By Sir Hardly Anyone.
Yes it has been a long old time since any scribbler dropped into the depths of spotting a player at an airport (often an unnamed airport) and from that decided that he wasn’t nipping off to meet his girlfriend’s mother, but was actually coming to Arsenal, or indeed doing somewhere else. But we have one this week: Spotted at the Airport was Declan Rice Congrats to SportsBible for breathing new life into our oldest of favourites.
Anyway here are the 44 players Arsenal are reported as signing this summer…
- 8 New incoming
- 5 Updates
| No | Player | Position | From | Sources | No of reports |
| 1 | Ilias Akhomach | Forward | Barcelona | Football Express | 1 |
| NEW | Julian Alvarez | Forward | Man City | FFC The Top Flight | 2 |
| 3 | Marco Asensio | Right wing | Real Madrid | Metro, HITC | 2 |
| 4 | Nicolò Barella | Midfield | Inter Milan | An alternative to Rice FFC and again HITC | 3 |
| 5 | Harvey Barnes | Winger | Leicester | FoLo | 1 |
| 6 | Sacha Boey. | Defender | Galatasaray | HITC GMS | 2 |
| NEW | Bitello | Midfield | Grêmio | SportWitness | 1 |
| Update | Moises Caicedo | Def midfield | Brighton | Fo-Lo Give Me Sport Terms Agreed – Mirror Sports Bible, Arsenal Station Telegraph AFC pulled out FoLo – its now unlikely To Chelsea AFC still on GMS | 11 |
| 9 | Joao Cancelo | Full back | Manchester City | On loan with Bayern. Sky Football Talk GiveMeSport – it will be difficult. FFC Football Talk “Agreed” FoLo HITC FFC | 8 |
| 10 | Timothy Castagne | Right back | Leicester City | Leicester having a fire sale Modest price | 2 |
| 11 | Federico Chiesa | Forward | Juventus | TBR | 1 |
| Update | Moussa Diaby | Winger | Bayer Leverkusen | Football Talk Arsenal in the lead Team Talk. No its Villa (Hitc) and Birmingham World F365 TBR | 7 |
| NEW | Ivan Fresneda | Defender | Valladolid. | FFC | 1 |
| NEW | Jeremie Frimpong | Right back | Bayer Leverkusen | London World | 1 |
| 15 | Serge Gnabry | Midfield | Bayern Munich | FoLo | 1 |
| 16 | Wilfried Gnonto | Winger | Leeds | FoLo | 1 |
| 17 | Arda Guler | Forward | Fenerbahce | Football Fan Cast | 1 |
| 18 | Ilkay Gundogan | Midfield | Manchester City | Evening Standard GivemeSport Hard Tackle TBR TBR (2) Telegraph | 7 |
| 19 | Kai Havertz | Attacking midfield | Chelsea | TheRealChamps 3 Added Minutes, TBR HITC Henry says he’s worth it FoLo Football Fancat Bayern want him HITC Chelsea say no 90min EPL Index Team Talk HITC Chelsea want £70m Goal- he’s going to Bayern AFC leading Compared to Bergkamp Caught Offside (He chooses his number) It’s done and its weird (FFC) It would be a mistake (Last Word) Having a medical HITC Get Football FFC | 25 |
| 20 | Goncalo Iancio | Centre half | Sporting Lisbon | Metro F365 Metro (again) | 3 |
| 21 | Brennan Johnson | Wing | Nottingham Forest | HITC | 1 |
| 22 | N’Golo Kante | Defensive midfield | Chelsea | Telegraph | 1 |
| Update | Romeo Lavia | Defensive midfield | Southampton | TBR Arseblog Team Talk FFC The Top Flight Deal done (Just Arsenal News) TBR Going to Liverpool but prefers Arsenal (Team Talk) Arsenal Station | 9 |
| 24 | Maddison | Attacking midfield | Leicester | Mirror | 1 |
| Update | Sergej Milinkovic-Savic | Midfield | Lazio | Goal. Maybe Saudi bound (HITC) | 2 |
| 26 | Mason Mount | Midfield | Chelsea | Telegraph | 1 |
| NEW | Kylian Mbappe | Forward | PSG | TBR, Team Talk £100m fee (TBR) | 3 |
| 28 | Ethan Nwaneri | Attacking midfield | EPLIndex (He played v Brentford aged 15) | 1 | |
| 29 | Amadou Onana | Defensive midfield | Everton | Telegraph | 1 |
| 30 | Benjamin Pavard | Defender | Bayern Munich | FFC | 1 |
| 31 | Adrian Rabiot | Midfield | Juventus | Sports Mole – no its Man U or Newcastle (Caught offside) | 3 |
| 32 | Declan Rice | Defensive midfield | West Ham | Football London, Sun., Metro Football Talk. “Terms agreed” Football Transfers. Going to Man U, 4th Official Shoot Give Me Sport. Mirror (“it’s on”) It will happen soon (HITC) Bid Made (HITC) Going to Chelsea (TBR) Quick move to AFC (Give me sport) The Top Flight AFC offer too low Going to Man C. Not Arsenal Mailonline Going to AFC (TBR). WHU Unhappy (Le Grove) | 22 |
| 33 | Alexis Sanchez | Forward | Marseille | The Sun Football 365 (player has called Arteta) | 2 |
| 34 | Savio | Right Wing | Troyes | TBR | 1 |
| 35 | Xavi Simons | Forward | PSV | Hard Tackle TBR – it’s happening. Mirror | 3 |
| 36 | Dominik Szoboszla | Attacking midfield | RB Leipzig | Daily Canon | 1 |
| NEW | Mehdi Taremi | Striker | Porto | HITC | 1 |
| 38 | Youri Tielemans | Midfield | Leicester City | HITC Telegraph | 2 |
| Update | Jurrien Timber | Defender | Ajax | FFC ESPN Caught Offside FoLo TBR AFC have advantage (Sports Bible) Give me Sport Sports Mole | 8 |
| 40 | Dusan Vlahovic | Forward | Juventus | €80m Calciomercatoweb,Telegraph | 2 |
| NEW | Elye Wahi | Forward | Montpellier | Caught Offside; Sport Witness Express | 3 |
| NEW | Kyle Walker | Right back | Man City | Football Fancast The Top Flight | 2 |
| 43 | Nico Williams | Forward | Athletic Bilbao | TBR | 1 |
| 44 | Wilfried Zaha | Wing | Crystal Palace | Football 365 | 1 |
And the 22 players that are said to be leaving Arsenal.
3 updates, but no new names. Are all the fantasy journalists asleep at the wheel?
| No | Player | To | Notes |
| Update | Balogun | Crystal Palace, Chelsea | TBR Just Arsenal . FoLo FoLo again (to Leipzig). And again! |
| 2 | Gabriel | PSG | PSG Talk. Hard Tackle |
| 3 | Okonkwo or Hein | ? | FoLo; one of the keepers will go |
| 4 | Kaleel Green | ||
| 5 | Joel Ideho | ||
| 6 | Jorginho | AC Milan or Napoli | Sportsmole |
| 7 | George Lewis | ||
| 8 | Ainsley Maitland Niles | ||
| 9 | Marquinhos | Going on loan | TBR |
| 10 | Nketiah | West Ham | Hammers News He’s worried about his future (Just Arsenal). Questioning his future (Metro) and Mirror |
| 11 | Martin Odegaard | PSG | FoLo |
| 12 | Mazeed Ogungbo | Barrow | Transfer confirmed for 20 year old FL World |
| 13 | Okonkwo or Hein | ? | FoLo; one of the keepers will go |
| 14 | Thomas Partey | Two undisclosed Serie A clubs | Just Arsenal Just Arsenal (again) |
| 15 | Pépé | ??? | TBR TeamTalk: AFC may terminate contract |
| 16 | Tino Quamina | ||
| Update | Emile Smith Rowe | WHU | HITC Not leaving: (Teamtalk) |
| 18 | Mathaeus Roberts | ||
| 19 | Matt Smith | ||
| 20 | Tom Smith | ||
| Update | Tierney | Newcastle, Celtic | Mirror And Mirror again TBR Newcastle World. TeamTalk Not going anywhere. TBR FFC (to Newcastle) |
| 22 | Xhaka | He’s gone | FoLo |
