England won 2-0 over Ireland in the Nations League, with Declan Rice and Bukayo Saka both starting the full 90 minutes and contributing.
Rice first scored England's first goal with a push and then set up Jack Grealish for the opener after a deft combination with Bukayo Saka on the wing.
However, due to his dual citizenship of England and Ireland and having played for Ireland's youth team as a young man, Rice refused to celebrate after the goal.
England can win this game, Arsenal twin stars are indispensable (Saka actually had a chance to score, but the single knife before the end felt boring), let's just say, so the FA watched the referee black Arsenal...... Enough hard work!
Hopefully, Bassley can rest Rice and Saka and come back for the north London derby......
Calafiori was substituted injured in Italy's 3-1 win over France in the Nations League, although the Italy team doctor did not believe the defender's injury was serious.
Speaking after the game, Spalletti said: "We need to assess Calafiori's situation, but according to our team doctor, he has a good chance of being in time for the next game in Italy. ”
Rafi was a bit unlucky, as Dembele fell to the ground when he was tackled, and it happened to hit him as he rolled...... Fortunately, judging from the news after the game, the injury is fine, and it should be a broken foot or a hard injury.
Arsenal can't afford to be injured, and I think Lafe has a chance to challenge for the main position this season, after all, he bought it for 50 million, and Zinchenko and Timber have their own problems at the moment. Raffi can't always be a substitute at this value...... Let's hope it doesn't affect the game against Tottenham.
Let's look at the rumors.
Fabrizio Romano recently explained in his offside insight column why Arsenal did not sign a new striker this summer after missing out on Seshko.
Romano said: 'I think Arsenal had a really good summer window, they bought out Raya, Calafiori was a great signing, and they took the opportunity to sign Raheem Sterling on loan at the last minute. Merino is also a good addition and Arteta is keen to sign him.
But Arsenal won't sign for the sake of signings, which is why they decided not to buy a new striker after missing out on their number one striker target, Sheshko. ”
You can't buy people for the sake of buying people, I support this principle, but I have to say that not buying a center forward this year, and sending away Nketiah, is actually risky, there are a lot of games this season, Jesus' health is always a hidden danger, Havertz has played a lot of games this year, even if he is not affected by injuries, Arsenal still needs a different style of center forward to solve the problem in some games.
It can be seen that Arsenal may want to continue to buy Seshko next year, so they will not buy it indiscriminately this year, but I hope this strategy is right, in fact, if you don't buy Rafi, 50 million is not unprovoked in the market, and even a loan of Osimhen is not impossible, after all, he even went to Galatasaray...... But it's all an afterthought, so let's not talk about it.
Journalist BJ recently said on GiveMeSport that Arsenal could buy Raheem Sterling outright next summer.
BJ said: "Yes, it is possible for Arsenal to buy Raheem Sterling outright (although there is no buy-out clause in the loan). Arteta knows Raheem Sterling well and is excited to join Arsenal, who have completed these types of deals in the past. Raheem Sterling is ready to play as a role player this season and knows he'll fit into the culture and get game time. ”
This is obviously possible, although there is no buyout clause, but it will be negotiated next year.
However, if Arsenal buys Sterling directly, I think at least four conditions will be met: first, he has performed well this season, or at least has a role; second, the transfer fee should be reasonable; the third is that Sterling has to accept a salary cut (the current salary is not cost-effective, if Chelsea sells him, of course, they will not bear half of the salary, it will be too high if they do not cut the salary); Fourth, Sterling has to accept the positioning of a rotation player, after all, at his age, it is impossible to train as an absolute main force.
If the above conditions are met, then there is a high probability that Sterling will be bought, otherwise it will go to find other targets.
Sterling hasn't played a game yet, so it's too early to say that.
Spain transfer expert José Moretto says Arsenal and Chelsea have both explored the possibility of signing Williams this summer and that the battle for the winger is likely to continue.
"In my opinion, Williams' transfer soap opera will be repeated at some point in the future, because Barcelona are still interested in him, but he stayed at Athletic Bilbao this summer for financial reasons and the player's personal preferences," said Moretto.
I still think Barcelona will be one of Williams' options next year, and Chelsea have also made inquiries this summer but the Blues have not made a move due to exorbitant wage demands; Arsenal have also enquired about Williams, but the Gunners have not made a bid for him. ”
Judging from all sources, Williams is certainly Arsenal's target, but the deal did not happen for many reasons and complexity, mainly because the cost is too high, and Williams has not shown a clear intention to leave.
Besides, the combination of Martin Jr. and Trossard is not impossible, if you buy Williams, then you have to sell a winger, in fact, it is reasonable to observe for another year.
Let's talk about next year.