Jorginho opens up on Arsenal’s mentality under Arteta as he’s set start in Tottenham clash amid injury crisis
JORGINHO claims NOTHING can dent Arsenal’s belief Mikel Arteta is leading them to glory.
The Italian’s theory looks set for a massive test on Sunday as Arteta’s Gunners head to Tottenham for the first North London derby of the season.
And they look set to be without THREE key midfielders in Martin Odegaard, Declan Rice and Mikel Merino.
Rice and new-boy Merino are definitely out, while skipper Odegaard is a huge doubt after returning from Norway duty on crutches.
That opens the door for Jorginho to feature for the first time in his third campaign under manager Arteta.
And the former Chelsea midfielder, 32, insists everything is now geared up for success.
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Despite the Gunners last lifting the Prem title in 2004, he said: “The mentality now is different because you can see the hunger of wanting to win.
“The way you train every day, the information you have — even pictures at the training ground. Everything’s about winning.
“It’s really good as Mikel put up all these messages you see. It gets into your mind when you keep seeing them and you start to believe it.
“Then you get into the habit. You have the motivation and all we want to do is win.”
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Jorginho is set to slot into the middle alongside Thomas Partey, with Kai Havertz likely to drop back and join them.
That could also mean an instant debut for deadline-day signing Raheem Sterling.
Meet the Arsenal Wags from Strictly star to a flight attendant
Tolami Benson – partner of Bukayo Saka
Benson and Saka have kept information on their relationship largely quiet.
They do not appear on each others Instagram pages but she was seen speaking to Saka at the 2022 World Cup.
Helene Spilling – partner of Martin Odegaard
A professional dancer from Norway who rose to fame in the country’s version of Strictly Come Dancing, the pair were first spotted together at the Football Awards in March 2023.
Sophie Weber – partner of Kai Havertz
Weber works as a model and social media influencer and is the most high profile member of the group on online with almost 400,000 followers on Instagram.
They are childhood sweethearts having grown up in the same neighbourhood.
Milly White – partner of Ben White
The couple got engaged in 2022 before tying the knot officially in May last year. They have matching “I love you tattoos” on their wrists. Milly White works as a model.
Laura Trossard Hilven – partner of Leandro Trossard
The pair met in 2014 before getting married in 2019.
They have two sons together, Thiago and Amadeo.
Lauren Fryer – partner of Declan Rice
Lauren Fryer and Declan Rice have been together since 2015. She tends to keep a lower profile compared to some of Arsenal’s other Wags but is no less stunning.
She sadly deleted all pictures on her Instagram after suffering horrific abuse by vile trolls.
Georgina Ramsdale – partner of Aaron Ramsdale
Georgina Ramsdale works as a flight attendant.
The couple got married last June after the Arsenal star proposed in 2022. They originally met in 2019.
Jorginho played with Sterling at Chelsea in 2022-23 and he revealed the winger’s arrival before their 1-1 draw with Brighton came as a surprise.
Speaking to Gunners legend David Seaman on the Seaman Says podcast, via Betway, he said: “It was the day of the game, people were talking and I was like, ‘What?!’ But he’s going to be great for us.”
Merino, a £27.4million arrival from Real Sociedad, is out after fracturing his shoulder during his first training session.
Rice is banned following a controversial red against Brighton.
He got a second yellow for tapping the ball away as Joel Veltman took a free-kick.
Defender Veltman then clattered into Rice and Arteta felt he deserved a red, too.
Jorginho agreed, adding: “If it is a sending-off there, it’s there for both of them.”
The Seaman Says podcast with Betway is available from today.