Friday round-up: Academy decisions, keeper linked, Mikel Merino

Morning all.

There’s no Euro 2024 to write about and very little going in terms of substantive Arsenal news, but let’s see what bits and pieces we can dig up.

It’s been reported that Declan Rice was not training with the main group ahead of England’s Round of 16 game against Slovakia on Sunday, but working to an individual programme to manage his workload apparently. It remains to be seen how far England go in this tournament, but when it ends, I hope we have invested in some new...