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The peril, promise, and proxy that is international duty…

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It is as best a double-edged sword to be calle up for one’s country. On one hand, it is one of the penultimate compliments a player can receive to be summoned. On the other, it exposes the player to possible callumny if not catastrophe. It was just a season ago that we lost Gabriel Jesus to injury while he played for the Seleção in the winter World Cup as an example of how perilous international duty can be. At another extreme, Saka’s penalty miss in the Euro 2020 final arguably fueled his fire. He’s now a Ballon D’Or nominee and deservedly so. International duty,, double-edged sword though it may be, signals the rise of this squad.

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Arsenal 1-1 FC Nürnberg—Arteta out NOW!

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It wasn’t supposed to be this way! It was supposed to be a thing of beauty, not this…this abomination! We spent £200m this summer for this, an embarrassing 1-1 drow to FC Nürnberg, who finished 14th in the Bundesliga—check that: the German second division. After all of that investment, such a setback can only lead to one outcome: the long-awaited sacking of Mikel “Pep’s Coneman” Arteta. He’s been exposed once and for all as a fraud, a chequebook manager, a dictator whose “tactics” consist of little more than “get it to Saka and inshallah“.

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Arsenal sign HUGELY talented French centre-back!

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He’s an aggressive Frenchman who plays on the front foot, is unafraid of getting up the pitch, pops up with a stunning goal from time to time, and, of course, floors opponents left and right like some kind of, uh, French wrecking ball. He may be the best centre-back we’ve seen since our move to the Emirates. What’s more, he’s in the conversation for best Prem centre-backs of his era. William Saliba? No. Laurent Koscielny.

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Saliba commits his future to the Arsenal!

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Okay, so the news isn’t exactly 100% official yet, but the news from the Ornstein Oracle is that Saliba has pet pen to paper on a new four-year contract. After prolonged talks sparked fears among the Arsenal faithful, fears that were further stoked by rumours of interest from PSG, the news comes as a massive relief. Saliba was after all an absolute rock in the back, and he was sorely missed during those last 11 matches.

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Arsenal to announce new contracts for Saka, Saliba, and Ramsdale before season’s end?

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While there are still three matches for us to somehow find a way past the financial juggernaut that is Man City, there is even better news on the near horizon: it looks all but certain that the talismanic Bukayo Saka and the irrepressible Aaron Ramsdale both look ready to put pen to paper to sign da ting. The devil’s in the details, of course.

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