JORGINHO claims NOTHING can dent Arsenal’s belief Mikel Arteta is leading them to glory.
The Italian’s theory looks set for a massive test on Sunday as Arteta’s Gunners head to Tottenham for the first North London derby of the season.
And they look set to be without THREE key midfielders in Martin Odegaard, Declan Rice and Mikel Merino.
Rice and new-boy Merino are definitely out, while skipper Odegaard is a huge doubt after returning from Norway duty on crutches.
That opens the door for Jorginho to feature for the first time in his third campaign under manager Arteta.
And the former Chelsea midfielder, 32, insists everything is now geared up for success.
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Despite the Gunners last lifting the Prem title in 2004, he said: “The mentality now is different because you can see the hunger of wanting to win.
“The way you train every day, the information you have — even pictures at the training ground. Everything’s about winning.
“It’s really good as Mikel put up all these messages you see. It gets into your mind when you keep seeing them and you start to believe it.
“Then you get into the habit. You have the motivation and all we want to do is win.”
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Jorginho is set to slot into the middle alongside Thomas Partey, with Kai Havertz likely to drop back and join them.
That could also mean an instant debut for deadline-day signing Raheem Sterling.
Jorginho played with Sterling at Chelsea in 2022-23 and he revealed the winger’s arrival before their 1-1 draw with Brighton came as a surprise.
Speaking to Gunners legend David Seaman on the Seaman Says podcast, via Betway, he said: “It was the day of the game, people were talking and I was like, ‘What?!’ But he’s going to be great for us.”
Merino, a £27.4million arrival from Real Sociedad, is out after fracturing his shoulder during his first training session.
Rice is banned following a controversial red against Brighton.
He got a second yellow for tapping the ball away as Joel Veltman took a free-kick.
Defender Veltman then clattered into Rice and Arteta felt he deserved a red, too.
Jorginho agreed, adding: “If it is a sending-off there, it’s there for both of them.”