Here are your Arsenal morning headlines for Wednesday, 11th March.
Man City fixture postponed
Arsenal's trip to the Etihad Stadium has been postponed once again, this time amid coronavirus fears.
An official statement via Arsenal.com reads: "Our Premier League match with Manchester City on Wednesday night has been postponed.
"Following yesterday's news that Olympiacos owner Evangelos Marinakis has recently contracted Covid-19, we have been taking medical advice and tracing any individuals who had what the guidelines define as close contact with him at the game 13 days ago.
"As a result of this exercise we identified that a number of players met the Olympiacos owner immediately following the game.
"The medical advice we have received puts the risk of them developing Covid-19 at extremely low. However, we are strictly following the Government guidelines which recommend that anyone coming into close contact with someone with the virus should self-isolate at home for 14 days from the last time they had contact.
"As a result, the players are unavailable for tonight's match against Manchester City and the Premier League has decided the game should be postponed."
14-day isolation period
In addition, Arsenal players and staff will be in self isolation for the next fortnight.
"The players will remain at their homes until the 14-day period expires," the statement continues. "Four Arsenal staff - who were sitting close to Mr Marinakis during the match - will also remain at home until the 14 days are complete.
"We fully understand how disappointing this is for our supporters, in particular those who were travelling to Manchester for tonight's match.
"Tickets will be valid for the match when it's rearranged.
"As a further precautionary measure, whilst we do not believe there was any close contact with any other Arsenal guests or staff in the directors box restaurant, we are contacting them to advise they should follow the relevant advice if there has been any such contact.
"Everyone at Arsenal Football Club wishes Mr Marinakis a swift recovery and we look forward to the players and staff returning to work on Friday in preparation for our match at Brighton."
Bellerin injury update
The postponed game against Man City could work in Hector Bellerin's favour as he will have extra time to recover from a groin injury that he's been playing with for a few months.
Since returning from a long-term knee injury, the Spaniard's workload has been managed carefully.
And he's been praised by head coach Mikel Arteta for playing through the pain barrier.
"I don't think there is a player now that plays completely free of pain," Arteta told football.london. "There is always a niggle, always a pain, always an ankle or something.
"Hector has been having some discomfort for a few months, he has been trying to deal with it all the time, his attitude to try and play and be available has been great and there is nothing new."
football.london understands that Bellerin suffered a further flare up of his thigh injury in the days ahead of the 4-0 win against Newcastle on February 16, a match in which he played the full 90 minutes.
£40m transfer battle
Arsenal will battle north London rivals Tottenham Hotspur for the signing of Napoli striker Arkadiusz Milik.
That's according to reports in Italy.
It's claimed that both clubs are keeping tabs on the £40m-rated Poland international who will have just a year remaining on his contract with the Serie A side at the end of the season.
