And my feeling is that this is a deal that Arsenal would be prepared to advance and explore quite seriously if Tonali opens the door and says, 'I want to leave Newcastle and I'm prepared to stay in England.' This suggests Arsenal's interest hinges on Tonali's explicit commitment to the move and remaining in the Premier League.
A nonplussed Pep Guardiola dismissed a question from a reporter that related to Mikel Arteta chasing his first Premier League title as a manager, insisting that he had not attended his pre-match press conference to offer advice to the Arsenal boss.
We are really excited being in the four fronts and the way the team is consistently performing gives you a lot of hope and positive thoughts about what can be coming. But we can only focus on the present. That is where we are going to put our energy and that's on Sunday.
Odegaard might be leaving Arsenal. If you're him, the club captain and 18 months ago you were the guy. All of a sudden - and I know he's had some injuries - but there's question marks over whether he actually starts because of Eze. And maybe because of the way he's been playing, someone else might get ahead of him as well. So if you're Martin Odegaard, do you stick around? I don't think you do.