Men

Odegaard takes an ankle knock in Norway's defeat by Portugal

Odegaard played the full 90 minutes of Norway's 2-1 home defeat by Portugal on Sunday and was left limping by a late challenge from Bernardo Silva, saying afterwards that he had taken a knock on the ankle but hoped to stay with the squad for Thursday's Nations League game in Wales.

Also covered by The Athletic and The Independent.

Gyokeres scores again for Sweden with Havertz sidelined

Gyokeres poked in Sweden's third goal in a 3-1 win over Poland on Monday night and was taken off in the 89th minute to a standing ovation, days after scoring the winner against Romania and with Havertz back at Arsenal for tests on the muscle strain he picked up on Germany duty.

Konsa a doubt for England after training away from the squad

Konsa followed an individual training programme at Tottenham's ground on Monday rather than joining the England session, and Thomas Tuchel said he was not sure yet whether the defender would be available against the Czech Republic in Prague on Tuesday, citing a minor issue.

Tzolis plays 81 minutes as Greece beat Germany for the first time

Tzolis played 81 minutes in Augsburg as Greece won 1-0 through Dimitrios Kourbelis' deflected finish after 74 minutes, their first win over Germany in a men's international and enough to put them top of Nations League A Group 2 ahead of Thursday's meeting with Jurrien Timber's Netherlands.

Interest in Leverkusen's Ibrahim Maza reported to have stepped up

ESPN reports that Arsenal and Tottenham have both stepped up their interest in Ibrahim Maza, the 20 year old Bayer Leverkusen attacking midfielder, with no fee reported and neither club commenting.

Vieira says Ferguson wanted him at Manchester United

Vieira has told Sky Sports that Sir Alex Ferguson wanted to sign him to play alongside Roy Keane at Manchester United, and that he could have left Arsenal for the move.

Women

Two shots on target from 18 as the WSL unbeaten run ends at Chelsea

Arsenal had 18 shots and put only two on target in Sunday's 1-0 defeat at Stamford Bridge, where none of their nine first half attempts troubled Hannah Hampton and Alyssa Thompson scored just before the break to end a 20 game unbeaten run in the WSL.

Also covered by ESPN and Arseblog News.

Paris FC away on Wednesday, live on Disney+ in the UK

Arsenal play their second Women's Champions League game of the season at Paris FC's Stade Jean Bouin at 5.45pm UK on Wednesday, live on Disney+ in the UK, having opened with a 1-0 home win over HB Koge last week.

Academy

Under-21s' trip to AFC Wimbledon brought forward

The under-21s' final EFL Trophy group game at AFC Wimbledon has been moved to a 6pm UK kick off on Tuesday, October 27, with David Horseman's side on three points and second in the group on goal difference behind Barnet.

Jessie Gale makes her competitive WSL 2 debut on loan at Newcastle

Gale played the last eight minutes of Newcastle's 4-0 win over Leicester on Sunday for her first competitive appearance in WSL 2, while Ethan Nwaneri started and played 69 minutes of England Under-21s' 4-2 win over Kazakhstan at Molineux on Friday.

Social

• u/xggq on r/Gunners: The clip of Gyokeres poking in Sweden's third against Poland, from close range at the back post.
• u/Ha-Zaa on r/Gunners: A list of every player Manchester City bought from Arsenal between 2009 and 2018, the years the Premier League charges cover, and what each of those deals looked like at the time.
• u/anthn885 on r/Gunners: Calafiori handing his shirt to a young Turkish supporter after the final whistle in Bursa.
• Orbinho on Bluesky: The full list of Arsenal's leading headed goalscorers in the Premier League, with Giroud on 27 and Gabriel already third on 13, plus the pre-1992 numbers for Wright, Adams and Alan Smith.
• now.arsenal on Bluesky: Only four Arsenal players have more Premier League goals and assists than Saka, who spent 40 games of that record at left back and could be third by the end of the season.
• Philarsopher on Bluesky: September 2008 in two parts: a cheaply assembled Arsenal side beating Porto 4-0 in the Champions League, and Manchester City being bought by Abu Dhabi.

Podcasts

• The ArsenalVision Podcast, The End of Manchester City (1h 29m). Elliot, Tim and Clive work through the reports that City have been found guilty of 114 of the 115 charges brought by the Premier League, chapter by chapter.
• Arsenal Editor Podcast, Guilty (obviously) (41 min). Toby Parkes and Rory Denoon Duncan drop the Arsenal chat for an episode on the legal side of the City verdict.
• Inside Arsenal with Charles Watts, Bernardo is a DISGRACE + Odegaard's fury, Tzolis stars & Slegers pressure (17 min). Watts on the Bernardo Silva challenge and Odegaard's ankle, then the rest of the international break, Tzolis in Augsburg and the pressure on Renee Slegers.
• Arsenal Women: Trailblazers, Chelsea 1-0 Arsenal: Is Arsenal's Problem Now Bigger Than Finishing? (28 min). Roberto Revilla rewatches the Stamford Bridge defeat and argues the problem runs past the missed chances, including a good opening half hour.
• Handbrake Off: The Athletic FC's Arsenal show, Reacting to Man City's charges - how should Arsenal fans feel? (50 min). Ian Stone, Amy Lawrence and Adrian Clark on the charges and what City's project did to the Premier League, plus the international break and listener messages.

On This Day

2025. Nick Woltemade put Newcastle ahead at St James' Park before Mikel Merino equalised with six minutes left and Gabriel won it in the sixth minute of stoppage time, 2-1 in front of 52,199. Via Wikipedia

2011. A European night at the Emirates: Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain scored after eight minutes and Andre Santos added a second on 20, and Arsenal held on to beat Olympiacos 2-1 in the group stage in front of 59,676. Via Wikipedia

1996. John Hartson scored on 73 minutes and Ray Parlour added a second on 88 as Arsenal beat Sunderland 2-0 at Highbury, two days before Arsene Wenger was confirmed as manager. When David Dein told the squad the name of the man he had hired, a voice asked who he was. Via The Guardian