- Arsenal showing ‘strong interest’ in Illan Meslier
- Arsenal earmark Bradley Barcola as Morgan Rogers alternative
- Arsenal in fierce battle to sign Mateus Mane from Wolves
- Arsenal ‘keep pushing’ to sign Aston Villa’s Morgan Rogers
- Arsenal urged to sign Man Utd forward Marcus Rashford
- Arsenal hold talks to sign Leverkusen’s Kerim Alajbegovic
- Arsenal receive huge boost to sign Bruno Guimaraes
- Arsenal in fierce battle to sign Mainz’s Kaishu Sano
- Arsenal make approach to sign Bournemouth’s Scott
- Arsenal showing ‘greatest interest’ in signing Tzolis
Teams: Chelsea v Arsenal: Iwobi starts, Ramsey dropped for Gunners
Arsenal’s difficult start to the new season continues as we travel to Stamford Bridge to take on Chelsea this evening.
Unai Emery has named a surprise line-up as Alex Iwobi starts ahead of Aaron Ramsey while Alexandre Lacazette is also left on the bench.
Matteo Guendouzi keeps his place in midfield with Lucas Torreira once again named among the substitutes. Nacho Monreal is passed fit to start at left-back.
These are the teams:
Chelsea
Kepa, Azpilicueta, Rudiger, Luiz, Alonso, Kante, Jorginho, Willian, Barkley, Pedro, Morata.
Subs: Caballero, Christensen, Zappacosta, Moses, Hazard, Kovacic, Giroud
Arsenal
Cech, Bellerin, Sokratis, Mustafi, Monreal, Xhaka, Guendouzi, Mkhitaryan, Ozil, Iwobi, Aubameyang.
Subs: Leno, Lichtsteiner, Elneny, Torreira, Ramsey, Welbeck, Lacazette









