Arsenal Daily Digest: Friday 21 August 2026
The champions open the Premier League season at home to Coventry City tonight, and Mikel Arteta says Bukayo Saka and Declan Rice are ready to be involved, with Bruno Guimaraes a doubt and Jurrien Timber still not training with the group. Neither Arsenal nor Aston Villa have announced anything on Ezri Konsa, and Sky Sports say he has missed the registration deadline for tonight. Arteta was also asked whether he was confident Myles Lewis-Skelly will still be an Arsenal player at the end of the window, and answered one hundred per cent.
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