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Arsenal under-23 coach Freddie Ljungberg is set for a promotion to a role with the first team next season. Ljungberg, who returned to the club last season after a spell away with Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga, had a successful spell with the under-23s, helping them to a second place finish in Premier League 2. Now his work is setto be ...

Arsenal forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has received big money offers from China to quit the club. That is according to The Daily Mirror, who report that the 29-year old Gabonese striker is wanted by Guangzhou Evergrande and Shanghai SIPG who are prepared to offer him £300,000 a week to complete a move to the Chinese Super League. Aubameyang, who joined Arsenal ...

Arsenal right-back Stephan Lichtsteiner has confirmed that he will be leaving the club in the summer, and is set to follow Petr Cech, Aaron Ramsey and Danny Welbeck out of the Emirates exit door. The Swiss captain was Unai Emery’s first signing as Arsenal boss last summer but after making 23 appearances in all competitions, he has been told that ...

Arsenal are reported to have made contact with Youssef En-Nesyri, a Moroccan international striker currently playing with Leganés in La Liga. The 22-year old scored 11 goals in 34 League games last season for the Madrid-based club, helping them to a 13th place La Liga finish. Press reports suggest that En-Nesyri, who transferred to Leganés from Malaga last summer, is ...

Unai Emery is ready to sell Mesut Ozil in a bid to reduce the club’s wage bill. Ozil signed a five year contract last January for a salary of £350,000 a week which has become an issue for the club which is trying to overhaul its squad on a limited budget. Petr Cech, Aaron Ramsey and Danny Welbeck are all ...

Arsenal are set to cast their net wider in search of bargain buys as they look to fund a summer rebuild without the safety net of money from the Champions League. Wednesday’s defeat to Chelsea in the Europa League final mean they have missed out on the funds that playing in Europe’s elite competition would have brought them for next ...

Arsenal have targeted the signing of RB Leipzig defender Dayot Upamecano, as the look to overhaul their side this summer. The defence has been the weakest part of Unai Enery’s side this season, and their shortcomings were brutally exposed in Wednesday night’s UEFA Cup Final when Eden Hazard helped ripped them to shreds in the second half, inflicting an embarrassing ...

Arsenal manager Unai Emery has been added to the shortlist of men lined up to replace Ernesto Valverde at Barcelona. Valverde delivered the League title to the Catalans, but is widely perceived to have failed this season after the side’s shock reversal at the hands of Liverpool in the Champions League. And that disappointment was compounded by defeat to Valencia ...

Everton are the favourites to sign Danny Welbeck on a free transfer this summer. The 28-year old is set to leave Arsenal this summer after the club decided against offering him a new deal, announcing the decision after the final home match of the season against Brighton. After a long lay-off with injury, Welbeck is back in full training with ...

The future of Arsenal captain Laurent Koscielny is in doubt with the club stalling on offering the 33-year old a new deal. Arsenal have recently announced a new get tough transfer policy, whereby players with less than two years left on their current contract will either sign a new deal or will face being sold. The Frenchman has 12 months ...