Arsene Wenger praised Maitland-Niles and Reiss Nelson's performance despite Arsenal succumbing to their first group stage defeat in the Europa League.
Arsene Wenger insists it was always the plan to replace Danny Welbeck at half-time of Arsenal's 1-0 Europa League defeat to FC Cologne on Thursday night.
Sporting director Christian Heidel says Schalke have yet to be informed that they have no chance of keeping Leon Goretzka, with the player expected to decide his future shortly.
Malcom is also catching the eye of Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain, who may need to offload some attackers before they can buy the Brazilian.
Arsenal sunk by Sehrou Guirassy's second-half penalty in Cologne, but the defeat matters little thanks to Red Star Belgrade's goalless draw with BATE Borisov.
Mourinho is seemingly keen for Fellaini to stay and remains hopeful that a deal can be agreed with the Belgian.
Julian Draxler has been played out of position by manager Unai Emery following the arrivals of Neymar and Kylian Mbappe.
Mesut Ozil has demanded Barcelona to pay him £329.000-a-week to make a move from Arsenal to the Nou Camp in January.
Manchester City were close to completing a deal this summer but the transfer fell through as the Gunners were unable to secure a replacement for Alexis Sanchez.
The move to sign Mesut Ozil is being handled by Raul Sanllehi, who has a good relationship with Arsenal.
Reiss Nelson impressed Wenger during Arsenal's pre-season tour this summer and is now becoming a regular in the cup competitions.
Danny Welbeck could make his first appearance for more than five weeks when Arsenal travel to Cologne tomorrow and Arsene Wenger is convinced he will go to next year's World Cup.
Barcelona boss Ernesto Valverde insist that the La Liga leaders are "open" to signing new players during the upcoming January transfer window.
Walcott, 28, is down with a bout of illness and is being assessed by the Gunners' medical staff at the club's London Colney training base.
Ivan Rakitic would welcome Mesut Ozil at Barcelona if the Arsenal playmaker moved to the Nou Camp in January.
Goretzka is expected to be a free agent next summer after rejecting a contract extension from Schalke and has attracted attention from Arsenal, Barcelona and Liverpool.
David Ospina has not played for Arsenal since 28 September due to a groin injury and could start against cologne on Thursday.
Schalke would be open to a future return to Veltins-Arena for Gelsenkirchen native Mesut Ozil, but claim it will definitely not happen next summer.
Arsenal put their rivals to the sword this weekend, pulling off an impressive 2-0 win at the Emirates, cooling talk of a change in guard.
Michael Zorc will remain at Borussia Dortmund as sporting director and will not follow Sven Mislintat to Arsenal.
The Gunners trail City by 12 points, having already suffered four defeats in their opening 12 fixtures.
Sven Mislintat has joined Arsenal as the head of recruitment after spending 10 years with Borussia Dortmund.
