

"The more I look at this World Cup, the more it feels like football is fighting battles that have nothing to do with football. That's what worries me."

"We're talking about the biggest sporting event on the planet, yet the conversation isn't only about players, tactics, or the countries that qualified. It's about travel issues, ticket disputes, and politics."

"Look at the situation involving Iran. Reports say the country's ticket allocation for supporters was withdrawn just days before the tournament. Whether you're Iranian or not, fans should be part of the World Cup experience."

"Then you have the Omar Artan story. FIFA selected him because they believed he was one of the best referees in the world. He earned that opportunity on merit."

"Yet he was denied entry into the United States despite reportedly holding a valid visa. Suddenly the story stopped being about football and became about something else entirely."

"I feel for him because becoming the first Somali referee at a World Cup should have been a celebration for African football, not a controversy."

"Then there are the supporters. Many people have complained about the cost of attending matches, accommodation, and travel. The World Cup should be accessible to ordinary football fans, not only the wealthiest ones."

"Football has always been at its best when it unites people from different cultures, religions, and political backgrounds. That's the beauty of the game."

"The danger is when political disputes begin influencing who can attend, who can officiate, and how supporters experience the tournament. That is a road football should avoid."

"I still believe the World Cup will produce incredible moments, but FIFA must make sure that football remains the main story. Politics has enough stages already; the football pitch shouldn't be one of them."

[FÚTBOL HUB @FutbolHub_]

🚨|🎙️ Ian Wright has slammed the situation unfolding ahead of the World Cup:

🗣️ “I'm really laughing… but this isn't funny. Tickets are exorbitant, travel costs are high, and visas are being rejected… Is this how a host behaves?” 👀🇺🇸

“We saw how Qatar was criticized… and now? I don't hear a thing!”

[John Wight @JohnWight1]

Even Hitler's Germany did not prevent athletes and officials from entering the country to take part in the 1936 Olympics.

This is pristine racism and @FIFAcom stands disgraced for allowing Trump to disfigure the beautiful game in this way.

[Polymarket FC @PolymarketFC]

🚨 Named by FIFA to officiate during the World Cup, the Somali referee Omar Artan was denied entry to U.S. territory. 🇸🇴

Due to his difficulties in obtaining a visa, he had benefited from the support of the Somali embassy in Nairobi, which enabled him to obtain a diplomatic passport. 🛂

It was insufficient for the American authorities, who immediately sent him back. ❌

ℹ️ @Romain_Molina

[yang goi @GongR1ght]

we were told that 2010 was the worst World Cup because it was being held in South Africa, we were told that the World Cups in Russia and Qatar are going to be the worst because they were being held in authoritarian countries.

We were told that USA would be the best host for WC because it is a democracy and has the best NFL stadiums.

All these narratives were set by the media which wanted us to hate on countries which are not in Western hemisphere.

[yang goi @GongR1ght]

Norway said that they are not going to play in World Cup in Qatar even if they qualified (they didn’t). Denmark left it until the last minute to confirm their participation in the World Cup 2022Germany forced their players to make political statements before the match in FIFA WC 2022 even though some players didn’t want to do it.

BBC literally disrupted the coverage of one of the best opening ceremonies of the World Cup in Qatar just for virtue signaling.

but for World Cup 2026, the whole media is silent other than a few token articles here and there and Norway and Germany aren’t protesting anything when there’s so much to protest about 🤡

[Łukasz Bączek @Lu_Class_]

🚨 Arsenal are on track to achieve revenues in excess of £812m (€940m), up from £691m last season. My estimates assume the highest growth in commercial revenues (+23.5%).
📺 £199m EPL
📺 £125m UCL
🏟️ £163m
🤝 £325m
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2024/2025
📺 £273m
🏟️ £154m
🤝 £263m
🏛️ £1m (property)

[Arsenal Radar @ArsenalRadar]

🚨 Idris Elba has been officially knighted and marked the moment in style, dancing with an Arsenal jersey reading “Sir Elba 7.”

Gooner energy. ❤️ #afc

[WelBeast @WelBeast]

Robbed of 3 premier league titles by VAR.