“I tried my best to stop them from LEAVING, but they made their DECISION already”: Bukayo Saka in tears as TWO Arsenal stars who were anticipated to win the Premier League for Arsenal revealed they would leave the Emirates Stadium after yesterday’s game against Fulham- Medicals Scheduled

Arsenal played against Fulham in a Premier League London derby on Saturday at the Emirates Stadium. The Gunners have won their last three matches including the Community Shield and will be confident of making it three wins in a row in the league.

Fulham started their season with a win away from home against Everton but then lost 0-3 to Brentford in their most recent outing. The game against the Gunners is the start of a series of difficult fixtures for Saturday’s visitors as they face Tottenham and Manchester City in their games after this one.

Arsenal team news:

Due to his sending off in the victory over Palace, Arsenal full-back Takehiro Tomiyasu will be forced to miss the upcoming London derby through suspension. He will join Jurrien Timber, who he replaced and is currently sidelined due to an ACL injury, on the absentee list.

Arsenal duo Folarin Balogun and Kieran Tierney are both set for medicals ahead of their prospective moves away from the Premier League.

Striker Balogun will undergo medical tests ahead of his £38.5m move to Ligue 1 side AS Monaco after impressing in the same league last year.

The 22-year-old had a strong loan at Reims last year, scoring 21 goals and finishing fifth in the race for the golden boot.

Meanwhile, Scotland international Tierney is also nearing an exit from North London as he will undergo a medical before joining La Liga side Real Sociedad on loan.

The left back has made 124 appearances for the Gunners since his arrival from Celtic in 2019, but with chances becoming increasingly few and far between under Mikel Arteta he is being moved on.

Arsenal are keen to sell the left back permanently, but Sociedad are currently only looking at a loan move.

Neither Tierney nor Balogun have featured in any of Arsenal’s Premier League squads so far this season.

Eddie Nketiah has started both games ahead of USA international Balogun, despite first-choice striker Gabriel Jesus being out injured.

Balogun came through the Arsenal acadamy and was prolific at junior level for both club and country, before switching allegiance to play senior football for the USA.

The American striker had attracted interest from London rivals Chelsea, with Inter Milan also enquiring this summer.