Arsenal Column: Gunners adapting to Gyoker may leave despite new contract offers etc.

Arsenal’s victory at Old Trafford was a great result – that’s what matters

Did Arsenal play particularly well at Old Trafford? no. Did they get great results? absolutely. Honestly, that’s what matters when it comes to the opening weekend of the season.

With Arsenal handed over to this campaign, it was absolutely essential that they got some points on the board early, and they did it at a stadium that in the past was not a happy hunting ground for them.

They went to United, won and ruined the party. That was an amazing result.

Of course, they have to play much better than that in the coming weeks, but I think they will. They spent their days off at Old Trafford against a team that was clearly aiming for that.

United played pretty well, causing some issues for Arsenal, especially in the first half. They made them look unusually uncomfortable, especially in the back.

But they still couldn’t find a way. Arsenal digs, they found a way to win, and if they try to achieve what they want to achieve this season, they have to do it many times.

Personally, I think that’s a good sign. I think some of the reaction to performance was slightly above the top. I understand the feeling that many people wanted to see Arsenal lose this game. They wanted to point their fingers at Mikel Arteta and be able to put pressure on him and his team immediately.

And for me, it seems they are troubled by the fact that they were unable to do it. Arsenal’s victory stopped them from writing headlines they really wanted to write, so they tried to dig in anyway.

But Arteta doesn’t bother him, and neither does the player. See how they celebrated with a full-time whistle. They knew it was a huge outcome, even at this very early stage of the season.

Arteta then admitted that Arsenal was below their usual standards, but I think that was clear to those who are watching. Arsenal was sloppy with the ball, so when they were in some good positions they were in vain.

The number of times they ran through United midfield and in defense, ended up wasting passes and causing confusion was extremely frustrating.

We all know that Arsenal is not the best when it comes to playing transition football. That hasn’t been their style of play over the past few seasons. But if that’s how they play Viktor Gyoker now in advance, they need to do their runs and be much better at picking the final pass.

You’ll expect it to happen. This is still a work in progress for Arsenal. This new direct style that they seem to be trying to implement doesn’t happen overnight. There are teething problems and things don’t always go smoothly.

When it happened, they had to be able to win ugly and they did it on Sunday. That was an amazing result.

There’s no need to clean up in Leeds games

I don’t think there will be anything to change ahead of next weekend’s game in Leeds.

Given the disjointed nature of the performance against United, I’m sure there will be plenty to ask for some changes, but Saturday will be a totally different game for the Emirates.

These players need to be given time to start getting used to each other and the new system. After one sub-performance, you can’t rip things and change everything.

There are no games throughout the week at this point, so keeping players fresh doesn’t have to get into the equation. In fact, the better football is the more you get at this point. So I’ll stick to the same team.

We saw XI play brilliantly with the Athletic Club a week before our trip to Old Trafford, so we know they can do it. Certainly there is no need to have a large postmortem or something.

Victor Gjoker struggled in Manchester. He was eating scraps all afternoon and barely in the game.

But he needs a few minutes. He needs to continue to adapt to the club and his teammates. So, what will take him out of XI this weekend? I can’t see the point.

I’ll go to them again and then make changes later. There’s no need to rip things after an overwhelming performance.

The latest in Arsenal Future by Leandro Trossard

I think Leandro Trossard’s current situation at Arsenal falls into the same category as a few players on the team as they are heading towards the end of the transfer window.

Arsenal is not actively trying to push him into the exit door. In fact, they know that they have given him the opportunity to sign a new contract in the last 12 months.

But so far, the contract has not been signed and the club is open to the idea that he will leave if a good offer arrives for him from now on between the end of the window.

However, while nothing seems to be approaching when it comes to the Trossard exit, if nothing happens, Mikel Arteta is happy that Belgian International will stick.

He’s been a great signature since he arrived from Brighton, but he still has plenty to offer when he’s on the pitch. But the problem with Trossard is that he may not be on the pitch as much as he wants this season.

We saw Noni Madueke come before him in the second half of Sunday’s victory at Old Trafford. I think that happens many times as the season progresses, especially as Arteta appears to give him a new signature to the game time needed to adapt to his new environment.

So, Trossard, who recently switched agents, could become a bit more partial option in the coming weeks, and I can’t imagine that he’s in many roles.

We’ll see what happens to him over the next two weeks.

Arsenal was able to do another signature

Everything is quiet right now when it comes to incoming calls at Arsenal. They have accomplished a large part of their business, but they still feel they can return to the market if they can make some sort of sale.

They have not strengthened their interest in Ebeki Eze. That was the Spurs giving him a free run at Crystal Palace playmaker and he has yet to make any more interest in Rodrigo.

Fans hope there’s something on the sleeve before the window closes. The general consensus is that a new left-side option is needed to make the attack even more threatened.

I tend to agree with that. Looking at the start xi, it is one position that stands out as an area where improvements can be found.

Eze was the player I really wanted, but Rodrigo is also very exciting. At this point, there is no indication that Arsenal is about to make a dramatic slow move for the Real Madrid winger.

The interest is there, but I feel that for something of that size to happen, including the rather famous late departure, a lot of things need to fall into place very quickly.