Fulham sit bottom of the Premier League without a point after three matches, having shipped seven goals, and Saturday's 3-2 home defeat to Crystal Palace has cranked up the pressure on their new head coach.
The Cottagers led twice at Craven Cottage only to be undone by defensive lapses, with Ben Chilwell scoring a late winner for Palace to complete the turnaround, according to The Sun. It followed earlier defeats to Chelsea and Sunderland, leaving Fulham the only side in the division yet to register a result.
Arbeloa insists his methods will bear fruit, but the winless start has raised questions over whether his approach is landing with the squad he inherited from Marco Silva. Those questions intensified when supporters noticed Alex Iwobi and Emile Smith Rowe had both wiped Fulham-related posts from their Instagram accounts, though there is no confirmation of when the changes were made or why.
Kevin, an unused substitute in all three league games, fuelled the speculation with a cryptic post reading "No speak, no hear, no see" — a nod to the hear-no-evil, see-no-evil idiom that fans linked to his lack of minutes.
Kenny Tete has also been drawn in, with a post circulating on social media claiming the defender made a pointed remark to a supporter after the Palace game.
Fan account Fulham Hub has amplified the unrest, framing both incidents as evidence Arbeloa may already be losing senior players. Others have questioned the wisdom of replacing the experienced Silva, who left for Benfica, with a coach previously untested in the Premier League before his brief spell in permanent charge of Real Madrid.
It is not an entirely bleak picture at Craven Cottage. Academy graduate Josh King has been one of Fulham's brightest performers, and the Cottagers produced 25 shots against Palace despite losing, suggesting their problems lie at the other end of the pitch. Arbeloa acknowledged as much afterwards, conceding his side are "conceding goals too easily" while insisting the players remain fully behind him.
For now, talk of a fractured dressing room remains speculation rather than fact. But with Liverpool and Manchester United both up next, Arbeloa has little time to turn results around before the noise grows louder still.