by Sir Hardly Anyone
Yes the transfer window is not even open. Indeed the season is a long way from being concluded. And yet already we have 44 players tipped to be coming our way this summer.
It is amazing where these people get their information from – and amazing how wrong most of it is.
But where would football be without fake news. Indeed leaving aside the special case of the Book of Genesis, football basically created fake news – which makes it all the more odd when their editorials start complaining about how it has spread.
Anyway here is the list of all the Incoming Players for the summer of 2018.
No. | Player | From | Source | Information |
1 | Yacine Adli | PSG | Sport Review. Talk Sport says the deal is certainly on for a mere £250,000. Mirror says it is for sure. | Barcelona Manchester City, Bayern Munich and Juventus want him. He’s a wonderkid. |
2 | Marco Asensio | Real Madrid | Guardian | Liverpool will pay up to £131m, Chelsea also keen. |
NEW | Álvaro Odriozola Arzallus | Real Sociedad | Football London | Mainly right back can also play on the wing |
4 | Leon Bailey | Bayer Leverkusen | Talk Sprout; Football London | Cost £100m, he’s a winger or a midfielder who gives assists. Chelsea more likely |
5 | Jack Butland | Stoke | The Sun, 101 Great Goals | Liverpool also after this keeper |
6 | Karim Benzema | Real Mad | EPR Scouts, Football Transfer Tavern, Diario Gol, | Deal agreed £35m. No €60 million, |
7 | Emre Can | Liverpool | Fourth Official | Liverpool won’t give him an extension |
8 | Jasper Cillessen | Barcelona | Mundo Deportivo, Daily Cannon | A keeper. |
NEW | Doucoured | Watford | Football London | Play next to Ramsey to bring “much needed brawn and steel to a weak midfield.” |
10 | Kerem Demirbay | Hoffenheim | TalkSport. Liga Financial, Star, AFC Fever | Midfielder, AFC price agreed, Liverpool want him. Price agreed |
11 | Leander Dendoncker | Anderlecht | Fourth Official | Defensive midfield, creative midfield… |
12 | Abdoulaye Doucoure | Watford | Hertfordshire Mercury | Goalkeeper. Watford want to keep him. Tots want him |
Update | Johnny Evans | WBA | Daily Mirror, Football London | He’s the key man we need. £3m from WBA if they go down |
14 | Nabil Fekir | Olympique Lyonnais | Arsenal’s number 1 target; attacking midfield | |
NEW | Emil Forsberg | RB Leipzig | Sportwitness and Calcio Mercato | A replacement for Alexis Sanchez |
16 | Fred | Shakhtar | Gibfootballshow | Arsenal to get him for £30m |
17 | Willem Geubbels | Lyon | Football London | 16 years old forward, Barce, Leipzig and Chelsea also want him |
NEW | Alex Grimaldo | Benfica | Read Arsenal | Left back. Man U, PSG & Monaco fancy him |
19 | Goncalo Guedes | PSG | Liga Financial | PSG must sell because of FFP, Arsenal have announced interest |
20 | Lorenzo Insigne. | Napoli | CalcioMercato.it. Football fancast | An attacker, aged 26, Italian international |
21 | Jakub Jankto | Udinese | Teamtalk | It’s either Arsenal or AC Milan |
22 | Jorginho | Napoli | Hot Stepanovs | Faster and smaller than Xhaka |
23 | Kalidou Koulibaly | Napoli | Daily Mirror, Guardian | Centre back; top priority |
Update | Alban Lafont | Toulouse | Arsenal Mania, Daily Canon | Goalkeeper, Boyhood supporter of Arsenal. “Set to leave”. But he’s only 19. |
25 | Thomas Lemar | Monaco | ArsenalNewsHQ; Mirror; TalkSport. Star | Deal confirmed; has rejected a new contract. All go!!! |
NEW | Leno | Bayer Leverkusen | Football London | A keeper available for just £22m |
27 | Lozano | PSV | Sport 360, Arsenal mania | Winger who can cut inside |
28 | Harry Maguire | Leicester | Sky Sports | Centre half. Man U also want him. |
Update | Malcolm | Bordeaux | FootballBible, Sport Review, Gunnerspheree, Football London | Winger; everyone is interested; he says he goes in the summer. But might go to China. No will play in a 3 man line behind the number 9. |
30 | Joao Mario | Inter on loan at WHU | Fourth Official | Midfield, and said to love London |
31 | Lautaro Martinez | Racing Club de Avellaneda | Gunnersphere | Striker. Inter have offered €20million |
32 | Max Meyer | Schalke 04. | Football London, The Guardian, Talk Sport, Express. Contract ends this sesason | Attacking midfield or playmaker. Liverpool battling with Arsenal |
33 | Abulkadir Omur | Trabzonspor | Turkish football says Ozil recommends him | Central midfield |
34 | Oguzhan Ozyakup | Besiktas | Mail. Football London says Wenger obsessed the transfer | Arsenal to bring back their ex-player at the end of his contract |
35 | Pablo Moreno | Barcelona | Mundo Deportivo | He’s 15 and his contract runs out at the end of the season |
36 | Jan Oblak | Atletico Mad | FootballBible; Gibfootballshow | Goalkeeper also wanted by Chelsea and Liverpool. 100m euros. |
37 | Richarlison | Watford | EPL Scouts | Midfield, Chels & Tots also; Arsenal miss out & Arsenal to hijack deal, both on same site!!! |
38 | Daniele Rugani | Juventus | Whoscored | Defender. Agent confirms |
NEW | Andre Silva | Milan | Mad about EPL | Attacking midfield “sensation” but failed to show his attributes this year. Wolverhampton also interested. |
40 | Chris Smalling | Man U | Daily Canon, Sport 360, Daily Star, Guardian | £25m will get him |
41 | Timo Werner | Leipzig | Arsenal mania, Sun | 21 year old who has scored a multitude of goals |
42 | Ben Wilmot | Stevenage | Sportsmole | 18 year old played a dozen or so games. Totts also interested |
43 | Wilfried Zaha | Crystal Palace | Liga Financial | Arsenal making a bid of £25m |
Update | Andrija Zivkovic | Benfica | Football Facts, The Record, EatSleepSports ArsenalStation, Telegraph, Giants, Tribal Football, Sport Witness | 21 year old striker. Man U also want him Price is £52m |
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I think Le Boss should renew his interest in the rejuvinated now top regular league goals scorer again, Mario Balotelli during the next summer transfer window to bring him to the Emirates Stadium who shouldn’t cost Arsenal much to sign to replace a 3rd rated striker at Arsenal that has remained non proven regular goals scorer for Arsenal since he has joined the club and who should leave the club in the summer to make space for Balotelli. Let’s watch it, if Le Boss doesn’t bring him, another top club in Europe League will swoop on him to take him away from Nice FC during the next summer window.
And I also think Arsenal may reopen their interest to sign the experience centreback Jonny Evans from WBA next summer to replace another centreback at the heart of the Arsenal defense-line who has been suffering from a long standing achilles injury that has refused to go away and has been hampering his performaces this season for Arsenal in games for sometimes now. Arsenal will need to act positively here in the summer.
And I believe as well that the club should try by all means to bring in a top quality holding midfielder in the next summer window who has ticked all the boxes. For, since Francis Coquelin, the former Gunners DM left the club during the last winter window, Arsenal have but all been struggling at protecting their defense-line in games efficiently as there is no any true and out DM left in the rank and file of the current Arsenal first team squad to efficiently do the job as the torted to be DM for Arsenal, Granit Xhaka is more or less an attacking midfielder but adapted as DM for Arsenal by Le Boss. So, Arsenal should think seriously on this issue and solve the problem duing the next summer window. But I don’t see any of our current midfielders, save, Santi Cazorla leaving the club unfortunately as it is during the summer window. For, he was a top quality player for Arsenal.
My takes for Arsenal in next summer window are.
1. Bring in Jonny Evans to replace a CB at Arsenal if WBA are relegated.
2, sign striker Mario Balotelli next summer window to replace a 3rd rated sriker at Arsenal who from all indications cannot become a regular goals striker for Arsenal llike Vardy is for Liecester, and more over, Arsenal need a back up striker who can score goals regularly when called upon.
3. And lastly, Arsenal have to sign a top quality holding midfielder next summer window who ticks all the boxes to efficiently protect the Arsenal defense-line. This is where Arsenal will spend some money in the next summer window if they want to do it.
Most of these transfer rumours are sourced from agents; the curse of the modern game. Footballers don’t really need them as they could engage dedicated negotiators for contract issues and at the same time prevent 15% of earnings going out of the game and into their pockets.
Right on PTO………they are simply leeches that attach themselves to their ignorant hosts (most Football professionals) and suck whatever they can out of them, without any care for the game or the player themselves. FIFA should ban them entirely and provide proper labour forums where the purchaser can sit with the player and a FIFA representative and discuss a fair transfer free, free of agent’s pound of flesh! OF COURSE FIFA will want a bribe or ten to do this…..