Slegers focused on Spurs test rather than her Arsenal future

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The Gunners poor start continued with a laboured 1-1 draw against winless Birmingham at Ashburton Grove last weekend, which left them down in eighth place with just one win.

Slegers, though, maintains her squad can turn things around as they prepare to make the short trip to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium to take on a Spurs side who were thrashed 6-2 at Chelsea last time out.

“That [her position] is not something I think about. It is about where we are as a group and what are we working towards,” said the Dutchwoman, who was initially appointed interim boss two years ago, made permanent in January 2025.

“It is absolutely not what we expected and what we wanted eight games into the season. I am in the here and now.

“The fuel and the motivation is sky high, because of the fans that will be there for us and that is where my focus is.”