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Mikel Arteta lauds Arsenal fans after 'emotional explosion' following title win

"I think what they [supporters] have created around the club and the team is incredible to witness,” Arteta said on the bond between the team and the supporters. “That chemistry, that connection, that passion, it’s something beautiful. I mean, the trophy is great, but that is, in my opinion, something even bigger.

"We all are responsible, and I really want to make that clear, there’s been so many people in this journey throughout the years, not only since I’ve been here, but as well obviously everything that Arsene [Wenger] built, even though we didn’t achieve the Premier League.

"It was an explosion, an emotional explosion, because everybody’s been just, you know, keeping emotions, and lifting those emotions, but not being able to really express them. So when we opened that bottle, I think everybody had so much to release and it’s been incredible to witness."

Arsenal players and fans partied long into the night (Reuters)

Jack Rathborn24 May 2026 13:50

Mikel Arteta on Arsenal fans celebrating title

"It’s one of the best feelings I've ever had," Mikel Arteta says ahead of today’s match against Crystal Palace.

"I was supposed to be here, at Sobha, watching the game with the boys and the staff, because that’s what they wanted, but I couldn’t. I think 20 minutes later, before the game, I had to leave.

"I couldn’t bring the energy that I wanted and I think it was the moment as well to watch it together, to be themselves and just see what the outcome would be. I went home, I went outside to the garden, I started to build a fire, and I started to do some barbecue. I didn’t watch any of it.

"I was just hearing some noises in the background, in the living room and suddenly the magic happened. My oldest son opened the garden door, he started to run towards me, he started to cry, he gave me a hug and said: 'We are champions, daddy.'

"Then my other two boys and my wife came over and it was beautiful. Just to see that joy on them as well, that they are always with me, it was magical. A minute later, Martin [Odegaard] called me on video."

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Jack Rathborn24 May 2026 13:41

How Lewis Hamilton is seeking to evoke Arsenal’s success with Ferrari in Canada

For all the celebratory messages of jubilation emanating from the never-ending group of high-profile Arsenal supporters this week – from Sir Keir Starmer and Hugh Lawrie to Piers Morgan and Jess Glynne – Lewis Hamilton’s repost on Instagram was altogether more understated. “COYG,” the 41-year-old said, the common abbreviation for “Come on you Gunners.”

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Jack Rathborn24 May 2026 13:25

Arsenal starlet Ethan Nwaneri added to England pre-World Cup training camp

Arsenal starlet Ethan Nwaneri will join three other England talents for Thomas Tuchel’s pre-World Cup training camp in Florida.

Tuchel has drafted in the 19-year-old, who has spent the second half of the season on loan at Ligue 1 Marseille, alongside Bournemouth’s Alex Scott, Fulham’s Josh King and Liverpool’s Rio Ngumoha, to play their part in getting the team prepared in Miami.

Scott, King and Ngumoha’s participation was confirmed on Friday as the German announced his 26-man squad for the finals, and Nwaneri was added to the party on Saturday.

Arsenal starlet Ethan Nwaneri added to England pre-World Cup training camp

Nwaneri joins Bournemouth’s Alex Scott, Fulham’s Josh King and Liverpool’s Rio Ngumoha to help England prepare for the World Cup

Jack Rathborn24 May 2026 13:17

Keir Starmer urges TNT Sports to make Champions League final free to watch

UK prime minister Keir Starmer has written to TNT Sports, urging the broadcaster to make the upcoming Champions League final between Arsenal and Paris Saint-Germain free to watch.

TNT (owned by Warner Bros Discovery) hold broadcast rights for the Champions League in the UK and have made the final available to stream for free in previous years. However, earlier this month it caused outrage by confirming that viewers will only be able to watch the clash at the Puskas Arena in Budapest on Saturday 30 May on either its own platform or HBO Max, both requiring a subscription.

The broadcaster said subscriptions to HBO Max were available from £4.99, calling it “exceptional value”.

Jack Rathborn24 May 2026 13:08

How Mikel Arteta banished the banter era to bring glory back to Arsenal

After a few minutes of hugging and celebrating at London Colney on Tuesday, when Arsenal had finally been confirmed as champions again, the players just let go. There had already been a few guttural roars from the pure relief of winning. They then all jumped into the swimming pool.

Bukayo Saka of course had an inflatable, if not this time a unicorn. Some older staff members were chuckling that this was rather different to how the Premier League-winning squad of 1998 to 2004 celebrated. The point, however, was that they were actually celebrating again.

The players did end up going to a club in central London. They’ve very much come of age in other ways, but so has the manager.

Jack Rathborn24 May 2026 13:00