- Arsenal making concrete move to beat Chelsea to sign Gittens
- Arsenal hold talks to sign Ajax defender Jorrel Hato
- Arsenal battling with PL rivals to sign Marc Guehi
- Arsenal turn attention to Ollie Watkins transfer
- Arsenal join race for Dortmund star Bynoe-Gittens
- Arsenal prepare offer for Real Madrid star Brahim Diaz
- Arsenal lead race to sign Victor Gyökeres
- Arsenal want Johan Bakayoko as Saka backup option
- Arsenal target Brazilian defender Alexsandro Ribeiro
- Arsenal ‘increasingly close’ to signing Benjamin Sesko
Teams: Sunderland v Arsenal: Giroud starts
Arsenal take on Sunderland at the Stadium of Light this afternoon needing a win to climb back up to third and close the gap on rivals Tottenham.
These are the line-ups:
Arsenal
Cech, Bellerin, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Monreal, Ramsey, Elneny, Sanchez, Ozil, Iwobi, Giroud
Subs: Ospina, Gabriel, Coquelin, Wilshere, Campbell, Walcott, Welbeck
Sunderland
Mannone, Yedlin, van Aanholt, Kaboul, Kone, Kirchhoff, M’Vila, Cattermole, Borini, Khazri, Defoe.
Subs: Pickford, Jones, Larsson, Rodwell, N’Doye, O’Shea, Watmore.
COYG!!!