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By Sir Hardley Anyone
This is the fourth summer transfer window running that Arsenal have been “linked” with the transfer of Zaha, which really suggests a certain lack of imagination among some football creatives. I mean, making up new transfers just to fill up space is one thing, but re-running not just last year’s stories but those of the year before and the year before, all of which were untrue really is scraping the barrel.
So at the moment we have 33 players coming in and 21 players leaving. Surveys in previous summers have suggested that only 2% or 3% of the incoming stories are true which means Arsenal will buy between 0.66 and 0.99 percent of a player.
But we do know Ainsley Maitland-Niles has gone.
Part One: The 33 players Arsenal are buying (according to reports)
| No | Player | Position | From | Sources | No of reports |
| 1 | Ilias Akhomach | Forward | Barcelona | Football Express | 1 |
| 2 | Marco Asensio | Right wing | Real Madrid | Metro, HITC | 2 |
| NEW | Nicolò Barella | Midfield | Inter Milan | An alternative to Rice FFC and again HITC | 3 |
| NEW | Harvey Barnes | Winger | Leicester | FoLo | 1 |
| 5 | Sacha Boey. | Defender | Galatasaray | HITC GMS | 2 |
| 6 | Moises Caicedo | Def midfield | Brighton | Fo-Lo Give Me Sport Terms Agreed – Mirror Sports Bible, Arsenal Station Telegraph AFC pulled out FoLo – its now unlikely | 8 |
| 7 | Joao Cancelo | Full back | Manchester City | On loan with Bayern. Sky Football Talk GiveMeSport – it will be difficult. FFC Football Talk “Agreed” FoLo HITC FFC | 8 |
| 8 | Timothy Castagne | Right back | Leicester City | Leicester having a fire sale Modest price | 2 |
| 9 | Federico Chiesa | Forward | Juventus | TBR | 1 |
| 10 | Moussa Diaby | Winger | Bayer Leverkusen | Football Talk Arsenal in the lead Team Talk | 3 |
| 11 | Serge Gnabry | Midfield | Bayern Munich | FoLo | 1 |
| 12 | Wilfried Gnonto | Winger | Leeds | FoLo | 1 |
| 13 | Ilkay Gundogan | Midfield | Manchester City | Evening Standard GivemeSport Hard Tackle TBR TBR (2) Telegraph | 7 |
| Update | Kai Havertz | Attacking midfield | Chelsea | TheRealChamps 3 Added Minutes, TBR HITC Henry says he’s worth it FoLo Football Fancat Bayern want him HITC Chelsea say no 90min EPL Index Team Talk HITC Chelsea want £70m Goal- he’s going to Bayern AFC leading Compared to Bergkamp Caught Offside (He chooses his number) It’s done and its weird (FFC) It would be a mistake (Last Word) Having a medical HITC Get Football | 24 |
| 15 | Brennan Johnson | Wing | Nottingham Forest | HITC | 1 |
| 16 | N’Golo Kante | Defensive midfield | Chelsea | Telegraph | 1 |
| Update | Romeo Lavia | Defensive midfield | Southampton | TBR Arseblog Team Talk FFC The Top Flight Deal done (Just Arsenal News) TBR | 7 |
| 18 | Maddison | Attacking midfield | Leicester | Mirror | 1 |
| 19 | Sergej Milinkovic-Savic | Midfield | Lazio | Goal | 1 |
| 20 | Mason Mount | Midfield | Chelsea | Telegraph | 1 |
| 21 | Amadou Onana | Defensive midfield | Everton | Telegraph | 1 |
| 22 | Benjamin Pavard | Defender | Bayern Munich | FFC | 1 |
| NEW | Adrian Rabiot | Midfield | Juventus | Sports Mole – no its Man U or Newcastle (Caught offside) | 3 |
| 24 | Declan Rice | Defensive midfield | West Ham | Football London, Sun., Metro Football Talk. “Terms agreed” Football Transfers. Going to Man U, 4th Official Shoot Give Me Sport. Mirror (“it’s on”) It will happen soon (HITC) Bid Made (HITC) Going to Chelsea (TBR) Quick move to AFC (Give me sport) The Top Flight AFC offer too low Going to Man C | 16 |
| 25 | Alexis Sanchez | Forward | Marseille | The Sun Football 365 (player has called Arteta) | 2 |
| 26 | Savio | Right Wing | Troyes | TBR | 1 |
| Update | Xavi Simons | Forward | PSV | Hard Tackle TBR – it’s happening. Mirror | 3 |
| 28 | Dominik Szoboszla | Attacking midfield | RB Leipzig | Daily Canon | 1 |
| 29 | Youri Tielemans | Midfield | Leicester City | HITC Telegraph | 2 |
| NEW | Jurrien Timber | Defender | Ajax | FFC ESPN Caught Offside FoLo TBR AFC have advantage (Sports Bible) | 6 |
| 31 | Dusan Vlahovic | Forward | Juventus | €80m Calciomercatoweb,Telegraph | 2 |
| 32 | Nico Williams | Forward | Athletic Bilbao | TBR | 1 |
| NEW | Wilfried Zaha | Wing | Crystal Palace | Football 365 | 1 |
And the 21 players that are said to be leaving Arsenal.
| No | Player | To | Notes |
| 1 | Balogun | Crystal Palace | TBR Just Arsenal |
| 2 | Gabriel | PSG | PSG Talk. Hard Tackle |
| 3 | Okonkwo or Hein | ? | FoLo; one of the keepers will go |
| Released | Kaleel Green | ||
| Released | Joel Ideho | ||
| 6 | Jorginho | AC Milan or Napoli | Sportsmole |
| Released | George Lewis | ||
| Released | Ainsley Maitland Niles | ||
| 9 | Marquinhos | Going on loan | TBR |
| NEW | Nketiah | West Ham | Hammers News He’s worried about his future (Just Arsenal). Questioning his future (Metro) and Mirror |
| 11 | Martin Odegaard | PSG | FoLo |
| Released | Okonkwo or Hein | ? | FoLo; one of the keepers will go |
| 13 | Thomas Partey | Two undisclosed Serie A clubs | Just Arsenal |
| Released | Tino Quamina | ||
| 15 | Emile Smith Rowe | WHU | HITC |
| Released | Mathaeus Roberts | ||
| Released | Matt Smith | ||
| Released | Tom Smith | ||
| 19 | Pépé | ??? | TBR TeamTalk: AFC may terminate contract |
| Update | Tierney | Newcastle | Mirror And Mirror again TBR Newcastle World |
| 21 | Xhaka | ?? | FoLo |
Bloggers and wannabe media outlets simply regurgitate anything Ornstein, Romano or msm write. They are pathetic. As for ‘reliable’ Romano! What a joker. If you follow closely you will see he regurgitates his own rumours and has a laser like eye for stating the bleeding obvious.
The great wizard Ornsteins latest gem is they naught seek Rice alternative . No shit Sherlock.
Both Romano and Ornstein are fakes, Ornstein more so. Both are good at regurgitating and trying to figure out who is better at it makes me dizzy. They should go into politics.
It seems from these transfer stories tha anyone who plays for Arsenal is rubbish. We therefore needs to sign new players who become rubbish as soon.
Why don’t the BBC disinformation unit turn their attention to transfer rumours? They might actually have some success for a change.
Why is it that any player linked with Arsenal is miles better than those already at Arsenal? Why is it that every club is better than Arsenal and why is it that every match will be difficult for Arsenal to win compared to the remaining 18 PL teams?