If Mikel Arteta’s dossier is part of a deliberate strategy, it is a dangerous one for Arsenal | Jonathan Wilson
The move is in advanced talks territory. Source confidence is high with single-source support.
Next watch — Watch for final agreement language, medical scheduling, or official club confirmation.
The manager is not yet in Alex Ferguson and José Mourinho’s league, but his conspiracy theories have reached new levelsEnglish football loves the word “dossier”. It doesn’t love dossiers themselves, of course; they’re for nerds – unless, that is, they’re a “secret dossier”, which have a thrilling redolence of spy dramas, invisible ink and dead drops. Non-secret dossiers, though, are inherently risible: call something a “dossier” in English football and you’re immediately signalling: this is absurd poindextering. Dossiers were preposterous when Don Revie was – imagine the pretension! – drawing…
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- •The current story state is marked high confidence rather than speculative rumor.
- •At least one named source is attached to this story.
- •Direct official confirmation is still outstanding.
- •Independent corroboration is still thin or absent.