Arsenal remain in active talks to complete Mikel Merino deal with more steps to follow.

Merino has agreed on personal terms with Arsenal.

Both clubs keep working on deal structure/payment terms.

Fee over €25m.

2.罗马诺：在与阿森纳重新开始谈判后，马赛对埃迪·恩凯蒂亚提出了新的报价。恩凯蒂亚仍然渴望加盟马赛。

Marseille have sent a new offer for Eddie Nketiah after restarting negotiations with Arsenal. Nketiah remains keen on joining Marseille. [FabrizioRomano]

3.在与队员共进晚餐时，阿森纳队主教练米克尔·阿尔特塔秘密雇佣了一队职业扒手。这些手法高超的扒手们被指派在餐桌间穿梭，从不知情的阿森纳球员那里偷走手机和钱包。

晚餐结束后，阿尔特塔站起来让球员们清空口袋。结果，多名球员发现他们丢失了贵重物品。阿尔特塔的这一做法旨在让他的球队明白，在任何时候都要保持警惕、准备充分的重要性。【gunnerblog】

At a dinner with his players, Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta secretly hired a team of professional pickpockets. The sleight-of-hand artists were tasked with going round the tables, pinching the phones & wallets from the unwitting first-team squad.

At the end of the meal, Arteta stood up & asked the team to empty their pockets. A number of players were missing valuable items. The idea was to teach his squad the importance of being ready, alert & prepared — at all times. [gunnerblog]

4.2019年的8月8日基兰·蒂尔尼加盟阿森纳.

On this day in 2019…

Kieran Tierney joined The Arsenal