Arsenal will kick off their Premier League campaign at home to Wolves on August 17 but a number-crunching supercomputer has already decided Mikel Arteta's team face a brutal run-in that could scupper their title hopes.
And even Arteta's future in north London is being speculated over with growing suggestions that he is being eyed as Pep Guardiola's replacement at Manchester City next summer.
Elsewhere, a former academy star has been jailed for more than two years after being found guilty of numerous counts of fraud and assaulting a taxi driver.
Here is everything you need to know about the past 24 hours in and around Arsenal.
Supercomputer says no to title
Arsenal's hopes of beating Manchester City to the title in the upcoming season have already suffered a setback.
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They missed out on the title by just two points last season, winning their final six games of the campaign. But in early April proved to be crucial, with City going on a characteristic lengthy unbeaten run.
And according to a supercomputer by City have the easiest run-in of all 20 clubs next term. The stats company has analysed the final 10 games of every top-flight side.
This is what the supercomputer is predicting.
Declan Rice and company have already been written off by Opta's supercomputer (Marc Atkins/Getty Images)Ex-academy star jailed for fraud
A former Arsenal academy star has been sentenced to more than two years in jail after being found guilty of stealing money from his girlfriend and fraudulently processing refunds at a Pizza Hut.
Jaydon Thorbourne, a defender who had also spent time at sustained a career-ending hip injury aged 18 and in the eight years since he has been found guilty of 27 offences of fraud.
At Harrow Crown Court last Friday, Thorbourne, who was already behind bars for assaulting a taxi driver, was handed a two-year and five-month sentence for a range of charges that included cloning a girlfriend's bank card.
Report from Thorbourne's sentencing hearing.
Arteta tipped for City
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta would be the ideal candidate to replace at according to Danny Mills.
The Catalan coach heads into the final year of his contract with the Citizens having won a sixth title and fourth in a row in 2023/24. Guardiola has already admitted he is
is the best man to replace Pep Guardiola at without a shadow of a doubt. He's worked with Pep, he knows the way City play and he can come in with the same level of intensity as him,” Mills said.
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"We know how intense Pep is and the pressure he puts on himself and his team to be the best every single day. Pep gets burnt out and you can understand why.”
Read more about Mills' reasoning for Arteta switching.
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