- How transfers are manipulated to help everyone find something to say
- Football supporters are treated like plankton – and it is not just England fans
By Tony Attwood
Transfer rumours relating to players coming to Arsenal, as reported in the media. These have been collated by me but I don’t guarantee the accuracy of anything that follows.
Headline of the day: “Arsenal simply have to sign a midfielder this summer, that much is clear.” Really????? The player suggested is Morgan Rogers.
But still, maybe Arsenal will make a bid, because each of the 33 players listed below has been seriously tipped for a move to Arsenal before the transfer window “slams shut” (as the media will have it). The window creaked open on 15 June and actually closes on 1 September. Other countries may vary but we are currently being told the slamming happens at 11pm.
Meanwhile, as a way of providing cheap, or mostly absolutely free, articles on the subject the media now have 33 Arsenal-bound players listed. And when they don’t turn up, the reason will probably be, either that Arsenal were too slow, or “not prepared to pay” the amount asked.
So here we go with the current 33 players listed. Don’t blame me if any don’t arrive! But just before I do let loose, there is one fascinating twist that has emerged. It is “Arsenal make enquiries for Premier League star…” and you can slip in any other club and/or league to find lots of such headlines.
Actually, the fact is that most of these are distractions – clubs make an enquiry about Player A in order to hide the fact that they are actually after Player Z. Life is not always what it seems. Here are the listings found thus far…
| Player | Position | From | Notes & Sources | Anount | |
| 1 | Julian Alvarez | Centre forward | Atletico Madrid | Football Fan Cast; Sky, Sport Witness, Caught Offside says Gyokeres in part ex. Man U now interested | £150m+ AFC preferred bidder |
| 2 | Andria Bartishvili | Attacking midfield | Kolkheti Poti | BBC Sport, Gooner News | No details released |
| Update | Bradley Barcola | Winger | PSG | Sky Sports, Caught Offside, Football London, Arsenal news, Sports View, Give me Sport. Deal approved, but he wants PSG (Goonernews) £69m quoted | £45m+ He favours Arsenal, but Liverpool don’t want to sell (3 AddedMins) |
| 4 | Andria Bartishvili | Attacking midfield | Iberia 1999 | Daily Canon, FFC “in talks” | Not quoted |
| 5 | Phoenix Blayney. | Goal keeper | Larne | Standard | Free? |
| 6 | Ayyoub Bouaddi | 18 yr old midfield | LOSC Little | Hard Tackle: he wants to go to PSG, Sports Keeda says Vieira really likes him. FFC. Fo.Lo – he’s on his way. Tott want him. | £60m+ |
| 7 | Alvaro Carreras | Left Back | Real Madrid | Hard Tackle, FFC; Only just signed | Not quoted |
| 8 | Ivan Fresneda | Defender | Real Valladolid, | Just Arsenal, Arsenal Station | No price specified |
| 9 | Antony Gordon | Winger | Newcastle | Currently on a long term contact | Arsenal monitoring, no price |
| 10 | Morgan Greenwood | Forward | Marseille | Totts want him.; Footballpresse | No price |
| Update | Bruno Guimarães | Forward or central midfield | Atletico Madrid | Man U., Barcelona and Real Madrid all want him. Five years after first bid!. Newc say not selling Newc want him to stay. Talks ongoing | Just Arsenal, Give me Sport. Newc World, Football Insider |
| 12 | Piero Hincapie | Centre or full back | Bayer Leverkusen | Been on loan, now permanent | Deal made permanent |
| NEW | Morten Hjulmand, | Bruno Guimaraes alternative | Sporting CP | TNT. Man U also interested | TNT; Standard |
| NEW | Christian Kofane | Forward | Bayer Leverkusen | 19 year old plays for Cameroon. AFC talkng to agent | 3 Added Mins – Tottsalso interested |
| 15 | Manu Kone | Midfield | Roma | Sun – Agreed deal | £43.2m |
| 16 | Ezri Konsa | Full back | Aston Villa | Daily Mail. £35m – to replace Ben White | £35m |
| 17 | Eli Junior Kroupi, | Forward | Bournemouth | Football.London – deal about to happen. But Totts want him GiveMeSport says AFC | ?£15m |
| 18 | Khvicha Kvaratskhelia | Winger | PSG | Sky Sports – PSG don’t want to sell | £100m |
| 19 | Maxence Lacroix | Defender | Crystal Palace | Just Arsenal News | No price |
| 20 | Jeremy Monga | Leicester | FFC – talks ongoing. FFC – nopte he’s gone to Manc | Arsenal determined, but he’s gone to Manc. | |
| 21 | Dario Osorio | Winger | Midtjylland. | the ‘next Alexis Sanchez’, Also in Sport Witness. Possibly going to Palace | 22 year old winger |
| 22 | Edwin Quintero | Forward | Independiente del Valle | 16 year old joining in January. Will join with twin brother Holger Quintero | 16 year old |
| 23 | Holger Quintero | Forwrd | Independiente del Valle | See above. The ‘new Ronaldinhos’ | 16 year old |
| NEW | Rayan | Right wing | Bournemouth | 5 goals, 2 assists in 12 starts in the PL | No price |
| Update | Morgan Rogers | Attacking midfield | Aston Villa | Mirror; Sky, FFC. FoLo Villa lowered price (Standard). Rice telling him to sign. Rice trying to persuade him. Huge offer (Shoot) £130m demanded Or,,,, | £100m, but price now discounted. Getting close – Star, update from FFC |
| NEW | Andrey Santos | Attacking midfield | Chelsea | Man U interested | |
| Update | Alex Scott | Midfield | Bournemouth | Better than Guimaras. Excellent partner for Rice (FFC) | £65m |
| 28 | Igor Thiago | Striker | Brentford | Football Pressed, EPL Index, club considering… | A priority |
| 29 | Sandro Tonai | Midfield | Newcastle | FFC. ICFootball, £100m bid. Or £80m. | Totts interested |
| 30 | Nicolo Tresoldi | Striker | Club Brugge | Arsenal News He’s honoured | No price |
| 31 | Christos Tzolis | Winger | Club Brugge | Football 365; Hard Tackle | AFC ahead of Palace. |
| NEW | Wan Missaka | Right back | West Ham | Team Talk | No price |
| 33 | Kenan Yildez | Forward | Juventus | Gooner News, Football Talk, Football London, Football Talk | Club don’t want to sell. AFC persistent |
More transfers soon…
