Crystal Palace have become the first club to open a dedicated support centre for players after they’ve been released from the academy. 👏 The idea is to limit the risk of mental health issues for released young men. 🙌 The three-year aftercare package will support released

We've got 👏👏 Granit Xhaka 🎶 📈 WhoScored

Justin Kluivert on Andoni Iraola: "The driver of the bus is the coach, and he's driving a crazy route for us. Amazing driver, so we follow him." [via Sky]

🚨 𝗡𝗘𝗪: Pep Guardiola has spoken out publicly about Palestine, with solidarity. He urged people to flood the streets of Barcelona today, to protest against genocide. 🗣 Pep: "On October 4th, we will flood the streets to demand an end to the genocide."

A remarkable achievement ❤️ Mikel Arteta will take charge of his 300th game for The Arsenal this afternoon.

Til the wheels fall off gaffer 🫡

Most wins for a manager of a top-flight English side in their first 300 games: 219 - Pep Guardiola at Manchester City 196 - José Mourinho at Chelsea 185 - Kenny Dalglish at Liverpool 177 - Jürgen Klopp at Liverpool 177 - Mikel Arteta at Arsenal (via OptaJoe)

Mikel Arteta has managed 300 games for Arsenal in his career, and he hasn’t even lost 70 matches. He’s won 167 games, which is more than half of the total he’s managed. That’s super impressive. When he was appointed, the club was in shambles. Fans were apathetic. We had no

Came in from Málaga, dropped 12 goals and 11 assists in his first season, and the entire time I was trying to figure out what his strong foot was 😭😭

Joke of a strike 🔥

This is elite coaching “We are trying to play fast when it’s 5 on 5, we can’t do that. We have to manipulate the spacing first” Really good stuff This is how to communicate in the huddle with your team (Via Celtics on NBC Sports Boston 🎥)

Life is lived in the arena.

🧠 The Arsene Wenger school of coaching has another graduate: 🇪🇸 Mikel Arteta (Arsenal) 🇳🇱 Robin van Persie (Feyenoord) 🇪🇸 Cesc Fabregas (Como) 🇫🇷 Patrick Vieira (Genoa) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ashley Cole (England - assistant) 🇨🇮 Kolo Toure (Man City - assistant) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jack Wilshere (Luton Town) 🆕

Who would've thought that when Arteta first played Merino as a striker back in February, he’d go on to score 15 goals for club and country... Masterclass 🧠

Better Call Sal 📞 The sole Green Army member who made the 75 mile journey to Holland-on-sea today. #fcpeterborough

🪨 | Rock-solid Gunners Arsenal in the Premier League this season: • Fewest goals conceded (3) • Fewest xG conceded (4.83) • Fewest big chances conceded (5) • Fewest shots on target conceded (18) • Fewest touches in opp. box conceded (120) Ridiculously good defence. 🧱

🗣️ "History doesn't tell me that foreign signings coming into the Premier League take a year" Jamie Carragher says in his experience 'great' players hit the ground running when moving to the Premier League 🧐

The run from Lewis-Skelly ⚡️ The finish from Martinelli 🔥

Kind of remarkable to hear Diego Simeone saying his Atletico Madrid team need to learn from Arsenal how to be "clinical in different phases of the game". The last time he was here you could not have imagined Arsenal being held up as an exemplar of precision for a Simeone team.

Sean Dyche press conferences are back 👏🤣 [BeanymanSports]