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Arteta: Gabriel Jesus Back in Training After Lengthy Rehabilitation
Gabriel Jesus returned to Arsenal training after extended rehabilitation and could return to action.
Mikel Arteta confirmed a key step in Gabriel Jesus’s recovery as the forward returned to first-team training on Thursday.
Jesus has endured recurring injury problems during his time in England, affecting both his spells at Arsenal and Manchester City, and this latest layoff required a prolonged period of rehabilitation. He was not included in Arsenal’s squad for the early stages of the 2025–26 Champions League but is eligible for Premier League selection, the 28-year-old registered by the club at the beginning of the season.
Asked for an update on Thursday, Arteta described the importance of the group setting as Jesus rebuilds his fitness. “Obviously, he’s been doing everything on his own; now he’s got players around him, very competitive players around him, and see how he copes with that,” he said. “But he’s full of energy, I love the reaction of all his teammates when he first joined us and yeah, great to have him back.” When pressed on timing he added: “I don’t know, now it’s about making the steps day by day in a different surrounding.”
Arteta also addressed the wider injury picture at the club. Kai Havertz has been sidelined for several months and has recently been joined on the treatment table by Noni Madueke, Gabriel Martinelli, captain Martin Ødegaard and Viktor Gyökeres. There is cautious optimism that some of those players could feature against Sunderland, with Arteta saying when asked if all would be absent: “I cannot confirm all of that, but you are not far.”
With the Premier League pausing after the Sunderland fixture for the final international window of 2025, Arteta stressed that returns remain dependent on careful progress. “Some of them, all of them I don’t know,” he said. “There are a lot of things that have to happen in the next two weeks, and everything has to be perfect, but I think we’ll be very close with most of them to be in a really strong position.”
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Rice and Yamal Headline 2025 Puskas Award Shortlist
Rice and Yamal lead the 2025 Puskas nominees; Marta and Mariona head the women’s list. Voting 50/50.
FIFA has released the shortlists for the 2025 Puskás Award and the Marta Award, with Declan Rice and Lamine Yamal prominent among the men’s nominees and Marta and Mariona Caldentey highlighted on the women’s list. The winners will be announced at the 2025 The Best FIFA Football Awards.
The Puskás Award has a history of high-profile winners. Cristiano Ronaldo was the inaugural recipient in 2009. Neymar, Zlatan Ibrahimović and Mohamed Salah have also taken the prize, and the most recent winner is Alejandro Garnacho.
This year Rice and Yamal stand out on the men’s list. Rice earned his nomination for the second of his two incredible free kicks against Real Madrid. The midfielder curled an unstoppable strike into the top-right corner of the net in what wound up being a 3–0 victory for Arsenal in the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals.
Yamal is nominated for a curling effort of his own. The teenager received the ball in space against Espanyol, quickly cut inside and curled home a left-footed strike that ultimately sealed the La Liga title for Barcelona last season.
The selection process for both the Puskás Award and the Marta Award will be determined by an equal 50% split between fan votes and those cast by FIFA Legends. That balance will decide which of the shortlisted strikes is named the standout goal of the year on the men’s side and which moment earns the equivalent honour on the women’s side.
The shortlists again draw attention to individual moments that shaped the previous season, from decisive free kicks in the Champions League to title-sealing efforts in La Liga. Fans and FIFA Legends will now weigh in to decide which of the nominated finishes claims the 2025 prizes.
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Ødegaard’s return remains uncertain as Norway outlines gradual rehab plan
Solbakken says Martin Ødegaard is ‘some distance away’ from returning as rehab continues with Norway
Nigelly paced updates from Norway suggest Martin Ødegaard is not yet ready to rejoin Arsenal’s matchday squad. Norway manager Ståle Solbakken said the midfielder remains some way from full fitness and will continue a phased rehabilitation with the national team.
Solbakken offered a measured assessment at the start of the November international window. “[Ødegaard’s recovery] is steady,” he explained. “It is going in a steady direction but he is some distance away.”
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has been cautious about a timetable and, before the break, suggested the playmaker was “not far off ” alongside other sidelined players Kai Havertz, Noni Madueke and Gabriel Martinelli. That optimism has been tempered by Solbakken’s remarks.
Similar to Manchester United centre back Lisandro Martínez , Arsenal have permitted Ødegaard to split his recovery over the coming weeks between his club and Norway. Solbakken outlined the planned schedule: “He will fly in [to Oslo] after his rehab on Thursday,” he confirmed. “Then he will continue his rehab with us and will be with us from Thursday afternoon.
“I don’t know when the flight leaves. But he will be with us until Milan [on Nov. 16].”
Arsenal had hoped to welcome Ødegaard back in time for the north London derby, but doubts over his availability emerged when it was reported he would be out until “at least” after the November break. Ødegaard himself acknowledged the uncertainty, calling it “tricky” to pin down a return date and saying much will depend on when he is able to resume training fully.
The club and country will continue to co-ordinate his programme over the international period, with Solbakken’s update underlining a cautious approach to the midfielder’s comeback.
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CIES’s Top Ten Teenage Values: A Season-by-Season Snapshot
CIES lists the ten most valuable teenagers: Bergvall, Endrick, Quenda, Lewis-Skelly and others. 2025
Scouting, data and transfer inflation have pushed more teenagers into football’s economic foreground. CIES Football Observatory’s valuation of the ten most valuable teens captures that shift, and the list reads like a map of recent transfers and early breakthroughs.
Tottenham Hotspur’s Lucas Bergvall arrives first in this story. Spurs paid £8.5 million for the Djurgarden midfielder and, after a breakthrough in 2025, his market value has risen sevenfold. CIES ranks him among the top ten teenagers after a spell adapting to London life when Ange Postecoglou had no choice but to trust the fearless Swede.
Palmeiras produced Endrick and Estêvão. Endrick moved to Real Madrid in a deal reported at $69.4 million, made 37 appearances mostly from the bench in his debut season and has since seen first-team chances limited under Xabi Alonso; a loan to Lyon was mooted. Estêvão joined Chelsea in the summer for an initial £29 million ($38.1 million) and has made an encouraging start at Stamford Bridge.
Sporting CP’s Geovany Quenda will join Chelsea next summer after a £44 million ($57.8 million) agreement. Quenda broke through in Lisbon under Ruben Amorim, became Sporting’s youngest-ever goalscorer and has transitioned from wingback to final-third operator.
Arsenal’s Hale End continues to supply talent. Myles Lewis-Skelly moved from youth central midfield to operate at left back for Mikel Arteta, has been encouraged to come inside and is now a fully fledged England international. Ethan Nwaneri, who made Premier League history in September 2022 at 15, finished 2024–25 with nine goals in all competitions and remains a key young playmaker.
Paris Saint-Germain’s Warren Zaïre-Emery has earned praise from his manager, who described the then-17-year-old as “humble” and “very intelligent” back in September 2023. “He’s a leader, not with his words but on the pitch,” the PSG manager recently said of Zaïre-Emery, who is adding goals to his game.
Real Madrid paid as much as $73.2 million for Franco Mastantuono after a 2025 Apertura that included a memorable free-kick in the Superclásico. Barcelona’s Pau Cubarsí is the only centre back in the top ten, noted for his passing and partnership with Iñigo Martínez. CIES also highlights Feyenoord’s Givairo Read as the second most valuable teenage fullback, valued at $32.2 million.
