Part 1: The players Arsenal are planning to buy – according to the media.
Yes it looks all change at Arsenal this summer, according to the media. Of course that is what they said last summer, and the summer before and… Each time they have been hopelessly wrong, getting only between 1 and 3 percent of their predictions right.
Will these journalists manage to get it right this time, or are they in for another summer of failure? We shall in due course, find out. The window opens in six weeks time.
| No | Player | Source | Club | Notes |
| Update | Max Aarons | Daily Cannon, Carrowroad.net, HITC | Norwich City | Right back. Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund interested £20m |
| 2 | Tammy Abraham | TBR, Mirror, Just Arsenal (Left Chelsea under one year ago) | Roma | Forward. Will cost over £35m. Wil cost €80million (Just Arsenal) |
| 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 | Julian Brandt | Mirror | Borussia Dortmund ready to sell | Midfield |
| 8 | Gleison Bremer | Football365 | Torino | Tottenham also want the centre back |
| 9 | Armando Broja | Mirror, Caught Offside | Chelsea (loan at Southampton) | Forward |
| 10 | Dominic Calvert-Lewin | Express, Mirror, Mail, F365, Caught Offside, TeamTalk. Player says he wants AFC (Football Insider) (NUFCBlog) | Everton | Forward; Everton now ready to sell. WHU want him. AFC cooling (Football Insider) TT says AFC not interested |
| 11 | Reyes Cleary | Foot365, Canon. | WBA | 17 year old forward |
| 12 | Phillipe Coutinho | Mirror, Give Me Sport, Sport Witness, TBR | Aston Villa | £33.57m. £337m release clause (TBR) |
| 13 | Danilo | Teamtalk | Leeds | Defensive midfield |
| 14 | Jonathan David | Express, Mirror, Foot365, PBR, FoLo | Lille | Forward; agent confirms he’s leaving. It’s on; Edu met agent |
| 15 | Memphis Depay | TBR | Barcelona | Forward |
| 16 | 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). Man U and Newcastle also want him. |
| NEW | Khayon Edwards | Express: AFC youth player now ready to sign full contract | Arsenal | Forward. Jeorge Bird says he has signed. |
| 19 | Joao Felix | Football London, Daily Canon, HITC | Atletico Madrid | Replacement for Lacazette |
| 20 | Cody Gakpo | Sport Witness, Star, Bavarian Football, HITC | PSV (the Dutch Thierry Henry) | Winger. AFC favourites to get him |
| 21 | Serge Gnabry | Mirror | Bayern Munich | Player says he wants to leave |
| 22 | Arda Guler | Mirror, Sport Witness, Ozil says he’s world class (HITC) | Fenerbahce | Midfield. Liverpool and Bayern interested |
| 23 | Erling Haaland | HITC, Sky, Express, Mirror | Borussia Dortmund | Age 21. £250m. Odegaard tells AFC to sign him |
| 24 | Eden Hazard | HITC, AS, Mirror, Give me Sport, | Real Madrid | £33.5m; meetings being held (Mirror) |
| NEW | Aaron Hickey | Sport Witness | Bologna | Full back £17m; Napoli interested |
| 26 | Alexander Isak | Express, Mirror, | Real Sociedad | Forward, £75 release clause. Only if can’t get Abrahams. |
| 27 | Gabriel Jesus | Mirror, Athletic | Man City | Athletic: Discussions have been going on for months. Mirror: discussions yet to begin |
| 28 | Frenkie de Jong | Mirror, but later article says he’s an “outside candidate” | Barcelona | Midfield |
| 29 | Luka Jovic | Football.London | Real Madrid | Everton, AC Milan and Borussia Dortmund |
| 30 | Khvicha Kvaratskhelia | Hard Tackle | Dinamo Batumi on leave from Rubin Kazan | Napoli also interested |
| 31 | Noa Lang | Hard Tackle; Team Talk | Club Brugge | Liverpool and Milan also want him. Seen as replacement for Pepe but player fancies Milan. £25m |
| NEW | Rafael Leão | SI.com, Fichajes.net | AC Milan | Forward. Newcatsle interested |
| 33 | Robert Lewandowski | Express | Bayern Munich | Striker |
| 34 | Jesper Lindstrom | HITC | Eintracht Frankfurt | Attacking midfield |
| 35 | James Maddison | Sport Review | Leicester | Midfield. Totts also interested but Maddison wants to play in team with Saka (Mirror) |
| 36 | Lautaro Martinez | Caught Offside, Sport Witness | Inter Milan | Forward. WHU and Atletico Madrid interested |
| Update | Nahuel Molina | Il Messaggero Veneto Arseblog, Just Arsenal | Udinese | Right back |
| 38 | Alvaro Morata | Sport Witness | Juventus | Striker – transfer looking very likely |
| 39 | Cristhian Mosquera | Express | Valencia | 17 year old centre back |
| 40 | Neto | TBR, Sport | Barcelona | Part of swap for Gabriel |
| Update | Ruben Neves | Express. WW wanted £100m. Barcelona interested (Mirror) Still on (London World) | Wolverhampton | Man U interested, but warning about his injury situation. |
| 42 | 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 |
| 43 | Michael Olise | HITC | Crystal Palace | £24m |
| NEW | Victor Osimhen | AllNigeria, Express, Football London, Mirror | Napoli | Forward |
| 45 | Lucas Paqueta | Hard Tackle, Sport Review | Lyon | PSG, At Madrid also want him. AFC now competing with Newcastle. Playmaker |
| 46 | Yeremy Pino | HITC | Villarreal | Release clause worth €80m. Forward |
| 47 | Paul Pogba | Football.London | Man U | Contract talks broken down. AFC to blow other clubs out of the water |
| Update | Marcus Rashford | 90 Min, HITC, TalkSport, Daily Cannon, Express, Sport Review, TBR, Teamtalk | Man U | Forward; Keene warns AFC against buying him. Totts could hi-jack deal. “Suprise swoop” (Sp Rev) AFC want him. |
| NEW | Richarlison | Football Insider, Caught Offside. Forward | Everton | Man U interested |
| 50 | Sergi Roberto | Football London | Barcelona | Right back. At Madrid no longer interested |
| 51 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Express, Mirror, Fo.Lo | Man U | Piers Morgan says AFC should sign him |
| 52 | Fabian Ruiz | TBR | Napoli | Midfield; swap for Gabriel |
| 53 | Allan Saint-Maximin | Football London | Newcastle | Winger. Leno going in part exchange |
| 54 | Renato Sanches | Sun, Mirror, Sports Mole, HITC | Lille | Midfield. Juventus want him but can’t afford him |
| 55 | 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 but Tottenham now looking favourites |
| 57 | Raheem Stirling | HITC | Man City | Available for £80m |
| NEW | Aurelien Tchouameni | WeallfollowUnited, Sun | AS Monaco | Midfield, £60m+ |
| 59 | Youri Tielemans | Star, Mirror | Leicester | Man U also interested, Midfield, Contract ends next summer. |
| 60 | Raul de Tomas | Star, HITC | Espanyol | “Being watched” Wright things he’s unbelievable. |
| 61 | Ivan Toney | Brentford | Striker | |
| 62 | Lesley Ugochukwu | HITC | Rennes | 2nd Patrick Vieira. AFC convinced of signing |
| 63 | Jesus Vazquez | Express | Valencia | Left back |
| 64 | Dusan Vlahovic | F365 | Juventus | Serbian Striker |
| 65 | Wilfried Zaha | TBR | Crystal Palace | He’s been in each of the last 3 summer transfer rumours |
| 66 | Cristian Zavala | Colo Colo | Player says “my dream transfer” | Midfielder, hasn’t actually played for Colo Colo yet! |
| 67 | 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 with five players’ details updated.
| No | Player | Source | Club | Notes |
| 1 | Dan Ballard | News at Den | Millwall | Loan |
| 2 | Folarin Balogun | Team Talk | Fulham | To help Fulham survive in PL |
| 3 | Hector Bellerin | Team Talk, Mirror | Real Betis | Free Agent. Permanent move to Betis (Mirror). TBR: he doesn’t want to come back. |
| NEW | Khayon Edwards | The Athletic | Chelsea | HITC, Brighton also interested |
| 5 | Mohamed Elneny | Free Agent | ||
| 6 | Matteo Guendouzi | Team Talk | Marseille | Loan made permanent |
| 7 | Rob Holding | Mirror | Open to offers | |
| 8 | Alex Lacazette | Arseblog | Free Agent. Lyon interested | |
| 9 | Bernd Leno | Team Talk | Newcastle | Mirror. Deal agreed – TBR; 90 min |
| 10 | Ainsley Maitland-Niles | Team Talk | On offer for £10m | |
| Update | Gabriel Magalhaes | TBR, Sport, Mirror, Last Word, Star, Caughtoffside | Barcelona | Barca offering swap deal. Gabriel says he feels at home at AFC and not going (Mirror). Last word says Juventus move possible. Star: Juve’s top priority. |
| 12 | Pablo Mari | Team Talk, Metro, Canon | Leaving if Saliba joins first team, player says he does not want to return | |
| Update | Gabriel Martinelli | Sports Review, Foot365 | Liverpool, Juventus | Klopp expressing admiration; Juventus seriously interested |
| 14 | Konstantinos Mavropanos | TeamTalk, HITC | Stuttgart | Loan made permanent. He’s been excellent this year. |
| 15 | Reiss Nelson | Daily Cannon | Looking for a club to take him off the books | |
| Update | Eddie Nketiah | Evening Standard, Football.London , TBR | Crystal Palace | Free Agent. Crystal Palace and Borussia Monchengladbaach interested. Souness says he’s amazed Eddie wants to leave |
| Update | Nicolas Pepe | Mirror, African Football | West Ham | Club happy to lose him for £44m or even £25m (CalcioMercato). £25m being quoted widely |
| 18 | Alex Runarsson | Team Talk | HITC says he stays, Daily Canon says AFC looking for a buyer | |
| 19 | William Saliba | Caught Offside | Marseille | Happy to stay at the club. Team Talk “exclusive” he wants to stay. |
| 20 | Cedric Soares | Team Talk | ||
| 21 | Kieran Tierney | Mirror | Real Mad | £50m |
| 22 | Lucas Torreira | Team Talk | Fiorentina | |
| 23 | Auston Trusty | Team Talk | ||
| 24 | Granit Xhaka | Team Talk, Just Arsenal | Roma | But may stay – Roma not willing to meet price |
Reiss has scored – again – for Feyenoord yesterday, not even 3 days after doing extremely well against Marseille in the “Conference League” semi-finals
He could have had at least one assist but one of his cutbacks – he does that very often, and very well too – was wasted away by Dessers, the Feyenood CF
As for the goal he scored, I liked his run behind the Fortuna back-four a lot; he doesn’t do that often enough, which is a shame since he has all it takes to be very effective in 1 v. 1 against goalies ((he’s cool calm, collected under those circumstances, as for his technique it is just top-class – period)
I know this may be regarded as anathema by many Arsenal fans, but I think Reiss and Emil are simply better football players than Marti (even though I understand how appealing Marti’s “Road Runner” style can be)
Reiss is versatile too, he is comfortable on either wing, and I suspect he would shine as a playmaker if given the chance too – but I fear as soon as he’s back to Colney, he’ll be shown the door, which I just find … insane