Arsenal receive nominations for Manager & Player of the Month

The Premier League have announced their nominees for the Manager of the Month and Player of the Month awards for August, with Arsenal receiving nominations in both categories.

Mikel Arteta has been nominated for Manager of the Month, having led Arsenal to two wins and a goal difference of +4 in the Gunners’ opening two games of the new campaign.

No other manager can better that, but Enzo Maresca can match it with Manchester City. Though City have conceded twice more than Arsenal, they’ve also scored twice more.

It’s not hard to guess the other two nominees, as they’re the managers of the other two clubs to win two from two – Hull City’s Sergej Jakirovic and Chelsea’s Xabi Alonso. Voting is open here until Monday, September 7th at 12:00 BST.

Then Riccardo Calafiori has been nominated for the Player of the Month award for August.

Calafiori is up against Chelsea duo Cole Palmer and Joao Pedro, Manchester City’s Rayan Cherki, Manchester United’s Bruno Fernandes, Brentford’s Mamadou Sangare, Hull City’s Konstantinos Tzolakis, and Newcastle United’s Yoane Wissa.

The Premier League write that Calafiori has been nominaed for his two assists and Arsenal’s two clean sheets, with the Italian international impressing at left-back. Voting is open here, again until Monday, September 7th at 12:00 BST.

The nominations don’t even include the fact that Arteta’s team won the Community Shield against Manchester City, nor that Calafiori scored in that game.

Regardless, they are two well-merited nominations for the Arsenal duo, and hopefully there will be more to come in September.