Buy Sir Hardly Anyone (going at a reduced price)
Yes yes very droll. But let us get onto the key issue. We have six new transfers to add to our ever-growing table. But again they are not spread out through the alphabet but rather clustered, suggesting once more that (shock horror) these journalists and bloggers are just flipping through a list of players and picking out names at random.
Could that be the case?
No surely not!!!
But here is a thought. If we transfer someone can we really do a medical on that person during lockdown? And will he be able to travel to England when travel is prohibited as the government is now saying?
But I am sure that is not an issue, otherwise the newspapers wouldn’t be publishing these stories would they?
| 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 | Ousseynou Ba | Olympiacos centre-back | HITC, Sport Time | |
| 6 | Leon Bailey | Bayer Leverkusen | Chelsea also want him. £85m fee. | Just Arsenal |
| Update | Nicolo Barella | Inter Milan on loan from Cagliari | Midfielder | 23 year old. FC Inter News says Arteta is a great fan but the AFC bid was rejected. HITC and Whoscored report this is ongoing |
| 8 | Wissam Ben Yedder | Monaco; 29 years old | Centre forward to replace Auba | Sports Mole |
| 9 | Said Benrahma | Brentford | Palace want him.. 24 years old, a winger | Football London |
| 10 | Jérôme Boateng | Bayern Munich | 31 years old, £13m, defender | Daily Mail. Read Arsenal says Bayern ready to sell |
| 11 | Giacomo Bonaventura | Milan | Midfielder | Out of contract at end of season Sun says Atalanta, Fiorentina, Roma and Lazio want him |
| 12 | Ugurcan Cakir |
Trabzonspor goalkeeper
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Tottenham also interested | HITC. Do we need another keeper? |
| 13 | Mady Camara | Olympiacos | Defensive midfield | HITC |
| 14 | Dani Ceballos | Real Mad | Currently on loan | Express, SDNA |
| 15 | Chiesa | Fiorentina | Winger | Juventus, Inter, Chelsea and Manchester United all want him, Canon, Sun, Express all say we want him |
| 16 | Barcelona | Attacking midfielder on loan at Bayern. Being talked up as a near certainty | Talksport, Express | |
| 17 | Marc Cucurella | Barcelona | Left back or wide midfield | FoLo £20.9m |
| 18 | Jonathan David | Gent | Second striker | Football.London |
| 19 | Ousmane Dembélé | Barcelona | Forward | AS, Sun. HITC says Arsenal have been given the go ahead to buy Dembele for £53m, |
| Update | 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… Daily Mail says it is on for £22m. FoLo says definitely leaving. Manager reported as agreeing |
| New | Moussa Diaby | Bayer Leverkusen | 20 year old winger | TBR blaming Le10Sport. Signed for a “bargain £13.5million” from Paris Saint-Germain last summer |
| Update | Axel Disasi | Reims | Arsenal and Monaco both enquiring about centre back | TBR, L’Equippe, Sun. Reims manager says it is on – £13m. RMC Sport agrees. |
| 23 | Issa Diop | WHU | Centre back for £60m | Mirror, Metro, Read Arsenal, HITC, West Sussex Today, Sun |
| 24 | Julian Draxler | PSG | To replace Ozil. Tottenham also interested (although he is a winger) | Teamtalk. Daily Canon says it is on |
| 25 | Odsonne Edouard | Celtic | £12m; goalscoring forward (“Scored more than Messi”). Fo.Lo says we’ve been impressed | |
| 26 | Nebil Fekir | Real Betis | ||
| 27 | Noah Francoise | Rennes | ||
| 28 | Ryan Fraser | Bournemouth, contract ends this year | ||
| 29 | Bruno Fuchs | Internacional | ||
| 30 | Gabriel |
Lille | Defender £40m | Everton also want him (Mirror) |
| 31 | César Gelabert | Palencia | ||
| 32 | Gerson | Flamingo midfielder |
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| 33 | Serge Gnabry | Bayern Munich | Winger | Reports everywhere say he was seen in an Arsenal shirt |
| 34 | Antoine Griezmann | Barcelona | £90m for the forward. PSG Man Utd, Chelsea, also interested | |
| 35 | Pape Gueye, | Le Harvre | Defensive midfield | Liverpool also interested. Folo, World of Football. |
| NEW | Serhou Guirassy | Amiens | 24 year old striker | Daily Mail. WHU and Bournemouth also interested |
| 37 | Dennis Gyfami | Leicester | 18 year old full back | Online Gooner |
| NEW | Achraf Hakimi | Borussia Dortmund, on loan from Real Madrid | Right wing back, can play as a winger. | TBR Football |
| 39 | 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. |
| 40 | Mauro Icardi | PSG striker | 27 year old | Swap deal for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. Sun FoLo, Tuttosport and Media Referee |
| 41 | Diogo Jota | Wolverhampton | He’s a 23 year old forward | Sport Review, 4th official, Mail, FoLo, Whoscored |
| Update | Luca Jovic | Real Madrid | 30 year old striker; deal agreed. Going to AC Milan (TBR) | Daily Express / Starspost / Sport. Just Arsenal wonder if he is worth the risk. |
| 43 | Glen Kamara | Rangers | Finnish midfielder | France Football say, Arsenal, Aston Villa, Brighton and Marseille are interested |
| 44 | Calum Kavanagh | Middlesbrough | 16 year old ; forward | Lancs Post, The 72, Northern Echo |
| 45 | 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), Star, Hammernews. |
| NEW | Justin Kluivert | Roma | Winger, 21 year old | Daily Star say a swop deal is being arranged with Mkhitaryan |
| 48 | Kökcü | Sabah in Azerbaijan |
Midfield; 19 years old |
Red London £23m. |
| Update | Orkun Kocku | Feyenoord | 19 year old midfielder | Express, FoLo. Express now saying he is the new Ozil. |
| Update | Marash Kumbulla | Verona | Centre Back | Daily Mirror compared to young Chiellini. Sports Mole say Arsenal are considering… HITC says now very close |
| 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 |
| 52 | 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) |
| 53 | Jesse Lingard | Man U | £19.8m right winger | Caught offside say Celtic and Chelsea want him |
| 54 | 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 |
| 55 | Matty Longstaff | Newcastle | Central midfielder who will leave on a free | The |
| 56 | Dejan Lovren | Liverpool | Defender. Tottenham interested | Express, HITC, FoLo |
| 57 | Pablo Mari | Arsenal on loan from Flamengo | Left sided centre back | The Athletic – he’ll be made permanent |
| 58 | 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 |
| 59 | Dries Martens | Napoli, 32 year old forward | Inter Milan want him, | CalcioMercato, the Metro and on Football.London |
| 60 | Mykola Matviyenko | 24-year-old left-back. who plays for Saky in Ukraine. | Plays for Saky in Ukraine. | Daily Canon |
| 61 | Dwight McNeill | Burnley | Winger | Lancs Live. Apparently lots of clubs want him |
| 62 | Moreno | Valencia £50m | Valencia, forward | Metro, Mirror, replacement for Aubameygang. “A bad move” says Media Referee |
| 63 | Evan N’Dicka | Eintracht Frankfurt | €24m-rated France U21 international, He is left-footed, and 20-year-old | |
| 64 | Wilfred Ndidi | Leicester | Nigerian midfielder | |
| NEW | Neto | Barcelona | Goalkeeper | |
| 66 | Ruben Neves | Wolverhampton | Midfield | Sports Mole |
| 67 | Unai Nunez | Athletic Bilbao | Centre Back, 23, £18m | Daily Mail says WHU want him. Arsenal ready to meet price, Read Arsenal, Who Scored. Transfer Sport Witness says it is on. |
| 68 | Victor Osimhen | Lille | Nigerian Forward. £87m | Le Quotidien du Foot, Bootroom. Replacement for Aubameyang |
| 69 | 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. |
| Update | Adrien Rabiot | Juventus | Midfield | Just Arsenal, Standard. Torreira to be sold. TransferSport Witness says we are “leaning towards” getting them. Sports Mole says could happen. |
| 71 | Marc Roca | Espanyol | To replace Ceballos | Sport, 4th official. |
| 72 | Declan Rice | West Ham | Holding midfielder in the style of Gilberto | Express (according to Arsenal “legend” P Merson) |
| 73 | James Rodriguez | Real Madrid | He could leave on a free | |
| 74 | Kays Ruiz-Atil | PSG | ‘next Lionel Messi’, 17 year old, central midfield, on the left wing or an outright striker | L’Équipe |
| 75 | 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. |
| NEW | Rafa Silva | Benfica | Attacking midfielder | £71.5m says the |
| 77 | 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) |
| 78 | Carlos Soler | Valencia | Central or right midfield | Sky Sports, Standard, FoLo, Agent says he’s happy to stay where he is Daily Star. |
| 79 | Malick Thiaw | Schalke 04. | 18 year old central defender | Sport Review; Daily Mail Liverpool and Man C also interested. |
| Update | Corentin Tolisso | Bayern Munich, central midfield | Man U want him. Juventus, Atletico Madrid and Napoli monitoring him | Express, FootMercato. Just Arsenal News say it is between Arsenal and Man U |
| 81 | 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) |
| 82 | Adama Traore | Wolverhampton | He’s 24, a wing back or midfield, or a winger | Daily Star. He started out with Barcelona. |
| 83 | Samuel Umtiti | Barcelona | Centre back | Express says he’s available at a discount as he’s always injured |
| 84 | 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. |
| 85 | Dayot Upamecano | RB Leipzig | Central defender. Was all the rage as a transfer a year ago | Football.London |
| 86 | Gabriel Veron | He’s a 17 year old forward | “The Brazilian wonderkid” Football London | |
| 87 | 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. |
| 88 | Chris Wood | Burnley | Replacement for Aubameyang | |
| 89 | Freddie Woodman | Newcastle on loan at Swanse | Goalkeeper for Swansea City, on loan from Newcastle United. | Chronicle Live, TBR, 90 mins, Soccersouls, Teamtalk, HITC, BBC, Sports Lens, FL World |
We’ll be back with more reports anon.
