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      Everton readying £14.4m transfer offer for Arsenal’s Ainsley Maitland-Niles and will ‘revive interest’ in January

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      EVERTON are interested in signing Arsenal star Ainsley Maitland-Niles for £14.4million in January, according to reports.It’s believed the versatile player, 24, was close to moving to Goodison Park in the summer before a deal was blocked late on by the Gunners.
      Everton want to sign Ainsley Maitland-Niles from ArsenalCredit: Getty
      According to ESPN, Maitland-Niles was set to join Everton on deadline day but remained at the Emirates after talks with manager Mikel Arteta.
      Reports claim the Toffees will now try to sign the player permanently in January to give new manager Rafael Benitez more options.
      Maitland-Niles is capable of playing anywhere in midfield and can also offer competition for incumbent Everton right-back Seamus Coleman.
      The Arsenal ace is valued at £14.4m by Transfermarkt and has two years remaining on his existing Emirates deal.
      Maitland-Niles hit out at Arsenal on Instagram in August, writing: “All I wanna do is go where I’m wanted and where I’m gonna play.”
      He was reportedly banished from first-team training after the outburst but is thought to be back in the manager’s plans.

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      Maitland-Niles made just 11 Premier League appearances for the Gunners last term and spent the second half of the season on loan at West Brom.
      The five-cap England international has been at Arsenal since 2003, playing 123 senior games for the club in all competitions to date.
      Maitland-Niles has won the FA Cup and Community Shield twice during his time at the Emirates and has also spent time on loan at Ipswich Town.
      Boss Arteta has insisted the player remains in his plans despite the lack of game time under his leadership.
      The Spanish coach said: “Any private conversations with players, on the role we believe they can have in the team, is always discussed openly but privately and that is how we resolve the matters.
      “I am happy he has stayed, that was our intention and he is another player in the squad.”

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      Arsenal on for bottom-half Premier League finish unless players follow example of legend Rocastle, says Julian Dicks

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      ARSENAL are going to finish in the bottom half of the Premier League table unless they learn from the legendary David Rocastle.That is according to former West Ham defender Julian Dicks, who insists that the Gunners’ current crop lacks character and work ethic as showed by the disastrous start to their Premier League campaign.
      Arsenal have endured a disastrous start to their Premier League campaignCredit: Getty
      The north Londoners have lost all three of their first games in the top flight and conceded nine times without scoring once, in what marks their worst start to a season since 1954.
      Dicks named Rocastle as the perfect example those players should look up to because he never gave up and always remained focused on the pitch back when he played for the north Londoners.
      The legendary midfielder spent seven years at Arsenal after his debut in 1985 and went on to amass a total of 11 goals and three assists in 91 appearances across all competitions.
      The ex-Liverpool player insists Mikel Arteta’s men need to adopt Rocky’s principles very quickly or they are in danger of an even worse finish than last season when they missed out on Europe for the first time in 25 years.
      Dicks, speaking exclusively to Ladbrokes at its launch of the 5-A-Side Bet on Southampton v West Ham, said: “Arsenal are a big club, and I was lucky enough to play at Highbury – but they’re a completely different team these days.
      “I look at them, and they just don’t work hard enough. Yeah, they have some good players, but you have to work hard.

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      “You watch the Tottenham v Man City game, and both teams worked their socks off for the whole game. Both sets of players went all out in that game, and then I look at Arsenal and they don’t work anywhere near as hard.
      “As soon as they cross that line, it’s down to the players. The manager can put his team out and shout his instructions, but he needs his team to play ball and work hard, and for me they don’t.
      “It’s about making the right decisions at the right time, and being aggressive. I’m not talking about going around and kicking people; I mean winning your headers, winning your tackles, your second balls and your knock downs. For me, Arsenal don’t do that enough.
      “Arsenal are a big, big club. When Arsene Wenger was there, they were doing it. They were always in the top four or five, and they always had players that would work hard. You’ve got one or two there at the moment, maybe, who really put the effort in. But you can’t build success on that.
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      “Unless they improve significantly, they’ll finish this season in the bottom half. It’s as simple as that. They need to recruit in the right places; you know, you’d like Nigel Winterburn, Lee Dixon, Tony Adams, Martin Keown and Steve Bould. You’d die to have those players at the club now in defence, because they very rarely conceded goals.
      “They were so disciplined in doing what they needed to do. But now you’ve got the left-back attacking, the right-back up the other end of the pitch trying to score goals, and then when it breaks down, they don’t get back quick enough.
      “Look at Man City for example they’re the best team in the Premier League right now. Their players work their nuts off. If there was any club you could probably excuse for not working hard it’s them, because they’ve already won the title. But they’re hungry for more success, and so they don’t stop. I don’t see that with Arsenal.

      “I was lucky enough to have played against David Rocastle, god bless him, who was an honest player. He wasn’t exceptionally quick, but he was a very good player, and if I ever went on the overlap, he’d be following me. He never gave me a minute of peace. He wouldn’t just stand there and leave me; he’d be following me.
      “Do the Arsenal forwards really bust a gut like that now? No. Times have changed at Arsenal, but the principles should still be the same; you have to work hard, and if you’re not doing that, you’re not good enough.
      “Fans aren’t going to put up with it for much longer, and at the end of the day, fans make or break you as a manager. They have done for many years. I can’t see Mikel Arteta being in charge for much longer, to be honest with you, if things don’t improve drastically.”
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      Watch Arsenal new boy Takehiro Tomiyasu take part in first Gunners training session ahead of crunch Norwich clash

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      ARSENAL signing Takehiro Tomiyasu took part in his first training session for his new club on Friday.Tomiyasu joined the Gunners on transfer deadline day last month following a last-gasp £20million deal with Bologna.
      Arsenal ace Takehiro Tomiyasu took part in training for the first time
      Takehiro Tomiyasu joined Arsenal from Bologna on transfer deadline day
      First session ✅📺 Watch as Tomiyasu links up with his new teammates for the first time at London Colney ahead of #ARSNOR 👇— Arsenal (@Arsenal) September 10, 2021

      The defender had been on the north Londoners’ wish list throughout the entire summer and could make his debut on Saturday against Norwich.
      Mikel Arteta’s squad will host the Canaries at the Emirates following a disastrous start to the season that has seen them lose all three Premier League matches, while conceding nine goals without scoring once.
      And Arteta will hope the Japan international will add some much needed confidence at the back.
      The 22-year-old joined his new team-mates for the first time at London Colney earlier on Friday following the international break.
      That’s raised fans’ hopes of seeing the Japanese ace play a part against Daniel Farke’s fellow strugglers over the weekend.
      Arsenal shared a video of Tomiyasu taking part in training for the first time and posted it on Twitter.

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      It is expected that the ex-Sint-Truiden star will become Arteta’s new right-back after Hector Bellerin was loaned out to Real Betis.
      The Arsenal manager previously said: “Takehiro is a strong defender with good experience in Serie A and at international level.
      “He’s a versatile defender with great defensive qualities, high technical ability and composure on the ball.
      “He will be an important member of our squad.”
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      Arsenal reject bid for Mohamed Elneny from Galatasaray ahead of today’s Turkish transfer deadline

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      GALATASARAY have reportedly had a transfer bid rejected for Mohamed Elneny ahead of the Turkish market deadline.Super Lig clubs have until the end of Wednesday to sign players and speculation over the Arsenal man has been rife.
      Mohamed Elneny is attracting interest from Turkish clubsCredit: AP
      According to Sky Sports, the Gunners have rebuffed an approach from Galatasaray over the midfielder.
      Elneny, 29, is out of contract at the end of the season but has spoken of his desire to sign a new deal.
      Mikel Arteta reportedly sees the player as a key member of his squad, having named him on the bench in each of Arsenal’s three Premier League games so far.
      A loan spell at Besiktas two seasons ago led to Egypt international Elneny finding form in Istanbul.
      It was presumed at the time that he would leave the Premier League but manager Arteta reintroduced him to the Arsenal setup.
      Reports in Turkey had already outlined interest from both Galatasaray and Besiktas in sealing a deal before their deadline.

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      But it had been claimed that Elneny’s wage demands were the principle stumbling block.
      Galatasaray club president Burak Elmas was said to have been personally against the move.
      And Arsenal, whose net spend was the highest in the Premier League this summer, also appear to be against the transfer despite being in the midst of a big squad rebuild.

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