by Sir Hardly Anyone
We really do have 70 names and a quick glance suggests they are all different players. And seven of these (yes a whole 10%) are new for this table.
All of them have been seriously suggested by the ever idiotic media as players whom Arsenal will sign this summer. And that despite the virus, the lack of money, and the fact that Arsenal have sunk to being a mid-table club.
So without any more whatnot, here we go…
The 70 players Arsenal are tipped by journalists to be signing this summer….
| No | Player | From | Details | Source |
| 1 | Kristoffer Ajer. | Celtic | 22-year-old centre-back | Gunnersphere; Scottish Daily |
| 2 | Miguel Almiron | Newcastle | Their top scorer | Media Referee |
| 3 | Houssem Aouar | Lyon | Midfielder. Man C want him as do Liverpool! | The Sun tells us he is 25 and the price is £65m. 4th official agree. Gunnersphere also. |
| 4 | Sardar Azmoun | Zenit St. Petersburg | The 5th highest Iranian scorer of all time, and he’s still scoring | Leicester want him. 442, HITC, TBR |
| 5 | Leon Bailey | Bayer Leverkusen | Chelsea also want him. £85m fee. | Just Arsenal |
| NEW | Wissam Ben Yedder | Monaco; 29 years old | Centre forward to replace Auba | Sports Mole |
| 7 | Jérôme Boateng | Bayern Munich | 31 years old, £13m, defender | Daily Mail. Read Arsenal says Bayern ready to sell |
| 8 | Ugurcan Cakir |
Trabzonspor goalkeeper
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Tottenham also interested | HITC. Do we need another keeper? |
| 9 | Mady Camara | Olympiacos | Defensive midfield | HITC |
| 10 | Dani Ceballos | Real Mad | Currently on loan | Express, SDNA |
| 11 | Barcelona | Attacking midfielder on loan at Bayern. Being talked up as a near certainty | Talksport, Express | |
| 12 | Marc Cucurella | Barcelona | Left back or wide midfield | FoLo £20.9m |
| 13 | Jonathan David | Gent | Second striker | Football.London |
| 14 | Ousmane Dembélé | Barcelona | Forward | AS, Sun |
| New | Emmanuel Dennis | Clubbe Brugge | 22 year old forward Man U, Newcastle, Everton, Leicester, Brighton, Sheffield U, Watford and Crystal Palace want him. | Talkport, HITC, Transfer market, sportsmole… |
| 16 | Axel Disasi | Reims | Arsenal and Monaco both enquiring about defender | TBR, L’Equippe, Sun. |
| 17 | Issa Diop | WHU | Centre back for £60m | Mirror, Metro, Read Arsenal, HITC, West Sussex Today, Sun |
| 18 | Julian Draxler | PSG | To replace Ozil. Tottenham also interested | Teamtalk |
| 19 | Odsonne Edouard | Celtic | £12m; goalscoring forward (“Scored more than Messi”) | |
| Update | Nebil Fekir | Real Betis | ||
| 21 | Noah Francoise | Rennes | ||
| 22 | Ryan Fraser | Bournemouth | ||
| 23 | Bruno Fuchs | Internacional | ||
| 24 | César Gelabert | Palencia | ||
| 25 | Antoine Griezmann | Barcelona | £90m for the forward. PSG Man Utd, Chelsea, also interested | |
| 26 | Diogo Jota | Wolverhampton | He’s a 23 year old forward | Sport Review, 4th official, Mail, FoLo, Whoscored |
| 27 | Gabriel |
Lille | Defender £40m | Everton also want him (Mirror) |
| 28 | Serge Gnabry | Bayern Munich | Winger | Reports everywhere say he was seen in an Arsenal shirt |
| 29 | Pape Gueye, | Le Harvre | Defensive midfield | Liverpool also interested. Folo, World of Football. |
| NEW | Kai Havertz | Bayer Leverkusen midfielder | 20, and is an “exciting prospect”. Football London | Chelsea and Liverpool are also said to be after him, along with Bayern Munich. |
| Update | Luca Jovic | Real Madrid | 30 year old striker; deal agreed. Going to AC Milan (TBR) | Daily Express / Starspost / Sport |
| 32 | Calum Kavanagh | Middlesbrough | 16 year old ; forward | Lancs Post, The 72, Northern Echo |
| 33 | Jonjoe Kenny | Schalke 04 on loan from Everton | Right back | Tottenham want him |
| Update | Franck Kessie | AC Milan | Midfielder, the next Yaya Torre | Calciomercato. Swap for Torreira (Transfer Tavern) |
| 35 | Orkun Kokcu | Feyenoord | 19 year old midfielder | Express, FoLo |
| 36 | Layvin Kurzawa | PSG (out of contract). Media Ref says he would bring confidence | 27 years old Polish left back “has agreed a 5 year deal” Standard. | Express says he wants to go to Barcelona. Sport, HITC, Sport Witness, Daily Star say Arsenal. 4th official says “he’s signed |
| 37 | George Lewis | Tromsø – out of contract | 19 year old winger | HITC, Cannon, Arsenal Youth, Kigalitoday, Arsenal Mania |
| 38 | Jesse Lingard | Man U | £19.8m right winger | Caught offside say Celtic and Chelsea want him |
| 39 | Isaac Lihadji | Marseille, 17 year old winger | 17 year old. Man U and Dortmund want him | The Boot Room, Foot Mercato, TBR Football and the Sun all have this, Discussions begun |
| 40 | Matty Longstaff | Newcastle | Central midfielder who will leave on a free | The |
| 41 | Dejan Lovren | Liverpool | Defender. Tottenham interested | Express, HITC, FoLo |
| 42 | Pablo Mari | Arsenal on loan from Flamengo | Left sided centre back | The Athletic – he’ll be made permanent |
| NEW | Gabriel Magalhaes | Centre back with Lille | Everton, Chelsea, Leicester in for him. | HITC, Sports Mole, The Sun, LT Arsenal, le10Sport, Metro, Canon, Football London, TransferTavern |
| NEW | Dries Martens | Napoli, 32 year old forward | Inter Milan want him, | CalcioMercato, the Metro and on Football.London |
| 45 | Dwight McNeill | Burnley | Winger | Lancs Live. Apparently lots of clubs want him |
| 46 | Moreno | Valencia £50m | Valencia, forward | Metro, Mirror, replacement for Aubameygang. “A bad move” says Media Referee |
| 47 | Evan N’Dicka | Eintracht Frankfurt | €24m-rated France U21 international, He is left-footed, and 20-year-old | |
| 48 | Wilfred Ndidi | Leicester | Nigerian midfielder | |
| 49 | Ruben Neves | Wolverhampton | Midfield | Sports Mole |
| 50 | Unai Nunez | Athletic Bilbao | Centre Back, 23, £18m | Daily Mail says WHU want him. Arsenal ready to meet price, Read Arsenal, Who Scored |
| 51 | Victor Osimhen | Lille | Nigerian Forward. £87m | Le Quotidien du Foot, Bootroom. Replacement for Aubameyang |
| Update | Thomas Partey | Atletico Madrid | Midfielder. Express saying this might involve a swap deal. Boot Room says Lacazette in exchange. | Metro, Goal. Squawka quote €50m. HITC also. He’ll move if At Mad dont get Champs Lge Just £45m! Guardian. Metro now says Arsenal can’t afford him |
| 53 | Adrien Rabiot | Juventus | Midfield | Just Arsenal, Standard. Torreira to be sold. |
| 54 | Marc Roca | Espanyol | To replace Ceballos | Sport, 4th official. |
| 55 | Declan Rice | West Ham | Holding midfielder in the style of Gilberto | Express (according to Arsenal “legend” P Merson) |
| 56 | Kays Ruiz-Atil | PSG | ‘next Lionel Messi’, 17 year old, central midfield, on the left wing or an outright striker | L’Équipe |
| NEW | Malang Sarr | Nice. Feb 2018: Football Observatory said “world’s fifth-most promising footballer under 20.” | 21 year old centre back | HITC: “Bargain of the summer,” Sun: “Skint Arsenal on hunt for free transfers”. Bleacher and Football Whispers also has this. |
| 58 | Chris Smalling | Roma on loan from Man U; Roma pulled out of deal for him | Centre back. Tottenham, Liverpool on alert (Express) | Just Arsenal News; Arsenal launch £25m bid; Mirror. HITC, Express, Standard. Only if Man U get Koulibaly (Just Arsenal) |
| 59 | Carlos Soler | Valencia | Central or right midfield | Sky Sports, Standard, FoLo, Agent says he’s happy to stay where he is Daily Star. |
| 60 | Malick Thiaw | Schalke 04. | 18 year old central defender | Sport Review; Daily Mail Liverpool and Man C also interested. |
| 61 | Corentin Tolisso | Bayern Munich, central midfield | Man U want him. Juventus, Atletico Madrid and Napoli monitoring him | Express, FootMercato |
| 62 | Ferran Torres | Villa Real | 23 years old, Centra back Santi Caz is talking him up. | Sun £43m. Santi Caz is talking him up. He’s learning English! (Just Arsenal) |
| 63 | Adama Traore | Wolverhampton | He’s 24, a wing back or midfield, or a winger | Daily Star. He started out with Barcelona. |
| 64 | Samuel Umtiti | Barcelona | Centre back | Express says he’s available at a discount as he’s always injured |
| NEW | Cengiz Under | Roma | Right wing, also plays for Turkey | Leggo: Arsenal could swap him for Mkhitaryan and some money HITC, the Boot Room and the Express. |
| 66 | Dayot Upamecano | RB Leipzig | Central defender. Was all the rage as a transfer a year ago | Football.London |
| 67 | Gabriel Veron | He’s a 17 year old forward | “The Brazilian wonderkid” Football London | |
| Update | Willian | Chelsea, winger, attacking midfield | Talks have broken down with Chelsea, Arsenal now favourites | Metro, Fo.Lo, Sun, ESPN, Whoscored. Mail and Sun say he’s the top target. |
| 69 | Chris Wood | Burnley | Replacement for Aubameyang | |
| 70 | Freddie Woodman | Newcastle on loan at Swansea | Goalkeeper, 23 years | Chronicle Live, TBR, HITC |
The transfer window opens on 10 June and will close at 5pm on 1 September. Don’t hold your breath.
Sir Hardly Anyone
“The transfer window opens on 10 June and will close at 5pm on 1 September”
Come Sir H, you know full well the transfer window never simply closes, it always ‘slams’.
Get a grip man !!