This is a team bound not by boozy bravado or late-night bonding sessions, but by something far more personal: faith. “I felt so good,” Jesus told me in December, after his first comeback appearance as a substitute in Arsenal’s Champions League win away to Club Brugge. Inside Arsenal’s dressing room, however, faith is flourishing and not confined to one creed. “Having this space to contemplate and pray will change the lives of future Arsenal players.”Arsenal’s religious faith is diverse. But in a season where margins are fine and pressure relentless, Arsenal’s unity, spiritual as much as sporting, feels like an edge.

Source: Irish Examiner January 03, 2026 14:00 UTC