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In a trailer released for the eight-part series, manager Mikel Arteta was seen in contemplative mood while fans call for his head during the early part of the campaign, as well as giving a motivational speech to his players in the dressing room. Goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale can be seen venting his frustration inside the Gunners’ inner sanctum, and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, the club’s ex-captain and a former Premier League golden boot sharer, also features before his move to Barcelona in January....

The Gunners have confirmed that he will be eligible to take part in the remainder of their Champions League fixtures despite featuring for Spartak in the Europa League playoffs. Arsene Wenger welcomed Kallstrom with a statement to the club's official website: “Kim Kallstrom is a hugely-experienced player. "He is a midfielder with proven quality at both club and international level. We welcome Kim to Arsenal.” Kallstrom added: “Arsenal is an amazing club with a lot of great players and a coach who has done really well here for a long time....

The Chile international continues to be heavily linked with a big-money summer switch, as uncertainty shrouds his future at Emirates Stadium. Despite having seen the issue discussed at length for several months, Arsenal are yet to tie the 28-year-old to an extended contract. ‘Inter should sign Verratti from PSG’ His current deal is due to expire in 2018, with the Gunners needing to make a decision one way or another before his value starts to decline....

Giroud’s future at Emirates Stadium has been the subject of considerable speculation during the close season following the arrival of Alexandre Lacazette from Lyon. Olivier Giroud 33/1 to be Premier League top scorer Arsene Wenger splashed out a club-record fee, thought to be in the region of €53 million, for Lacazette last month and he has been first choice as Arsenal’s lone central attacker in their pre-season friendlies. Lacazette was also given the nod in the Community Shield against Chelsea last weekend, although it was substitute Giroud - having replaced Lacazette - who scored the winning penalty to secure a 4-1 shoot-out win following a 1-1 draw at Wembley....

Leicester suffered a humbling defeat to French champions Paris Saint-Germain in the ongoing International Champions Cup in Los Angles, in which Mahrez played 65 minutes but didn’t have any noteworthy contribution to the game. When questioned on whether Arsenal were planning on swooping for the PFA Player of the Year, Wenger said, “Yes of course, we watch all the players but we play Leicester in the second game of the championship so it’s a good opportunity for us to see them....

In case you didn’t know… Arsenal have been targeting the 18-year-old from Brazil for quite some time. The forward made his professional debut at the age of 16 and he has gone on to make 34 appearances for the club. Additionally, he has 10 goals to his name. The youngster was even voted as the 2019 Best Newcomer and named in the 2019 Team of the Year for the Campeonato Paulista....

In case you didn’t know… The Belgian winger joined Atletico Madrid from AS Monaco in 2015 and played a pivotal role in his debut season in Spain as he scored Los Rojiblancos’ 79th-minute equaliser in the UEFA Champions League final against Real Madrid. As a result, Carrasco became the first Belgian to score in a European Cup final, but he ended up on the losing side as Real Madrid defeated their bitter rivals on penalties....

Meanwhile, Arsenal are locked in a three-way battle for a Middlesbrough star. Elsewhere, the Gunners have received a boost in their pursuit of a Juventus midfielder. On that note, here’s a look at the key Arsenal transfer stories as on 19th January 2022. Arsenal in three-way battle for Djed Spence Arsenal are locked in a three-way battle with Tottenham Hotspur and Leeds United for Middlesbrough’s Djed Spence, according to Sky Sports....

The match again the Toons also saw the competitive debuts of summer signings Dani Ceballos, Nicolas Pepe and Gabriel Martinelli, with all three players coming on as substitutes late in the second half to ensure that Unai Emery’s men bagged all the three points. Team News Arsenal missed a lot of senior players for the season opener owing to injuries, lack of match fitness and security concerns. Mesut Ozil and Sead Kolasinac are expected to feature against the Clarets after the duo returned to training this week amidst question marks over their security following recent events....

With Christmas Eve falling on a Sunday this year, Sky TV had proposed the clash – which is to be hosted at the Emirates – should be held then, much the same as many other top-flight clashes in the English top flight. Arsenal 7/4 to finish PL top four Fans were furious about Sky’s plan, however, due to being faced with the prospect of getting stuck in London for Christmas Day....

Arsenal on the other hand will walk into the Premier League with a fair amount of confidence, having had a decent pre-season (despite the loss to Atletico Madrid on penalties), with wins against Chelsea (on penalties), PSG, and Lazio. The pre-season saw Emery utilising the 4-3-3, 4-2-3-1, 3-4-3 and 4-4-2 formations. The Spaniard has fielded both 4-4-2 and 4-2-3-1 formations in his career so far. He will either use the latter to accommodate playmaker Mesut Ozil or the former (more likely)....

The Gunners have been beaten twice outside the league as well, with Borussia Dortmund and Southampton both winning against them in cup competitions. Wenger’s men have a strong record against Spurs at the Emirates, winning their last four head-to-head matches at home. The Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook prices Arsenal at -135 odds to claim all three points again. Despite beating Nottingham Forest 3-1 midweek, Tottenham needed three late goals to come from behind to progress in the Capital One Cup....

A new permanent exhibition at the privately owned Ayala Museum in the financial capital, Makati City, only heightens the mystery. “Gold of Ancestors” features 1,059 precious objects that are believed to date back as far as the 10th century. Most were acquired by a private collector, and have never been seen in public. Among the pieces on display are cutwork diadems, funerary masks, ornaments and ritual containers. Their quality and scope suggest that ancient Filipinos had closer links to their Southeast Asian neighbors than is currently supposed....

Spiegelman said it seems that stories about Jewish Americans will be the next battleground in public schools, “after coming against critical race theory as the accusation against books dealing with our history [and] never facing up to studying the genocide of Indians.” “It’s already started happening, like I said. The dog whistles abound,” he told CNN’s New Day on Thursday. Earlier this month, Spiegelman’s award-winning graphic novel Maus was removed from an eighth-grade English-language arts curriculum in Tennessee after the McMinn County Board of Education unanimously voted to pull the book over concerns about profanity and a drawing of a nude woman....

Sounds serious when you string together words like prevalence, burden, and impact, but actually “prevalence” just refers to the number of people affected by any type of arthritis. Simply put — how common is it? Who Compiles the Data? The National Arthritis Data Workgroup provides a single source of national data for various rheumatic conditions. The workgroup is supported by the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the American College of Rheumatology, and the Arthritis Foundation....

While the game will be playable on current consoles, Ubisoft has also confirmed that Assassin’s Creed Valhalla will be on next-generation hardware: Sony’s PlayStation 5 and Microsoft’s Xbox Series X. One British fan who goes by XboxPope on Twitter channeled their excitement for the Valhalla world premiere by creating a mock-up of what could be a special-edition Xbox Series X complete with a turquoise-marbled exterior and the axe-emblazoned game logo on the front....

Enter Photoshop artist scadarts. Through their Instagram, they’re proving the idea that not only are simple concepts perfectly acceptable for fan art, so are simple methods. Their bio explains everything perfectly in a single sentence, saying, “I like to photoshop old paintings.” It’s basic, understandable, and somehow, it makes perfect sense. Scadarts takes classic paintings and gives them a little twist, usually related to Star Wars, resulting in magnificent anachronistic pieces....

The former Polish press agency correspondent is talking about his staggering, ongoing career as chronicler of the Third World; his new book on Africa, “The Shadow of the Sun” (published by Knopf); Idi Amin (“I knew him, a very stupid man”); Julius Nyerere (“a great intellectual”); Herodotus (“a great reporter, the father of reportage-I’m doing a book on him”); the intrepid World Cup midfielder Zbigniew Boniek; the aphorisms of E....

An impressive second season at the domestic level saw the team from the union territory make the quarterfinals of the Vijay Hazare Trophy and narrowly miss out on making it to the knockout phase of the Ranji Trophy. One of the top performers for Puducherry, KB Arun Karthik, believes the team has what it takes to take their game to the next level. According to him, Puducherry has a lot of good young talent coming through and if not for one bad game against Goa, could have made it to the knockout stage of the Ranji Trophy as well....

CON : What sure thing? He’s no spring chicken. At 55, his action-hero status has been eclipsed by the likes of Vin Diesel, The Rock, even Ben Affleck. And despite his success overseas, he hasn’t starred in a movie that grossed more than $100 million in the United States since “Eraser” in 1996. And he knows it. “Arnold doesn’t live in a delusional state,” says one producer who has worked with him....