St. Mary's Stadium says goodbye to the Premier League for at least a year when Southampton hosts second-place Arsenal on Sunday.

(Reuters) -Arsenal full back Jurrien Timber has undergone ankle surgery while centre back William Saliba will also miss the club's last game of the season with a hamstring issue, manager Mikel Arteta said on Wednesday.

Chelsea are understood to have opened talks with Ajax over a potential transfer for 19-year-old Netherlands defender Jorrel Hato, who is also a target for Arsenal and Liverpool. (Caughtoffside)

Arsenal sealed second-place on the Premier League table and a return to the UEFA Champions League with a 1-0 win over Newcastle United at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday.

The highly-rated Arsenal teenager made an encouraging start to the Under-17s European Championship - and there is more to come

Timber missed nearly all of last season having ruptured his ACL on his Premier League debut. This term, although not often in the headlines, he has been brilliantly consistent and reliable for Arsenal, and showed his class in keeping Vinicius Junior quiet over two legs against Real Madrid.

Arsenal full back Jurrien Timber has undergone ankle surgery while centre back William Saliba will also miss the club's last game of the season with a hamstring issue, manager Mikel Arteta said on Wednesday.

A former Arsenal striker believed he was “importing gold not cannabis ” after being caught in a plot to smuggle drugs through Stansted Airport from Thailand, a court has heard.

Declan Rice scores a wonder goal to earn Arsenal victory over Newcastle which seals the Gunners a place in next season's Champions League.