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  The Bundesliga club's coach says the midfielder still has much to learn about the professional game. Matteo Guendouzi is going through football "puberty", according to Hertha Berlin coach Pal Dardai, who says the Arsenal loanee has a "rebellious" streak. Guendouzi is currently taking in a season-long loan at Hertha, having been exiled from Mikel Arteta's Arsenal squad post-lockdown last season. The Frenchman has been regularly criticised for his attitude since joining the Gunners in 2018, and Dardai says he is still some way off the required level of maturity for a top-level footballer. What was said? The Hertha head coach told Bild of Guendouzi's ongoing development: "It's like puberty for him, he's kind of a rebel. He has to work and learn like an animal." In Sunday's 3-0 defeat by RB Leipzig, Guendouzi was introduced as a 68th minute substitute and, three minutes later, lost the ball inside his own box, leading to Leipzig's

 The Gunners have taken the Norwegian playmaker on loan for the rest of the season, but several other summer targets are being mooted. Thomas Partey says it is “amazing” to have Martin Odegaard at Arsenal, with the Gunners midfielder hoping a Norwegian playmaker can help Mikel Arteta’s side hit ultimate targets before transfer options are weighed up. A highly-rated 22-year-old midfielder is set to see out the season at Emirates Stadium, with a lack of game time under Zinedine Zidane at Santiago Bernabeu leading a former teenage prodigy to north London. It remains to be seen how long Odegaard will spend in English football, with various alternative targets for Arteta being mooted, but Partey is delighted to have him on board. What has been said? “It’s difficult when you play against him. I remember playing against him, he’s so intelligent, he is always quick on the ball, he doesn’t give you a chance to win the ball,” Partey has told Stadium Astro. “It’s amazing to have him here. I hope

 Arsenal have some of the brightest young talent in world football, and FourFourTwo clearly agrees as they name four of our players amongst the top 50. Folarin Balogun is our lowest ranked teen to make the list coming in at 41. The forward is yet to make his Premier League debut for our side, but has impressed when coming off the bench in the Europa League. Unfortunately his future looks to lie elsewhere as we continue to struggle to tie him down to a new contract, with his current terms expiring this summer. Our next entrant comes in 31st in William Saliba. The defender has had less minutes for our side than the above, but has already made his mark in Ligue 1 prior to this season, and has returned to thoroughly impress on loan with Nice of late. Arsenal would appear crazy not to give him a chance to make his mark in the first-team next term, but Mikel Arteta is yet to show any interest in promoting Saliba into the first-team for reasons unknown. As you would expect, Gabriel Martinelli

 The Gunners defender has seen a countryman struggle for form in north London, but he believes a spark will be rediscovered in time David Luiz says Willian “doesn’t have to prove anything to anyone” as he continues to scratch around for form at Arsenal. The Gunners were considered to have pulled off quite a coup when luring the Brazil international onto their books in the summer of 2020. After seven years at Chelsea, which delivered two Premier League titles, the 32-year-old crossed London to take on a new challenge at Emirates Stadium. His experience was expected to be put to good use by Mikel Arteta, but Willian has struggled to make an impact at Arsenal – leading to him coming in for plenty of criticism. Luiz claims to have no doubts that his fellow countryman will come good, with the Gunners defender backing a proven performer to rediscover his spark if a little patience is shown. “Few people know the person Willian. But those who do know can't say they don't love him. Beca

The Italy international defender had the opportunity to join the Premier League side at 16 but turned down their advances to stay in his home country Juventus legend Giorgio Chiellini has admitted that he regrets turning down the chance to join Arsenal when they attempted to sign him at the age of 16. Chiellini, who joined Juve in 2005, has become synonymous with the Italian champions, winning nine Serie A titles and four Coppa Italia trophies, as well as reaching the final of the Champions League twice. However, the 36-year-old central defender has revealed that 20 years ago he had the opportunity to sign for Arsene Wenger's Gunners, but turned them down because he did not want to leave boyhood club Livorno - a decision he now regrets. In an interview with French magazine So Foot, Chiellini says: "In hindsight, I was a fool to decline that offer. I was 16, I played in Serie C, I got a huge offer. "I didn't feel ready. If I had accepted, it would have given the impres

 Why Arsenal signing Jordan Amavi would be a wise move According to Birmingham Live, Arsenal are preparing to make an offer for Jordan Amavi. Mikel Arteta seems to be keen to add another left-back after the sale of Sead Kolasinac. Amavi has emerged as a target with the player refusing to extend his stay at Marseille. His current deal ends at the close of this season, thus making him a viable option for clubs such as Arsenal, Crystal Palace and Napoli. Profile Jordan Amavi spent 5 years in OGC Nice where he first broke into the senior team in 2013. After two years playing for Nice’s first-team, Aston Villa brought the player to England in 2015. After making 48 appearances for the Villans, Amavi returned to France at Marseille. The 26-year-old has represented France at the youth level but is yet to be capped by their senior team. (h/t Transfermarkt) The Ligue 1 side signed him in 2017, first on a loan basis and then making it permanent. Since then, the Frenchman has made over 100 appeara

  The experienced Brazilian has been in impressive form and was named man of the match against Manchester United on Saturday Mikel Arteta has hailed the influence of David Luiz, calling the Arsenal defender a ‘joy to work with’. Having struggled with some injury issues this season, Luiz is now enjoying an excellent run of form and was named man of the match on Saturday as Arsenal drew 0-0 with Manchester United in the Premier League. The 33-year-old Brazilian has formed an impressive partnership with Rob Holding in the heart of the Arsenal defence in recent weeks and has started each of the last four league games, helping the Gunners to three clean sheets. And Arteta has paid tribute to the former Chelsea star for the way he continues to perform at the highest level. “It’s credit to him because he trains really hard,” said the Arsenal manager. “This season has been really tough in the beginning because he’s been through some injuries but he’s kept at it, he understood his role, he know