Number of players now tipped to be coming to Arsenal this month reaches 40. Here’s the list.

By Sir Hardly Anyone

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According to the latest gossip Pablo Mari is on the verge of a move to Arsenal after the Spanish defender flew into London to complete the formalities of a £7million transfer from Flamengo.

So says the Telegraph.   Is it true?   At the moment, I’ve no idea but just in case it is, I thought it might be interesting to know the three words Pablo Mari said after the “Arsenal target” landed in London “to complete the transfer” – at least according to the Express.   And what were those words?

Apparently they were, “Yeah of course”.

This is also the time when pundits are getting fed up of saying who they think is being transferred and instead tell us who they think should be transferred as with these three stories…

No	Player	Currently At	Position	Source / Notes
???	???	???	Centre back	HITC devote whole article to saying we are getting someone but we don’t know who.  https://tinyurl.com/quxj5ak  Red London now copying this approach.
1	Nathan Ake	Bournemouth	Centre back	FoLo.  Chelsea want him
2	Max Aarons	Norwich	Full back	£30m; Mail
Update	Jude Bellingham	Birmingham	Striker	Football London and Express; Liverpool also want him.  Birmingham Live say AFC now making their move. Arsenal will pay £30m
4	Jerome Boateng	Bayern Munich	Centre back	Gunnersphere, Football Fancast. Sempremilan says no deal.  TBR says it will be a loan.  Bavarian Football Works.
5	Hakan Calhanoglu	Milan	Attacking midfield	Football fan cast say the “fans” have already turned against him. Express says Arsenal’s budget won’t stretch to it. It’s €20million
6	Edinson Cavani	PSG	Striker	Edinson Cavani has handed in a transfer request, TBR Football
7	Philippe Coutinho	Bayern Munich	Attacking midfield	On loan from Barcelona. Arsenal is a possible destination, his agent is an Arsenal fan and is a friend of Edu, according to the Star
8	Yan Couto	Coritiba	Defender	A teenager, no less!
9	Djene Dakonam	Getafe	Defender	Centre back can play right back.  Talk Sport have this as a major possibility now!
10	Merih Demiral	Juventus	Defender £50m.	Fotomc / Sport Witness
11	Sergino Dest	Ajax	Full back	Just Football.  Can play left or right.  He’s 19.
NEW	Lewis Dunk	Brighton	Centre back	Star
13	Firmino	Liverpool	Attacking midfield	TalkSport. Even they say this is “Speculation”
14	John Fleck	Sheffield Utd	Midfield	Football Insider, Burnley Express, Coventry Life.  Left Coventry on a free 2 years ago.  Shields Gazette say AFC bid £20m
15	Omari Forson	Man U	Attacking midield	He’s 15; HITC
Update	Bruno Guimarães	Athletico Paranaense	Midfield	Benfica and Borussia Dortmund both want him – The Star.  Deal is 95% done – FoLo
NEW	Raul Jimenez	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Striker	The dangerous Mexican
18	Christian Kabasele	Watford	Defender	NBC Reports.
Update	Thilo Kehrer	PSG	Defender	Part swap for Lacazette; Bleacher.
20	Franck Kessie	Milan	Central Midfield	Mirror, Caughtoffside, Sun, Metro.  Sportsmole have Arsenal as favourites to sign him.
Update	Layvin Kurzawa	PSG	Left back	The Sun “according to reports” in France Football, say he’s signed a five year deal from next season.  PSG says no (Caught Offside).  Or yes, contract agreed (Caught Offside).  Free transfer in June (Mail). Or £4.2m now (FoLo). He’s going to Juventus (Metro)
22	Thomas Lemar	Atletico Madrid	Left Wing	Read Arsenal. Team Talk says as part of Lacazette deal.  FoLo says its a loan deal. No Fo Lo says £33m transfer close! Star says Arsenal are at the front of the queue.  HITC says some fans don’t want him at Arsenal. FoLo says “All roads lead to Arsenal”. Sport Witness says “close to signing”
23	James Maddison	Leicester	Playmaker	Football Insider
NEW	Pablo Mari	Flamengo.	Central defender	FoLo (its confirmed), Star.  Spotted at airport with Edu.  HITC say fans are denouncing the move as player is “another Mustafi”
25	Mykola Matviyenko	Shakhtar Donestk	Central defender or left back depending on source.	4th official, Metro.  He’s a Ukraine international, talks have begun.  Loan then purchase for £22m   (Daily Canon.) No, cash offer made!  (HITC).  Metro, Arseblog.  Sky Sports confirm and say cost is £30m.  Metro say Arteta was recommending player when he was at Man C.  “All roads lead to Arsenal” FoLo
26	Dries Mertens	Napoli	Striker or winger	Metro, FoLo.  WHU want him also.
27	Thomas Meunier	PSG	Right back	World Soccer Talk.
28	Thomas Partey	Atletico Madrid	Defensive midfield	Express
29	Leandro Paredes	PSG	Central midfield	Part Swap for Lacazette; Bleacher
30	Adrien Rabiot	Juventus	Midfield	Star.  £25m
NEW	James Rodriguez	Real Madrid	Midfield	Loan deal, Everton also interested.  Daily Mail.
32	Boubakary Soumare.	Lille	Midfield	Read Arsenal
33	John Stones	Man C	Central defence	Sun, HITC
34	Dominik Szoboszlai	Red Bull Salzburg	No 10	FoLo
35	Samuel Umtiti	Barcelona	Centre back	Sport Witness
36	Cengiz Under	Roma	Winger	The Boot Room.  £34m
37	Dayot Upamecano	Leipzig	Central defence	Express.  France u-21
38	Jannik Vestergaard	Southampton	Defender	TBR say Leicester are going for him but Arsenal could be interested.
39	Kevin Volland	Bayer Leverkusen.	Forward	World Soccer Talk
40	Wilfried Zaha	Crystal Palace	Forward	Football.London, who seem to be re-running the summer transfers to save them making up anything new.

It took a while to get there, but 40 it now is.