Aston Villa are the latest club to be linked with a move for Arsenal striker Eddie Nketiah. The 22-year old is in the final six months of his contract at the Emirates, and, although he has been offered a new deal, has turned it down because he wants guarantees about regular football. He came close to joining Crystal Palace last ...
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Saudis make Aubameyang loan offer
Saudi club Al Nassr have made an offer to take Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang on loan from Arsenal. The offer also includes an option to buy the Gabonese striker permanently. Aubameyang is back in London where he is having medical checks after being withdrawn from Gabon’s match in the African Cup of Nations after suffering from reported heart lesions. The 32-year old ...
Read More »Chelsea interested in Inter Milan star
Chelsea are interested in Inter Milan’s Ivan Perišić. They view him as a potential replacement for the injured Ben Chilwell, out for the rest of the season with a knee injury. Perišic is now 32, and, having entered the final six months of his current contract with the Serie A club, they are willing to listen to offers for him ...
Read More »Arsenal’s Arthur hopes get a boost
Arsenal’s hopes of signing Brazilian midfielder Arthur Mélo from Juventus have been given a boost. The player, who is out of favour in Turin, wants to come to the Premier League, but the deal has been held up by the Serie A club wanting to find a replacement again. Suggestions that they wanted Thomas Partey in part exchange have been ...
Read More »Arsenal set for Mari backlash
Arsenal defender Pablo Mari is set to spend the rest of the season on loan with Udinese. The move has been agreed, but has not yet been officially announced, because the Gunners are expecting a backlash from some of their rivals, and also some media pundits with vested interests and ties to certain broadcasters. It follows the decision of the ...
Read More »Kolasinac leaves Arsenal
Sead Kolasinac has left Arsenal. The Bosnian international who was in the final six months of his deal at the Emirates had his contract cancelled by mutual consent. That has enabled him to join Ligue 1 side Marseille, where he has now signed an 18-month contract. Marseille, who are facing a two-window transfer ban, have been able to sign him ...
Read More »Saliba and Guendouzi set for Arsenal return
Both William Saliba and Matteo Guendouzi are now set to return to Arsenal at the end of the season. The pair are on loan with Marseille in Ligue 1, and, with the Guendouzi deal including an option to buy, and Saliba’s performances earning him rave reviews in France, they were expected to try and make both moves permanent in the ...
Read More »Should loans be allowed despite Covid crisis?
Whether clubs should be allowed to loan players out during the current transfer window whilst they are struggling to fulfil fixtures during the current Omicron Covid crisis has become an issue. It follows the decision by the Premier League to grant Arsenal’s request for their North London derby with Tottenham on Sunday to be postponed on the grounds that they ...
Read More »Arsenal dealt Arthur blow
Arsenal hopes of signing Juventus midfielder Arthur Mélo in the current window have been dealt a blow. The Gunners find themselves threadbare in midfield, with Thomas Partey and Mohamad Elneny away at AFCO< Ainsley-Maitland-Niles now allowed to depart on loan, and injuries and Covid affecting other squad members. Matters were not helped when Granit Xhaka was sent off in the ...
Read More »Kolasinac close to Emirates exit
Sead Kolasinac could become the third Arsenal player to leave the club this month. However, whilst the moves of Ainsley-Maitland-Niles to Roma and Flo Balogun to Middlesbrough are both loans, in Kolasinac’s case it will be a permanent departure. The Bosnian international is in the final six months of his current deal, and now comes reports that Arsenal have agreed ...
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