Last summer the journalists’ failure rate in predicting transfers was 96%. And what made this even more staggering than the size of that number is that this was their most successful window since we started tracking transfer rumours around ten years ago.
So could the journalists and bloggers who predict Arsenal’s transfers be even more successful and reach an unprecedented level of 5 percent accuracy? It seems unlikely but you never know.
Part 1: The players Arsenal are planning to buy.
| No | Player | Source | Club | Notes |
| NEW | Max Aarons | Daily Cannon | Norwich City | Right back |
| 2 | Tammy Abraham | TBR | Roma | Forward |
| 3 | Kerem Akturkoglu | TeamTalk | Galatasaray. | Forward |
| 4 | Houssem Aouar | Football 365 | Lyon | Attacking midfield |
| 5 | Ronald Araujo | Express | Barcelona | Defender |
| 6 | Yves Bissouma | HITC, 90 Min | Brighton | Midfield. Requested a transfer. Liverpool want him |
| NEW | Gleison Bremer | Football365 | Torino | Tottenham also want the centre back |
| 8 | Armando Broja | Mirror, Caught Offside | Chelsea (loan at Southampton) | Forward |
| 9 | Dominic Calvert-Lewin | Express, Mirror, Mail, F365, Caught Offside, TeamTalk | Everton | Forward; Everton now ready to sell. WHU want him. AFC cooling (Football Insider) TT says AFC not interested |
| 10 | Reyes Cleary | Foot365, Canon. | WBA | 17 year old forward |
| 11 | Phillipe Coutinho | Mirror, Give Me Sport, Sport Witness, TBR | Aston Villa | £33.57m. £337m release clause (TBR) |
| 12 | Danilo | Teamtalk | Leeds | Defensive midfield |
| 13 | Jonathan David | Express, Mirror, Foot365, PBR, FoLo | Lille | Forward; agent confirms he’s leaving. It’s on; Edu met agent |
| 14 | Memphis Depay | TBR | Barcelona | Forward |
| 15 | Sergino Dest | Football London | Barcelona | Full back |
| Update | Paulo Dybala | HITC: Totts want him also. Football London. Story now repeated. | Juventus | Forward available on a free. Talks ongoing (FoLo) |
| 17 | Joao Felix | Football London, Daily Canon, HITC | Atletico Madrid | Replacement for Lacazette |
| 18 | Cody Gakpo | Sport Witness, Star, Bavarian Football, HITC | PSV | Winger. AFC favourites to get him |
| 19 | Arda Guler | Mirror, Sport Witness, Ozil says he’s world class (HITC) | Fenerbahce | Midfield. Liverpool and Bayern interested |
| 20 | Erling Haaland | HITC, Sky, Express | Borussia Dortmund | Age 21. £250m |
| Update | Eden Hazard | HITC, AS, Mirror, Give me Sport, | Real Madrid | £33.5m; meetings being held (Mirror) |
| 22 | Alexander Isak | Express, Mirror, | Real Sociedad | Forward, £75 release clause |
| 23 | Khvicha Kvaratskhelia | Hard Tackle | Dinamo Batumi on leave from Rubin Kazan | Napoli also interested |
| 24 | Luka Jovic | Football.London | Real Madrid | Everton, AC Milan and Borussia Dortmund |
| 25 | Noa Lang | Hard Tackle; Team Talk | Club Brugge | Liverpool and Milan also want him. Seen as replacement for Pepe but player fancies Milan. £25m |
| 26 | Robert Lewandowski | Express | Bayern Munich | Striker |
| 27 | Jesper Lindstrom | HITC | Eintracht Frankfurt | Attacking midfield |
| 28 | James Maddison | Sport Review | Leicester | Midfield. Totts also interested but Maddison wants to play in team with Saka (Mirror) |
| Update | Lautaro Martinez | Caught Offside, Sport Witness | Inter Milan | Forward. WHU and Atletico Madrid interested |
| 30 | Alvaro Morata | Sport Witness | Juventus | Striker – transfer looking very likely |
| 31 | Cristhian Mosquera | Express | Valencia | 17 year old centre back |
| 32 | Neto | TBR, Sport | Barcelona | Part of swap for Gabriel |
| 33 | Ruben Neves | Express. WW wanted £100m | Wolverhampton | Man U interested |
| 34 | Darwin Nunez | Mirror, Standard, Express 442, TBR, F365, Football London, Caught Offside, Sky Sports, Mirror: “AFC have let him slip through their grasp – he’s going to Man U | Benfica. £67m | Forward. Transfer in progress. At Madrid no longer interested. AFC in the lead (Express). Main target (FoLo), AFC need him (Mirror). AFC now in the lead |
| NEW | Victor Osimhen | Just Arsenal, Team Talk | Napoli | €100m centre forward |
| Update | Lucas Paqueta | Hard Tackle, Sport Review | Lyon | PSG, At Madrid also want him. AFC now competing with Newcastle. Playmaker |
| 37 | Yeremy Pino | HITC | Villarreal | Release clause worth €80m. Forward |
| 38 | Paul Pogba | Football.London | Man U | Contract talks broken down. AFC to blow other clubs out of the water |
| 39 | Michael Olise | HITC | Crystal Palace | £24m |
| Update | Victor Osimhen | HITC, Corriere dello Sport, Mirror, Express, FoLo | Napoli | £84m centre forward. AFC “extensively scouting” him. He’s flattered |
| 41 | Raphinha | Football London | Leeds | If Leeds relegated he’s available for £25m. Left footed winger |
| 42 | Marcus Rashford | 90 Min, HITC, TalkSport, Daily Cannon, Express, Sport Review, TBR | Man U | Forward; Keene warns AFC against buying him. Totts could hi-jack deal. “Suprise swoop” (Sp Rev) AFC want him. |
| 43 | Sergi Roberto | Football London | Barcelona | Right back. At Madrid no longer interested |
| 44 | Fabian Ruiz | TBR | Napoli | Midfield; swap for Gabriel |
| 45 | Allan Saint-Maximin | Football London | Newcastle | Winger. Leno going in part exchange |
| NEW | Cristiano Ronaldo | Express, Mirror, Fo.Lo | Man U | Piers Morgan says AFC should sign him |
| 47 | Renato Sanches | Sun, Mirror, Sports Mole, HITC | Lille | Midfield. Juventus want him but can’t afford him |
| 48 | Gianluca Scamacca | HITC “Arsenal will not take ‘no’ for an answer” | Sassuolo | No 9. |
| Update | Djed Spence | Hard Tackle, Fo.Lo. | Middlesbrough on loan at Forest | Right back. £15m |
| 50 | Raheem Stirling | HITC | Man City | Available for £80m |
| 51 | Youri Tielemans | Star | Leicester | Man U also interested, Midfield |
| 52 | Raul de Tomas | Star, HITC | Espanyol | “Being watched” Wright things he’s unbelievable. |
| 53 | Lesley Ugochukwu | HITC | Rennes | 2nd Patrick Vieira. AFC convinced of signing |
| 54 | Jesus Vazquez | Express | Valencia | Left back |
| 55 | Dusan Vlahovic | F365 | Juventus | Serbian Striker |
| 56 | Wilfried Zaha | TBR | Crystal Palace | He’s been in each of the last 3 summer transfer rumours |
| 57 | Cristian Zavala | Colo Colo | Player says “my dream transfer” | Midfielder, hasn’t actually played for Colo Colo yet! |
| NEW | Edon Zhegrova | 442, Sunday Mirror, Sky Teamtalk, Shoot | Lille | 23 year old forward available for a bargain price |
Part 2: The players who are planning to say farewell.
Meanwhile 23 players are going to say goodbye to the Arsenal – at least according to reports. Two are new this week.
| No | Player | Source | Club | Notes |
| 1 | Dan Ballard | News at Den | Millwall | Loan |
| NEW | Folarin Balogun | Team Talk | Fulham | To help Fulham survive in PL |
| 3 | Hector Bellerin | Team Talk | Real Betis | Free Agent |
| 4 | Mohamed Elneny | Free Agent | ||
| 5 | Matteo Guendouzi | Team Talk | Marseille | Loan made permanent |
| 6 | Rob Holding | Mirror | Open to offers | |
| Update | Alex Lacazette | Arseblog | Free Agent. Lyon interested | |
| 8 | Bernd Leno | Team Talk | Newcastle | Mirror |
| 9 | Ainsley Maitland-Niles | Team Talk | On offer for £10m | |
| Update | Gabriel Magalhaes | TBR, Sport, Mirror | Barcelona | Barcea offering swap deal. Gabriel says he feels at home at AFC and not going (Mirror) |
| Update | Pablo Mari | Team Talk, Metro, Canon | Leaving if Saliba joins first team, player says he does not want to return | |
| 12 | Gabriel Martinelli | Sports Review | Liverpool | Klopp expressing admiration |
| 13 | Konstantinos Mavropanos | TeamTalk, HITC | Stuttgart | Loan made permanent. He’s been excellent this year. |
| NEW | Reiss Nelson | Daily Cannon | Looking for a club to take him off the books | |
| 15 | Eddie Nketiah | Evening Standard | Crystal Palace | Free Agent |
| 16 | Nicolas Pepe | Mirror | Club happy to lose him for £44m or even £25m (CalcioMercato) | |
| Update | Alex Runarsson | Team Talk | HITC says he stays, Daily Canon says AFC looking for a buyer | |
| 18 | William Saliba | Caught Offside | Marseille | Happy to stay at the club |
| 19 | Cedric Soares | Team Talk | ||
| 20 | Kieran Tierney | Mirror | Real Mad | £50m |
| 21 | Lucas Torreira | Team Talk | Fiorentina | |
| 22 | Auston Trusty | Team Talk | ||
| 23 | Granit Xhaka | Team Talk, Just Arsenal | Roma | But may stay – Roma not willing to meet price |
