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'I'd be passed down to the front of the Clock End' - fan storiespublished at 16:27 BST 6 August
16:27 BST 6 August
This week, we are asking you to share your stories and photos for why you fell in love with Arsenal.
Here is a selection of your submissions:
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Adam: Need I say anymore. Always a Gunner.
Petri: My sister worked as an au pair in southern London and her 'au-pair father' was able to get me a ticket on the Old Bank at Highbury against Blackburn. Patrick Vieira was injured/suspended but I still get to see Edu score an unbelievable own goal.
A great day ended in a central London pub, where an angry (and highly intoxicated) Polish West Ham fan forced me to take my Arsenal shirt off!
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Kevin: I'm 75 years old now and I can remember being passed down to the front at the Clock End by fans to get a good view of the match. We used to listen to the police band and watch them march up and down the pitch. Now my two sons are Gooners and season ticket holders and their children are all Gooners carrying on the tradition.
Who does Opta's Supercomputer put in the title race?published at 11:51 BST 6 August
11:51 BST 6 August
Opta's Supercomputer has once again predicted the upcoming 2025-26 Premier League season by using a model to simulate every match 10,000 times.
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Last season promised a thrilling title race between Manchester City, Arsenal, and Liverpool - but in the end it was anything but.
Arne Slot was given just a 5.1% chance of winning the Premier League in his debut season, but expectations are far higher now.
Despite major changes - including the departures of Trent Alexander-Arnold and Luis Diaz, and the tragic loss of Diogo Jota - Liverpool have rebuilt with the signings of Florian Wirtz, Milos Kerkez, Jeremie Frimpong, and Hugo Ekitike.
The Opta supercomputer now makes them title favourites, winning in 28.5% of simulations.
Arsenal have finished runners-up for three straight seasons. This could be their moment, especially with Viktor Gyokeres finally giving Mikel Arteta a true number nine. Their title odds have nearly doubled to 24.3%, though another second-place finish remains the most likely outcome.
City were aiming for a historic fifth consecutive title but stumbled, largely due to Rodri's long-term injury. With him fit again, Pep Guardiola will demand a return to form. Their supercomputer-backed chances have dropped sharply this season however, - from 82.2% to just 18.8%.
Fresh off a Club World Cup win, Chelsea are aiming for their first league title since 2017. Enzo Maresca's young side has potential, but consistency is the big question.
They win the league in 8.8% of sims, with another fourth-place finish considered the most likely.
Gossip: Juventus interested in Kiwiorpublished at 07:10 BST 6 August
07:10 BST 6 August
Juventus are open to selling English centre-back Lloyd Kelly, 26, and regard Arsenal's Poland defender Jakub Kiwior, 25, as a potential replacement. (Gazzetta dello Sport - in Italian), external
'Arsenal gave me a group and a place to feel at home' - fan storiespublished at 15:57 BST 5 August
15:57 BST 5 August
We know the relationship between a football fan and their club is a special one so, as we gear up for the new season, we asked you to share why you fell in love with Arsenal and some of your favourite moments supporting them.
Here are some of your submissions:
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Patricia: My son is 60 on Sunday. At just four years old, he announced he was supporting Arsenal; so I supported Arsenal. At two years old, my grandson could call out the names of all Arsenal players. He is now 19 and he arrived in his Gunners shirt yesterday to help me in the garden. Arsenal for us is a sharing, family club. Three generations love how 'our' club play, care for their community, behave with love and charity, and perform as a true team to achieve their very best. Arsenal keeps us honest!
Raj: When I was a kid, I was raised being told: "You are Bengali, but you are more Indian than Bangladeshi because we are Hindu." When I went to visit both countries, people said: "You aren't from here, you are English".
Football helped avoid the topic - and the best thing for me was finding another Arsenal fan. None of that mattered to them. Not race, not religion, not whether I prefer fish and chips or curry. We have both seen the Invincibles, we have both seen the 2006 Champions League final. The same highs and lows - nothing else mattered.
Arsenal gave me a group and a place to feel at home.
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Alan: Well the truth is I cannot remember a time when I didn't support Arsenal. It was probably due to my mum's family supporting Arsenal and a few of the older lads on our road. My twin brother supported Man Utd and at 23-years-old, we watched the 1979 FA Cup final together in our parents' house and our emotions nearly caused havoc. I had a season ticket for one year with my son but, as he was saving to get married, we gave them up - a massive mistake. Four of us in the family are now 'silver members' and my daughter-in-law, who came here from Mumbai four years ago as a nurse, is now a fervent supporter. I can't wait for the start of the new season. Regards to all the Gooners in the world - they are family after all.
Wilshere in running for Arsenal U21 rolepublished at 13:29 BST 5 August
13:29 BST 5 August
Sami Mokbel Senior football correspondent
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Former Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere is a candidate to return to his boyhood club as under-21s head coach.
The Gunners are in the process of replacing Mehmet Ali, who left the U21 role earlier this summer to join Brentford's senior coaching team under Keith Andrews, who replaced now Tottenham manager Thomas Frank.
Wilshere left Emirates Stadium, where he had been under-18s head coach, to take up the position of first-team coach at Championship side Norwich City.
Wilshere was later promoted into the position of interim head coach after Johannes Hoff Thorup left the Canaries in April, but then departed Carrow Road when Norwich appointed Liam Manning as their manager in June.
The 33-year-old former England international could now return to Arsenal, though sources insist no final decision has been made.
Wilshere came through the Gunners academy before making over 150 starts for the club and remains a fans' favourite.
Football provides 'connections' in 'increasingly lonely' worldpublished at 11:49 BST 5 August
11:49 BST 5 August
Nicola Pearson BBC Sport journalist
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'Why did you fall in love with your club?'
This week, we have asked hundreds of football fans across the world that very question and got hundreds of different answers.
Yes, the themes might be similar - born near a ground; family supported the team; watched a certain player - but the individual story will be unique to each supporter.
The relationship between a fan and their club should not be underestimated, with people ploughing uncountable amounts of money, time and emotional energy into their support for their team.
But what is that makes us love our clubs the way we do?
"A lot of it comes down to our identity," researcher and co-writer of the Routledge Handbook of Sport Fans and Fandom Danielle Sarver Coombs told BBC Sport.
"We become part of this group that means so much to us. It becomes a way to find a community that you're a part of and to find a group of people that, no matter where you are, you could find a pub with other fans of your team. You have that kinship.
"In a world that's increasingly quite lonely, this provides one of the ways that we can have connections so we can have the feeling that we're part of something bigger."
Connection and identity plays a big role in someone's love for their club - particularly when it is a family link.
Many fans talk of being born into who they support - that the connection is so strong there was no other team they could, or would, have chosen.
"The great thing with football is that there's such a strong heritage component to it," Sarver Coombs said. "Often, your grandfather, father, mother or whomever was a fan of the team, so it's part of your family's tradition.
"It's handed down from generation to generation."
The uniqueness of football fandom is something researchers are increasingly investigating.
An article, external published earlier this year in psychology journal Frontiers discusses how football fans often follow follow teams with 'significant attachment and commitment, sometimes to the bewilderment of those outside of the game'.
"With football clubs, you have decades of tradition that you can tap into and it's going to keep coming," Sarver Coombs added.
"Players come and go, managers come and go, shirts change, badges change, but the club itself - the heart and soul of it remains constant. You always have that piece that you're tied to, so the longevity of clubs is a really important part.
"But also, that constant in-person opportunity to be present in a community space really sets football apart from other passions that may be transient or do not have that constant engagement."
Porto were interested in Poland defender Jakub Kiwior, 25, but are unwilling to meet Arsenal's 30m euros (£26m) asking price. (A Bola - in Portuguese), external
Gunners eye Rennes defender Jacquet published at 12:42 BST 4 August
12:42 BST 4 August
Sami Mokbel Senior football correspondent
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Arsenal hold an interest in Rennes' young defender Jeremy Jacquet.
The France Under-21 international has been watched extensively by the Gunners and is positioned highly in the club's list of potential defensive reinforcements.
Sources have told BBC Sport not to rule out a swoop for the 20-year-old during this transfer window.
If a deal for Jacquet does not transpire ahead of the current deadline, Arsenal will continue to monitor the player's progress ahead of a possible future move.
Jacquet has played extensively for France's junior sides and is tipped to become a future full international.
The defender extended his contract with Rennes in May, with his existing deal due to expire in 2029.
Whether Arsenal formalise their interest in Jacquet may depend on whether the Gunners offload one of their existing defenders.
Oleksandr Zinchenko can leave the Emirates should a suitable offer arrive this summer while there is some interest in Jakub Kiwior.
Arsenal have already added six new players to their squad this summer with Kepa Arrizabalaga, Martin Zubimendi, Christian Norgaard, Noni Madueke, Cristhian Mosquera and Viktor Gyokeres all arriving.
'He hung me over the banister until I said I supported Arsenal' - fan storiespublished at 11:35 BST 4 August
11:35 BST 4 August
We know the relationship between a football fan and their club is a special one so, as we gear up for the new season, we asked you to share why you fell in love with Arsenal and some of your favourite moments supporting them.
Here is a selection of your submissions:
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Anand: I grew up in the 1980s, when Indians were often told by their parents that football was for hooligans and not for us. My coolest older cousin was an Arsenal fan because of the black players in the team like Wright and Rocastle. One day, he was hanging me over the banister in our terraced house asking me: "Who do you support?" I knew he was an Arsenal fan so I said Arsenal and he put me down and said: "Correct answer." I've been supporting them ever since. My cousin died just over a year ago, and now I watch every Arsenal match wearing his match scarf. Arsenal are a bond we shared, and when we do well, I think of him. And when we do badly, I can hear his optimistic voice saying 'it will get better.'
Jeffrey: "What team do you support, Dad?" I asked when I was about seven years old in 1967. "Arsenal" was his reply, and so began my support which has spawned a family tradition in an emotional rollercoaster.
My most cherished memory is me, my Dad and my two sons witnessing the clinching of the 1998 title. My son John ran onto the pitch and was hoisted into the air by David Seaman in front of the North Bank. He bemoans to this day of having no photo of the moment as I was too wrapped up in the emotion to take a photo. Watching the celebrations at home, his mum was unaware that the junior Gunners scarf worn by Seaman during his interview was in fact her son's.
Emotional too after my Dad's passing, a tribute in the matchday programme and on the Emirates big screen and a cannon made up of a collage of supporters names who had passed away during the season. Arsenal showed their class by allowing his membership to be passed to my daughter, Claire, so we could continue to attend as a family.
Although much more difficult to get tickets these days, more memories are made as now my grandchildren join me. Arsenal has become part of our family tradition, and emotional attachment.
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Michael: Ever since I can remember I've been in love with the Arsenal. It's always been the best way for me to bond with my dad and let go of everything else in life that causes problems. I've not always had it easy but this club has always and will always make my life a whole lot easier (even if we don't win anything!) and I'll never let that go. The friends we've made sitting behind the North Bank are ones you don't see for a few months in the summer but once the season is back, it's like you never left. Nothing will ever compare to the love that I and so many others have for the club and it's absolutely beautiful.
Arteta senses an Arsenal 'click'published at 15:18 BST 2 August
15:18 BST 2 August
Alex Howell BBC Sport football news reporter
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Arsenal have completed their pre-season tour of Singapore and Hong Kong and return to England hoping the preparations will help them win their first trophy since 2020.
Plans for this pre-season heavily involved manager Mikel Arteta. He was across the idea to put on the voluntary player training camp in June, before the full group travelled to Spain and on to Asia.
The Gunners were decimated by injuries last year and Arteta has spoken previously about how too long a break means the players break down when exposed to physical stress after a period of rest. The camps were designed to get them to a high level as soon as possible.
The pre-season work seemed to have the desired effect and all three of the Gunners' opponents mentioned Arsenal's level of performance, while Arteta himself believes there has been a click.
The pressure to win a trophy is not something the club are shying away from - centre-back Gabriel Magalhaes referenced it in interviews, as did Arteta in his first news conference of the tour - alongside huge posters showing the slogan 'ready for new heights' at the away kit launch in Singapore.
Arsenal's real problem... and how Gyokeres will help solve itpublished at 14:16 BST 1 August
14:16 BST 1 August
Chris Collinson BBC Sport statistician
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One of the major reasons why Liverpool scored 17 more goals than Arsenal last season was because Mikel Arteta's side could not create enough chances.
Over the course of 38 games, Liverpool took 95 more non-penalty shots than the Gunners… exactly 2.5 more than the runners-up every game.
If the Gunners had taken the same number of non-penalty shots as the champions and continued scoring at the rate that they did (12.3%), then they would've scored an additional 12 goals, showing Arsenal's main problem last season was that you can't score the chances you don't make.
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While obviously the more Viktor Gyokeres can help Arsenal finish their chances the better, he should also help solve the Gunners' main problem of creating enough chances in the first place.
Last season he attempted 4.5 shots per 90 minutes on average in the Primeira Liga, far more than Gabriel Jesus (3.0) and Kai Havertz (2.6) averaged for Arsenal in the Premier League.
Although clearly the number of shots a striker takes is in part down to the service he gets from his team-mates, it's also a result of the options he gives his team-mates with his movement and anticipation in and around the box.
Given that Gyokeres also ranked second for chances created from open play in the league (60) and won the most penalties (4), he should play a major role in providing the ammunition the Gunners need to make a challenge for the Premier League title this season.
Always room for player banter...published at 18:01 BST 31 July
18:01 BST 31 July
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It may only have been a friendly - won 1-0 by Tottenham - but it seems there's always room for a little banter between players.
Spurs striker Richarlison has tagged Arsenal defender Gabriel in a photo with his trophy for winning man of the match. Gabriel responded with an image of three player of the match trophies, all earned against Tottenham. He duly tagged the striker in the post.
Send your pictures and stories of why you love Arsenalpublished at 17:03 BST 31 July
17:03 BST 31 July
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On Monday, we asked you to tell us why you fell in love with Arsenal and some of your favourite moments supporting them.
You have already been getting in touch with your photos and stories and here is just a taste from Ruth:
"I grew up in north London with a dad and a grandad both Gunners.
"As a teenage girl, I would jump on a bus and the tube to most home games, stand in the boys' enclosure doing the crossword in the programme until I normally missed the one home goal of the game. 'One-nil to the Arsenal' - it's in the blood !
"I always had something to chat to my grandad about and he always suddenly jolted awake after the nine o'clock news when they gave the scores!
"I took my twins to fun runs round the stadium and to victory parades. Nowadays, we go as often as we can for the Gunners' family feeling. I nearly always find someone near me in the stand to chat to and have a laugh with."
So join the conversation and send your best photos about why you love the Gunners.
Your first visit to the stadium? A special kit? An amazing away trip?
Arsenal will be 'ready for Old Trafford' despite Spurs defeatpublished at 16:45 BST 31 July
16:45 BST 31 July
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Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta spoke to the media in Hong Kong on Thursday, after his side's 1-0 defeat by Tottenham.
On how he assesses his team at this point of pre-season: "I'm very positive for everything that I've seen in the past 10 days - it gives me a lot of encouragement.
"We are ahead of what I was expecting in many areas. Even though tonight's result leaves you a taste, that I think is going to be very positive as well.
"We'll start on Monday again with two great games at the Emirates to finalise the preparations and be ready for Old Trafford."
On handing first Arsenal appearances to Viktor Gyokeres and Cristhian Mosquera: "I'm really happy to have them here. I think they are going to add a lot of value. You see straight away the energy and the quality they are going to bring."
On Leandro Trossard leaving the pitch less than 20 minutes after coming on: "Yeah he felt a little tweak. I think he tried to turn and he was pushed and he felt something muscular so we'll have to assess him."
Arteta cool on fitness of defenderspublished at 16:14 BST 31 July
16:14 BST 31 July
Alex Howell BBC Sport football news reporter
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Mikel Arteta says Gabriel Magalhaes, Riccardo Calafiori and Jurrien Timber will all be fit for the start of the Premier League season.
Centre-back Gabriel played 45 minutes in Arsenal's win over Watford behind closed doors but has not played any minutes of the tour to Singapore and Hong Kong after picking up an injury in training.
Calafiori started the first two games of Arsenal's tour but limped off just two minutes into the second half against Newcastle and he missed the match against rivals Tottenham.
Timber, has been recovering after having ankle surgery in May, and only recently joined team training.
After the 1-0 loss to Spurs in the Kai Tak stadium, Arteta was asked if any of the three might miss the first Premier League match of the season at Manchester United on Sunday, 17 August.
"I don't think so," he replied. "If they evolve like they've been involved in the last few days, the three of them will be available."
Sarr scores winner in first overseas north London derbypublished at 14:50 BST 31 July
14:50 BST 31 July
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Tottenham claimed a 1-0 victory over Arsenal in the first north London derby outside of the United Kingdom.
Thomas Frank's side hit the woodwork three times in the first half at Kai Tak Stadium in Hong Kong, before midfielder Pape Matar Sarr's stunning 45th-minute winner from the halfway line.
New Arsenal striker Viktor Gyokeres did make his first appearance, coming off the bench in the second half, but was unable to prevent Spurs ending Mikel Arteta's side's perfect pre-season record.
