The 77 players tipped to be joining Arsenal this summer – the full list

by Sir Hardly Anyone

We have now got another seven players being linked with Arsenal plus a second group the details of whose transfers have been updated just of late.

I really didn’t think we were going to get any fantasy stories at all during the corona-pause but they continue to roll in.   The only blessing is that since Untold gave a formal definition of “reportedly” the use of that word has declined significantly.  Nice to know we have an impact in the illegal drinking dens of England, even if nowhere else.

We could have a competition to see which one of these we will sign.  “None of them” is an acceptable answer.

Here’s the chart, as ever with those newly arrived in the lists, and those updated, marked in the first column.

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
6 Wissam Ben Yedder Monaco; 29 years old Centre forward to replace Auba Sports Mole
NEW Said Benrahma Brentford Palace want him.. 24 years old, a winger Football London
8 Jérôme Boateng Bayern Munich 31 years old, £13m, defender Daily Mail. Read Arsenal says Bayern ready to sell
9 Ugurcan Cakir
Trabzonspor goalkeeper
Tottenham also interested HITC.  Do we need another keeper?
10 Mady Camara Olympiacos Defensive midfield HITC
11 Dani Ceballos Real Mad Currently on loan Express, SDNA
12 Philippe Coutinho Barcelona Attacking midfielder on loan at Bayern.  Being talked up as a near certainty Talksport, Express
13 Marc Cucurella Barcelona Left back or wide midfield FoLo £20.9m
14 Jonathan David Gent Second striker Football.London
15 Ousmane Dembélé Barcelona Forward AS, Sun
16 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…
17 Axel Disasi Reims Arsenal and Monaco both enquiring about defender TBR, L’Equippe, Sun.
18 Issa Diop WHU Centre back for £60m Mirror, Metro, Read Arsenal, HITC, West Sussex Today, Sun
19 Julian Draxler PSG To replace Ozil.  Tottenham also interested Teamtalk
Update Odsonne Edouard Celtic £12m; goalscoring forward (“Scored more than Messi”).  Fo.Lo says we’ve been impressed Glasgow Live, Evening Standard, Caught offside, Scotsman, Who Scored, and Celtic Star. Borussia Dortmund no longer interested (TBR)
21 Nebil Fekir Real Betis Forward, 26 years old, injury prone
Read Arsenal.  He has snubbed Arsenal (WhoScored, Just Arsenal News)
22 Noah Francoise Rennes Midfielder
HITC; TBR – he’s available on a free.  PSG interested
Update Ryan Fraser Bournemouth, contract ends this year Scotland International, winger, £12m turned down last window
Metro; Football Insider; was hot topic last year as well. Tottenham in with a bid
24 Bruno Fuchs Internacional Centre back
Zero Hora, TBC
25 Gabriel
Lille Defender  £40m Everton also want him (Mirror)
26 César Gelabert Palencia He’s 19
Star, Folo, the Mole and 90 mins. Real Mad want him also.
NEW Gerson Flamingo midfielder
He’s 22, midfielder.  Tottenham interested
Daily Cannon.  They blame EPSN.
28 Serge Gnabry Bayern Munich Winger Reports everywhere say he was seen in an Arsenal shirt
29 Antoine Griezmann Barcelona £90m for the forward.  PSG Man Utd, Chelsea, also interested Express, the Star and Mirror, Last Word on Football
30 Pape Gueye, Le Harvre Defensive midfield Liverpool also interested.  Folo, World of Football.
NEW Dennis Gyfami Leicester 18 year old full back Online Gooner
32 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.
NEW Mauro Icardi PSG striker 27 year old Swap deal for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. Sun FoLo, Tuttosport and Media Referee
34 Diogo Jota Wolverhampton He’s a 23 year old forward Sport Review, 4th official, Mail, FoLo, Whoscored
35 Luca Jovic Real Madrid 30 year old striker; deal agreed.  Going to AC Milan (TBR) Daily Express / Starspost / Sport
NEW Glen Kamara Rangers Finnish midfielder France Football say, Arsenal, Aston Villa, Brighton and Marseille are interested
37 Calum Kavanagh Middlesbrough 16 year old ; forward Lancs Post, The 72, Northern Echo
38 Jonjoe Kenny Schalke 04 on loan from Everton Right back Tottenham want him
39 Franck Kessie AC Milan Midfielder, the next Yaya Torre Calciomercato.  Swap for Torreira (Transfer Tavern)
NEW Kökcü Sabah in Azerbaijan

Midfield; 19 years old

Red London £23m.

Update Orkun Kocku Feyenoord 19 year old midfielder Express, FoLo
Update 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. Footy Extra says no chance Express says he wants to go to Barcelona. Sport, HITC, Sport Witness, Daily Star say Arsenal. 4th official says “he’s signed
Update George Lewis Tromsø – out of contract. Deal close (Goal) 19 year old winger HITC, Cannon, Arsenal Youth, Kigalitoday, Arsenal Mania. Metro (done) Caught offside (not yet). Sports Mole (almost)
44 Jesse Lingard Man U £19.8m right winger Caught offside say Celtic and Chelsea want him
45 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
46 Matty Longstaff Newcastle Central midfielder who will leave on a free The Mirror; Team Talk
47 Dejan Lovren Liverpool Defender. Tottenham interested Express, HITC, FoLo
48 Pablo Mari Arsenal on loan from Flamengo Left sided centre back The Athletic – he’ll be made permanent
49 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
50 Dries Martens Napoli, 32 year old forward  Inter Milan want him, CalcioMercato, the Metro and on Football.London
NEW Mykola Matviyenko 24-year-old left-back.  who plays for Saky in Ukraine. Plays for Saky in Ukraine. Daily Canon
52 Dwight McNeill Burnley Winger Lancs Live.  Apparently lots of clubs want him
53 Moreno Valencia £50m Valencia, forward Metro, Mirror, replacement for Aubameygang. “A bad move” says Media Referee
54 Evan N’Dicka Eintracht Frankfurt €24m-rated France U21 international, He is left-footed, and 20-year-old Sempre Milan, Daily Canon and Sky, Star.  Liverpool also interested.
55 Wilfred Ndidi Leicester Nigerian midfielder Bleacher. Mail, Teamtalk, Sun
56 Ruben Neves Wolverhampton Midfield Sports Mole
57 Unai Nunez Athletic Bilbao Centre Back, 23, £18m Daily Mail says WHU want him.  Arsenal ready to meet price, Read Arsenal, Who Scored
58 Victor Osimhen Lille Nigerian Forward.  £87m Le Quotidien du Foot, Bootroom. Replacement for Aubameyang
Update Thomas Partey Atletico Madrid. (26 year old from Ghana) Midfielder.  Express saying this might involve a swap deal. Boot Room says Lacazette in exchange. Turned down PSG for Arsenal 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. Deal close.
60 Adrien Rabiot Juventus Midfield Just Arsenal, Standard.  Torreira to be sold.
61 Marc Roca Espanyol To replace Ceballos Sport, 4th official.
62 Declan Rice West Ham Holding midfielder in the style of Gilberto Express (according to Arsenal “legend” P Merson)
63 Kays Ruiz-Atil PSG ‘next Lionel Messi’, 17 year old, central midfield, on the left wing or an outright striker L’Équipe
64 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.
65 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)
66 Carlos Soler Valencia Central or right midfield Sky Sports, Standard, FoLo,  Agent says he’s happy to stay where he is  Daily Star.
67 Malick Thiaw Schalke 04. 18 year old central defender Sport Review; Daily Mail Liverpool and Man C also interested.
68 Corentin Tolisso Bayern Munich, central midfield Man U want him.  Juventus, Atletico Madrid and Napoli monitoring him Express, FootMercato
69 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)
70 Adama Traore Wolverhampton He’s 24, a wing back or midfield, or a winger Daily Star.  He started out with Barcelona.
71 Samuel Umtiti Barcelona Centre back Express says he’s available at a discount as he’s always injured
72 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.
73 Dayot Upamecano RB Leipzig Central defender.  Was all the rage as a transfer a year ago Football.London
74 Gabriel Veron Palmeiras He’s a 17 year old forward “The Brazilian wonderkid” Football London
75 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.
76 Chris Wood Burnley Replacement for Aubameyang Lancs Live, Who Scored, Up the clarets and Team Talk
77 Freddie Woodman Newcastle on loan at Swanse

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