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Tzolis faces about three weeks out and Havertz avoids a serious injury

Tzolis had a scan in Greece on a hamstring injury and is expected to be out for about three weeks, which would leave him in contention for Everton on 24 October. Havertz's scan showed nothing serious, though no return date has been given.

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Konsa is a doubt for Leeds with a dead leg, but White, Mosquera and Hincapie are back in training

Konsa left the England squad on Monday and returned to London Colney for assessment on a dead leg that is not thought to be serious. White, Mosquera and Hincapie are all expected to be available on Saturday.

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Merino scores twice off the bench as Spain beat Croatia

Merino came on with Spain a goal down and equalised in the 61st minute before adding the winner late on in a 2-1 away win. He is one of Arteta's options to replace Havertz against Leeds.

Calafiori scores his first Italy goal as Gyokeres nets in a seventh straight Nations League game

Calafiori headed Italy's second on 64 minutes of a 3-1 win over Turkiye in Bologna, on his 17th cap. Gyokeres tapped in the only goal of Sweden's 1-0 win in Romania, extending his own Nations League record.

Odegaard named Player of the Month for September

Odegaard took 65% of the supporter vote, finishing ahead of Raya, Bruno Guimaraes and Konsa, after scoring against Chelsea and in the Champions League win at Napoli.

Lewis-Skelly makes the 25-man Golden Boy shortlist

Lewis-Skelly is on the 25-player shortlist for the award given to the best under-21 in Europe, a second nomination in two years, this time for his form in midfield rather than at left-back.

Atletico Madrid and Juventus are reported to be monitoring Madueke

The Telegraph reports that both clubs are looking at a January loan for Madueke, who has played 23 minutes across two substitute appearances in the Premier League this season.

Bruno Guimaraes wins Goal of the Month for his strike at Sunderland

Bruno took 43% of the vote for the shot he rifled in at the Stadium of Light, ahead of Odegaard's finish against Chelsea on 19% and Max Dowman's solo goal against Ipswich on 15%.

Gabriel and Bruno Guimaraes are back at the training ground early

Brazil's window ended on Saturday with a friendly in Kolkata, where both came off the bench, so the pair report back to Colney at the start of this week rather than days before the Leeds game.

Arsenal v Leeds kicks off at 12.30pm on Saturday, live on TNT Sports

The club has confirmed the broadcast details for Saturday's lunchtime kick-off at the Emirates, Arsenal's first home match since 6 September. They are second in the table on 12 points.

Como say Fabregas can leave whenever he wants, with or without a clause

Asked about a reported release clause covering Arsenal, Chelsea and Barcelona, Como president Mirwan Suwarso said Fabregas does not need one and that the club would ask for no compensation.

Women

Arsenal plan a big review of their WSL season during the international break

Ten points off the top after Sunday's 4-2 defeat at Manchester City, Arsenal are set to examine what has gone wrong again in the opening weeks under Renee Slegers.

Kelly Smith on the last goal of her Arsenal career, ten years on

Smith's final appearance came on 6 October 2016, off the bench in a 5-0 win at Doncaster Rovers Belles, where she scored from around 30 yards for her 139th goal in 177 games.

Academy

Dowman withdraws from the England Under-19s squad with an injury

Dowman left the camp before the 1-0 defeat by Belgium, having scored once and assisted once in the three earlier games. The impact injury is not thought to be serious and he could face Leeds.

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Julienne, Upson and Tyjon train with the first team during the break

With most of the senior squad away, the three academy players joined the main group at Colney last week, Theo Julienne and Elijah Upson first and Igor Tyjon also getting time in front of Arteta.

Social

• u/AnyBad7112 on Reddit: David Ornstein on Arteta's contract extension, with the line that he is the king of Arsenal.
• u/Bananaboy14 on Reddit: Alternate camera angles of Merino's late winner against Croatia.
• u/OperationPackRat on Reddit: Day eight of the subreddit ranking the season's non-footballing moments, with Saliba yelling 442 guys placed fourth yesterday.
• Amy Lawrence on Bluesky: The Arsenal side turning out for Robert Pires's jubilee match in Metz, where Henry and Vieira scored the first two goals.
• Prashant on Bluesky: Merino's scoring rate for Spain split either side of March 2025: two goals in 31 games, then 13 in 24.
• Nazri SG on Bluesky: A tally of what every Arsenal player did on international duty, with Gyokeres and Merino both on four goal contributions.

Podcasts

• Arseblog Arsecast, The Arsenal Podcast, Arsenal Women Arsecast Episode 177: Where do we go from here? (1h 8m). Tim Stillman and Jamie Spangher on the 4-2 defeat at Manchester City, goalkeeper rotation, the substitutions, and Slegers' future, then listener questions.
• Arsenal AM, Arsenal_AM_Episode_174 A "star" talks a steaming pile (17 min). A short daily episode whose notes say only that some people are trying to rewrite history.
• Latte Firm - Arsenal FC x, Improving EVERY Arsenal Player. With George from TDK+. (1h 23m). One action or behaviour the hosts would like to see from each player in the squad, recorded on day 16 of the international break.
• The Non-Negotiables: Arsenal Podcast, E270: Welcome to Shamchester, Man City's Appeal, Football's Political Problem and the Price of Being a Fan (40 min). The fallout from the Manchester City commission report, the prospect of an appeal and the arguments City might make.
• The Thing About Arsenal, About AWFC: Sorry, I'm not in that conversation (51 min). Laura and Rory on the Manchester City defeat and where the women's season stands after the Paris FC result.
• Inside Arsenal - with Charles Watts, Madueke wanted + Gyokeres strikes again & Konsa injury latest (19 min). A round-up of the international action, Gyokeres and Calafiori scoring, the reports on Madueke's future and the Konsa injury.
• The Gooner Talk, NEW Injury Concern, Madueke Transfer Interest & Record-Breaking Gyokeres - Arsenal News Show (41 min). Tom Canton on the latest injury concern, the interest in Madueke and Gyokeres' scoring run, before the Leeds game.

On This Day

2007. Van Persie and Senderos put Arsenal two up inside 14 minutes against Sunderland, Wallace and Jones levelled it, and Van Persie settled it on 80 minutes in front of 60,098 at the Emirates. Via Wikipedia

1992. Kevin Campbell's 17th minute goal at The Den was cancelled out eight minutes later by a Lee Dixon own goal, and the League Cup second round tie finished 1-1 in front of 18,500. Via Wikipedia

1976. Gilberto Silva was born. He joined from Atletico Mineiro in 2002, won the FA Cup in his first season and the unbeaten title in his second, and stayed six years.