By Sir Hardly Anyone
With the Guardian and Telegraph now both running articles questioning Mourinho’s relationship with reality and most trying to pretend that Barcelona is not a club closely linked with law breaking at every level (child trafficking, tax evasion, false accounting…) we turn once again with relief to that island of insanity, the great list of every player said to be coming to or leaving Arsenal.
The number of players tipped to being sourced by Arsenal with a view to transfer in is now 76. Of whom we have purchased two.
Perhaps more remarkable 18 members of the first team squad are said to be leaving. Which is by and large the first team squad – except for Giroud.
Now I find that interesting. Giroud, as we know, is the player that most aaa fans focus their hatred and bile on – despite the fact that the figures and indeed his work in France show him to be a highly regarded and successful player all round.
That link suggests the truth in all this – the transfer rumours are invented primarily with the aim of knocking Arsenal – so that eventually someone somewhere is going to invent the story shortly that Arsenal have been touting Giroud around Europe but can’t find a buyer.
It is all nonsense of course – a fantasy world – but one with an edge, since many simple souls tend to believe all this stuff. Our hope is that by being the first ever people to pull all the transfer rumours together across a whole window, we will show just how utterly insane the whole thing in.
It is in fact a fairy story for men who have never grown up.
Here are the updated totals
- Part One: Players coming in: 76
- Part Two: Players leaving: 18
- Part Three: Coaching staff: 2
- Part Four: Up from youth: 3
- Part Five: Youth loan: 2
- Part Six: Youth leaving: 5
In the charts below, players who are new entrants or for whom there is new information are in bold.
Part one: Incoming
Player | Position | From | Current status | Also interested | ||
1 | Takuma Asano (浅野拓磨) | Forward | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Aged 21 played 50 times for club and 4 for Japan. | He has signed | |
2 | Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang | Forward | B. Dortmund | Being urged to leave | Man U | |
3 | Carlos Bacca | Forward | Juventus | 49 goal striker | Real Mad buy back clause | |
4 | Gabriel Barbosa | Forward | Santos | 54 goals in 158 | ||
5 | Michy Batshuayi | Striker | Marseille | £22m asking price | Chelsea | |
6 | Riechedly Bazoer | Cen mid. | Ajax | Barcelona, Chelsea, Man U, Tottenham | ||
7 | Medhi Benatia | Centre back | Bayern | 29 years old prone to injury | ||
8 | Christian Benteke | Striker | Liverpool? | Only done one year at Liverpool? | ||
9 | Gabriel Barbosa | Santos | 54 goals in 148 appearances | Played 4 times for Brazil and scored twice | ||
10 | Rodrigo Bentancur | Midfield | Boca Juniors | Real Mad, Juve | ||
11 | Karim Benzema | Striker | Real Mad | Involved in court case | ||
12 | Daley Blind | Full back centre back midfield | Man U | |||
13 | Sofiane Boufal | Forward | Lille | £25m after one year in France | Barcelona, Chelsea and Atletico Madrid | |
14 | William Carvalho | Def mid | Sporting Lisbon | |||
15 | Edinson Cavani | Striker | PSG | He’d like to come | ||
16 | Ben Chilwell | Left-back | Leicester | “Arsenal monitoring” | ||
17 | Troy Deeney | Striker | Watford | WFC captain | ||
18 | Mario Götze | Attack midfield | Bayern Munich | Flopped after Dortmund | Liverpool | |
19 | Goncalo Guedas | Wing | Benfica | Next C Ronaldo | Chelsea | |
20 | Raphaël Guerreiro | Left-backmidfield | Lorient | |||
21 | Alen Halilovic. | Attack midfield | Barcelona | Last season loan to Sporting Gijon, | ||
22 | Rico Henry | Full back | Walsall | Next Ashley Cole | ||
23 | Gonzalo Higuain | Striker | Napoli | Man U, Liverpool? | ||
24 | Rob Holding | Winger | Bolton | £1.5m already signed | Still suggested as a future signing in June | |
25 | Elseid Hysaj | Right back | Napoli | Staying at Napoli | ||
26 | Zlatan Ibrahimovic | Striker | PSG | Self proclaimed God | Went to Man U | |
27 | Mauro Icardi | Striker | Inter | £32m big made | Man C Man U | |
28 | Odion Ighalo | Striker | Watford | |||
29 | Chiori Johnson | Defender | Aged 18, | Signed pro forms | ||
30 | Stevan Jovetic | 2nd striker | Inter | 1st mooted two years ago | ||
31 | N’Golo Kante | Midfield | Leicester | Won the most tackles | Not coming after all. | |
32 | Naby Keita | Central mid | Red Bull Salzburg | |||
33 | Toni Kroos | No 10 | Real Madrid | £45m | ||
34 | Grzegorz Krychowiak | Midfield destroyer | Sevilla | |||
35 | Kalidou Koulibaly | Napoli | Signed and Sealed (Metro) but… | Dependent on Chambers going (Metro) | ||
36 | Alexandre Lacazette | Forward | Lyon | French League top scorer 2014.15 | Supposedly going to WHU | |
37 | Robert Lewandowski | Striker | Bayern | About to break the bank | ||
38 | Jordon Lukaku | Left back | Oostende | Started by telling Mr Wenger how to manage! | ||
39 | Romelu Lukaku | Striker | Everton | Broke Everton’s PL scoring record | ||
40 | Sadio Mane | Winger | Southampton | Went to Liverpool BEFORE the Arsenal rumour!!! | ||
41 |
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Midfielder | Corinthians | 18 year old wonder kid | ||
42 | Marquinhos | Defen | PSG | Man U Man C Chelsea and Bayern Munich | ||
43 | Riyad Mahrez | Wing | Leicester | £25m Considered him while at Le Havre | ||
44 | Kostas Mitroglou | Striker | Benfica | “Happy in Portugal” | ||
45 | Arkadiusz Milik | Striker | Ajax | |||
46 | Henrikh Mkhitaryan | Midfield | B Dortmund | Liverpool! Chelsea, Tottenham. | Went to Man U | |
47 | Alvaro Morata | Striker | Juventus (loan) Real Mad | Said to be the next one to happen | AFC talking to Real Mad direct | |
48 | Murillo | Central defender | Inter | Columbian | Bayern Munich and Zenit St Petersburg | |
49 | Ruben Neves | Defend midfield | Porto | |||
50 | Nolito | Striker | Celta Vigo | £13.8m buy out clause | ||
51 | Kelechi Nwakali | Midfield | Diamond Academy | Already joined for £3m | WHU, Bayern, Chelsea, Man U Liverpool? | |
52 | Quincy Promes | Winger | Spartak Moscow | |||
53 | Domingos Quina | Midfield | Chelsea | |||
54 | Adrien Rabiot | Midfield | PSG | Asked for a move, not liked by fans | Chelsea, Man U | |
55 | Rafinha | RB | Bayern Munich | Metro utterly certain | ||
56 | Jese Rodriguez | Forward | Real Mad | Surplus to requirements | ||
57 | Maxi Romero | Forward | All Boys, Argentina | The new Messi | We were going to sign him last year but he got injured | |
58 | Daniele Rugani | Centre back | Juventus | Can’t get a game. | Man U | |
59 | Riccardo Saponara | Attack midfield | Empoli | Liverpool? | ||
60 | Ryan Sessegnon | Winger | Fulham | Liverpool? | ||
61 | Islam Slimani | £23.25m Sporting Lisbon | £23.25m | Tottenham, Leicester | ||
62 | Dominic Solanke | Chelsea | Chelsea want to keep him | |||
63 | John Stones | CB | Everton | |||
64 | Daniel Sturridge | Striker | Liverpool? | “Will reportedly…” | “Tried last year” | |
65 | Nevan Subotic | Defender | Dortmund | Hinted he wants to leave | ||
66 | Jon Toral | Attack midf. | Arsenal (loaned to Brum) | Won all their awards last season | Loan to Granada | |
67 | Yaya Toure | C Mid | Man City | |||
68 | Arda Turan | Attack midfield | Barcelona | Struggled at Barca | ||
69 | Robin Van Persie | Forward | Fenerbache | Will only do what he wants | ||
70 | Jamie Vardy | Forward | Leicester | £20m | Signed but kept it a secret or he’s off to Liverpool – no he stayed | |
71 | Victor Wanyama | Def. midf. | Southampton | |||
72 | Julian Weigl | Midf. | Borussia Dortmund | £20 million | ||
73 | Granit Xhaka | Defend/ midfield | Monchengladbach | “Deal done” He signed. | Chelsea. “Sources” | |
74 | Andriy Yarmolenko | Winger | Dynamo Kiev | Tottenham Liverpool | ||
75 | Simone Zaza | Forward | Juventus | |||
76 | Karl Zouma | Keeper | Chelsea | |||
Part Two Departures | ||||||
1 | Alexis | Forward | Asking for transfer | Wenger says no go. | ||
2 | Arteta | End of career | Coach with Man C | |||
3 | Bellerin | Full back | Barcelona | “Looks certain to go” | But also denied | |
4 | Joel Campbell | West Ham | ||||
5 | Chambers | Centre back | Southampton or Watford? | 1 year loan | ||
6 | Debuchy | Been on loan | ||||
7 | Mat Flamini | midfield | End of contract | The last Highbury player to leave AFC | ||
9 | Kieran Gibbs | Defend | Unhappy | |||
10 | Per Mertesacker | Defend | Considering his future | |||
11 | David Ospina | Goal | Besiktas | Was brilliant in Copa America | ||
12 | Rosicky | End of contract | ||||
13 | Santi Cazorla | Mid/For | Back to Villareal | |||
14 | Laurent Koscielny | Defence | Bayern Munich | End of contract | Except it isn’t end of contract. | |
15 | Mesut Ozil | Midfield | Delayed talks | |||
16 | W. Szczesny | Goal | Roma | Happy in Rome | Returning to AFC. No now returning to Roma | |
17 | Walcott | Wing | State Aid Utd or Liverpool? | £20m | On the verge; or maybe not going | |
18 | Jack Wilshere | Midfield | Man U | They will build the team around him | ||
Part Three: Coaching | ||||||
1 | Tony Adams | Under 18 | Reported to be back | |||
2 | Thierry Henry | Under 18 | Accepted post | |||
Part Four: Up from the youth | ||||||
1 | Gedion Zelalem | Attack mid | Arsenal | Loaned to Rangers | ||
2 | Chris Willock | Attack midf. | Arsenal | Played in U21s. | ||
3 | Jeff Reine-Adélaïde | Wing | Arsenal | Kept at Arsenal and not loaned | ||
Part 5 Youth going on loan | ||||||
1 | Dan Crowley | Midfield | Arsenal | Oxford | Previously Coventry tipped | |
2 | Stefan O’Connner | Defender | Arsenal | Was with York | To Maastricht | |
Part 6 Youth leaving | ||||||
1 | Ilias Chatzitheodoridis | U-18 no new contract | ||||
2 | Players signing pro forms | |||||
3 | Donyell Malen | |||||
4 | Joshua Da Silva | |||||
5 | Tyrone Robinson | West Ham |
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Its Saturday and dad is working in the garden and feeling a bit hungry when his six year daughter comes running to him and says
‘Daddy, whats sex?’
Surprised that at her age she is asking the question he thinks ‘well we did agree that when our children ask the big questions we would give them an honest answer’.
He starts to explain about the birds and the bees as simply as he can. However the more he says so it seems that her face says she doesn’t understand.
He says to her ‘Why do you ask?’
She replies, ‘Well its just that mummy said to tell you that lunch will be ready in a couple of secs.’
First and foremost, let me thank Ryan F for his rotating the phone at 90 degrees tip to view yesterday’s last topic article posting in the landscape mode. I tried it for yesterday’s posting and it worked and even tried it on today’s article posting and it worked too.
The rumour mill is making us to believe that Arsenal are still targeting their possible signing of Alvaro Morata of Real Madrid valued @ £57m. And if Madrid insisted on the £57m transfer activating clause they’ve placed on Morata, and will not accept a lower transfer fee, Arsenal will turn to the signing of Alexandre Lacazette of Lion or Romelu Lukaku of Everton.
How credible are these specialist strikers transfer rumours linked with Arsenal? Whatever be the case, both the Boss and us have agreed that Arsenal will need to sign a marquee striker for Arsenal this summer and also sign a top class center halfback too.
The Boss has said, he’all be looking at bringing in 3 bodies into Arsenal senior squad this summer. After bringing in Xhaka, does the likely to be brought in the Japanese Takuma Asano 21 constitutes a senior player who will among the trio the Boss planned to bring in? If so, then it means he will only brings in that marquee striker we’ve been craving to have and that’s all. But we need a top class CB and the rumour mill has not linked Arsenal with the signing of any top class center halfback since the rumour mill started milling out transfer rumours this summer. Or have I forgotten?
It’s beginning to look like Chambers will not be loaned out this summer if Arsenal didn’t sign a CB this window and keep all their 4 CBs of: Rhinosacker, Koscielny, De Abreu and Chambers intact at Arsenal for at least this summer.The Boss and his experts must have identified the Gunners problem of not winning the title last season to be striker based. And the signing of Xhaka is to replaced one of the departed Arteta and Rosicky, more likely Arteta.
I think the signing of my prefer striker Morata, could bring to an end of the Boss’ planned 3 summer signings for Arsenal. If Madrid will sell him to Arsenal for £47m maximum, I’ll advice Arsenal to sign him. But no any attached string like the buyback clause after, should be accepted by Arsenal. After all, Madrid would have double £23m as profit Juventus would have paid them had Morata stayed for 4 years or so with them.
First and foremost, let me thank Ryan F for his rotating the phone at 90 degrees tip to view yesterday’s last topic article posting in the landscape mode. I tried it for yesterday’s posting and it worked and even tried it on today’s article posting and it worked too.
The rumour mill is making us to believe that Arsenal are still targeting their possible signing of Alvaro Morata of Real Madrid valued @ £57m. And if Madrid insisted on the £57m transfer activating clause they’ve placed on Morata, and will not accept a lower transfer fee, Arsenal will turn to the signing of Alexandre Lacazette of Lion or Romelu Lukaku of Everton.
How credible are these specialist strikers transfer rumours linked with Arsenal? Whatever be the case, both the Boss and us have agreed that Arsenal will need to sign a marquee striker this summer and also sign a top class center halfback too.
The Boss has said, he’all be looking at bringing in 3 bodies into Arsenal senior squad this summer. After bringing in Xhaka, does the likely to be brought in the Japanese Takuma Asano 21 constitutes a senior player who is among the trio the Boss has planned to bring in? If so, then it means he will only brings in that marquee striker we’ve been craving to have and that’s all. But we need a top class CB and the rumour mill has not linked Arsenal with the signing of any top class center halfback since the rumour mill started milling out transfer rumours this summer. Or have I forgotten?
It’s beginning to look like Chambers will not be loaned out this summer if Arsenal didn’t sign a CB this window and keep all their 4 CBs of: Rhinosacker, Koscielny, De Abreu and Chambers intact at Arsenal for at least this summer.The Boss and his experts must have identified the Gunners problem of not winning the title last season to be striker based. And the signing of Xhaka is to replaced one of the departed Arteta and Rosicky, more likely Arteta.
I think the signing of my prefer striker Morata, could bring to an end of the Boss’ planned 3 summer signings for Arsenal. If Madrid will sell him to Arsenal for £47m maximum, I’ll advice Arsenal to sign him. But no any attached string like the buyback clause after, should be accepted by Arsenal. After all, Madrid would have double the £23m as profit Juventus would have paid them in full had Morata stayed for 4 years or so with them.
According to the report which has emanated on the Espnfc, the FA are looking to be still very keen at appointing the Boss as the next England manager to succeed Roy Hudgson who has resigned after England got eliminated at the 2nd round of the Euro’16 tourney in France.
My kindid advice to the Boss is, he shouldn’t wait until next year when his current deal at Arsenal has expired before becoming the England manager if the FA genuinely offered him the appointment. Subject to the Arsenal hierarchies agreeing to a first and it’s kind simultaneous managing 2 top jobs in the anal of football management history, the Boss should let the FA know when they call him for the discrete meeting between them and him that, he’s prepared to accept the England manager top job straight straightaway but on the condition that he will continue to remain the Arsenal manager till the end of the incoming season. And he will do the 2 top jobs together and see England through their World Cup qualifiers which begins from September this year.
I believe the Boss can convince the Arsenal bosses to allow him to run the Arsenal and the England jobs together at the same time if at all he wants the England job and wants to do the 2 jobs simultaneously as I am suggesting..
I heard on Talksport that John Cross is a friend of AW, with friends like this who needs enemies.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/arsene-wenger-holds-transfer-talks-8370956
Aren’t number 4 and number 9 the same person?
Number 34 has signed for PSG I believe.
And 71 moved to the ‘Dark Side’!
I never heard Asano mentioned anywhere before he was signed… Media on the ball as ever.