Arteta: Liverpool has the strongest lineup, signs two key players in the summer window! Saliba is expected to make a comeback

Pepe was officially selected as the best player of August by the La Liga!

Pepee's La Liga match data in August: 28 times the opponent touched the ball in the penalty area, 11 times the opportunity was created, 7 shots were on the right side, 6 times the ball was successfully dribbled, 2 goals, and 1 assist.

Pepe is also the first Villarreal player to win the La Liga Player of Month since May 2023.

Congratulations to Pepe for overcoming Mbappe and Yamal! As mentioned before, Pepe is in a very good shape at Villarreal this season, with 2 goals and 1 assist in 3 games, so sometimes the key is to see what tactics the coach has arranged and how to use them. In fact, Pepe has already shown a good form in the preseason against Arsenal.

But this does not mean that Arsenal was wrong to clean him back then. No matter how good a player does not meet his tactical requirements, he can only clean him up. Villarreal can play around him, but Arsenal cannot.

Despite this, it is still very gratifying to see Pepe recovering himself at the age of 30. He is capable. According to Romano, Eto, who served as acting sports director at Arsenal after Edu resigned, is a big hit for Brighton's new technical director. Negotiations have begun.

Eto was previously the assistant sports director of Edu. After Edu left the team, he briefly served as acting sports director and was once one of the candidates. However, after joining Berta, Edu chose to leave the team.

The decision to appoint Berta is obviously correct at present, even key. Aito is relatively weak in age, experience and connections, and it is difficult to give this important task this summer. Moreover, he "does nothing" in January. Even if this is the club's strategy, it is still too difficult to convince the public anyway.

If he can really go to Brighton to work, it would be quite good. Brighton is now a new star concentration camp. If he can achieve results in Brighton and prove his vision and ability, it is not impossible to return to Arsenal in the future.

Arteta attended the pre-match press conference and let's take a look at what key topics the Arsenal coach talked about.

I found that Saka did not appear in the training photos on Thursday, right?

Yes, Saka didn't participate in training, he is trying to make a comeback as soon as possible, but we need to respect the process. Saliba participated in training today, and the rest were normal, and so was Ben White.

Saka, is he a doubt about going to the battle or is he unable to go to the battle?

Saka is unable to play in the game yet.

Arsenal is about to usher in the Champions League and will play in Manchester City next week. Will you let Saka participate in these two games?

Let's wait and see, Saka's progress is very good, let's take a look at his feedback before talking about it.

So Saka has not ruled out the possibility of a comeback in the Champions League and against Manchester City?

not yet. Where is

Saliba?

He trained today, so we need to decide whether to let him play.

Imperi is ready to play in the game?

Yes, he is ready. Apparently he only trained with us for two days and traveled a long distance to compete in the national team…but he could play.

It is generally believed that Arsenal has experienced the most brilliant transfer window. Can we say that you have become stronger after Edu left?

I am very satisfied with Edu and I think he has made outstanding contributions to this club, especially during that period. When Edu took office, he became an important part of the club's transformation period, and then he decided to leave, and then Berta came here in a completely different background, and he also did a very good job. I don't think there is any need to compare the two of them like this, they are both excellent.

Arsenal scores a lot of goals through set pieces now. Do you think in the Premier League, there is only one style or one DNA enough?

I don't know what you mean by DNA and what is DNA? It all depends on the game, people will change the way they play, their thinking, and the things related to keep the style they want to play, and that's it.

So what kind of DNA are you? What DNA is Arsenal?

We can go for a blood test.

The next game will be Raya's 100th game for Arsenal, with 41 of them being cleaned up, close to 50%. Is that pretty good?

is quite good, and it is the best in the history of the football club. I was hammered when I brought him.

When will Havertz come back?

He has started to put some intensity on his knees, and I said before that Havertz's injury takes several weeks to last month's recovery time, but as far as Havertz I know, it's hard to give a definite schedule because I know he'll do his best, and so does Jesus.

Arsenal has more shots against Liverpool and has higher expected goals, so why do many people think that Arsenal is playing negative? Since that game, there have been a lot of controversy and discussions like this…

I don't know because I won't read those comments. But obviously, after reviewing and analyzing that game, my views may be very different from their perspective. You have to respect everyone's opinions, and in the end, the win or loss of the game will make people's opinions different, and you have to accept that.

You have almost two top players in every position now, which is every head coach’s dream, but how do you keep them all happy?

The same is true for other top teams, no difference.

Liverpool signed Isaac. Do you think this will change the situation of the championship?

Obviously, Liverpool are the strongest, and they may have signed two of the most decisive players that there were in Europe in the market. Liverpool is very strong, I think we should focus on ourselves and see how we should play our strength stronger than them, that's it.

Jesus was not included in the Champions League roster, which surprised many people because we have seen Jesus perform ball training, so how far is it to see him come back?

We think he won't come back until December or next January, so we made this decision, just like other players in similar situations before.

Hopefully we are wrong, Jesus can come back early, but the current information is very clear.

So in your opinion it will be December?

According to the schedule we obtained, he can only start training with the team.

Above are most of the contents of the press conference.

Injury, the good news is that Saliba has resumed training, at least 1-2 weeks ahead of the team's so-called "3-4 weeks", but Arteta is not 100% sure whether he will play.

Please be careful, let's talk about it clearly. There are currently people available in the defense line, so it should be fine to deal with the forest this season.

White and Nolgao are fine, but Saka seems to be unable to make a comeback yet. As for whether he can play next week's game, I can only talk about it later.

Havertz still has to wait, at least several weeks, not to mention Jesus. I had expected him to come back in November as early as possible, but it seems that this is still optimistic. Arteta said he will not be able to resume full training in December, so in this way, it would be good to come back before Christmas...

Jesus' contract expires in 2027, so ideally, he will come back around the end of the year, stay healthy in the second half of the season, and be able to perform some, and then discount it next summer. This is the best result.

Other questions are typical "ta language". For example, when responding to media doubts about Arsenal's DNA, they directly said, "We will know if we go for a blood test." In fact, Tazi is very clear that the media and some fans are dissatisfied with the current football style. This dispute can only be resolved with the championship. It is impossible to change the style and suddenly become gorgeous. Tazi has been in office for 6 years. He has taken the practical football route, which is very obvious.

Arteta also emphasized that Liverpool has the strongest lineup and bought two of the most decisive players in the market this summer, but no matter what he said, he will win the championship this season, and nothing else is the reason, let alone Arsenal's own net investment is the best in Europe.

Let's first see how we perform to the forest tonight!