While it's not the biggest story of the day, let's start with something that is grounded in reality and actually happened: the new contract for Folarin Balogun. It was made official yesterday, and it's good news for the young man and good news for the club. He's very highly-rated, the little bits and pieces we've seen of him this season have been exciting, and we've kept hold of a young, talented player who for some time looked like he'd be plying his trade elsewhere next season due to the expiration of his contract in June. Last week, Mikel Arteta said there were efforts behind the scenes from Per Mertesacker and Edu to ‘undo what was happening and the direction the situation was...
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