By Sir Hardly Anyone
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Yes we have reached 101 players tipped by the all-knowing journalists and bloggers as coming to Arsenal this summer, unless I have miscounted. There are eight names now appearing here for the first time in this window – although some of them are re-runs from the last window with journos running the “Arsenal failed to land xxx last time around but are now trying again…” story.
And with the window still not creaking open, this is a pre-window record. Normally we only get into the 100s just before the window closes. Just shows what a pandemic can do to journalists’ already fried brains.
Here we go. Take a deep breath.
| Player | From | Details | Source | |
| 1 | Kristoffer Ajer. | Celtic | 22-year-old centre-back | Gunnersphere; Scottish Daily |
| NEW | Rafinha Alcantara | Barcelona | Playmaker | One Arsenal, Just Football, Daily Canon |
| NEW | Thiago Almada | Vélez Sarsfield of the Argentine Primera División | 19 year old winger, midfielder, highly tipped by the Guardian | Teamtalk, Mund Deportivo. AS. Man City interested. Manchester Eve News |
| 4 | Miguel Almiron | Newcastle | Their top scorer | Media Referee |
| 5 | 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. |
| NEW | Adil Aouchiche. | PSG | 17 year old midfielder | Football London |
| 7 | Sardar Azmoun | Zenit St. Petersburg | The 5th highest Iranian scorer of all time, and he’s still scoring | Leicester want him. 442, HITC, TBR |
| 8 | Ousseynou Ba | Olympiacos centre-back | HITC, Sport Time | |
| 9 | Leon Bailey | Bayer Leverkusen | Chelsea also want him. £85m fee. | Just Arsenal |
| 10 | 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 |
| 11 | Wissam Ben Yedder | Monaco; 29 years old | Centre forward to replace Auba | Sports Mole |
| 12 | Said Benrahma | Brentford | Palace want him.. 24 years old, a winger | Football London |
| 13 | Jérôme Boateng | Bayern Munich | 31 years old, £13m, defender | Daily Mail. Read Arsenal says Bayern ready to sell |
| 14 | Giacomo Bonaventura | Milan | Midfielder | Out of contract at end of season Sun says Atalanta, Fiorentina, Roma and Lazio want him |
| 15 | Ugurcan Cakir |
Trabzonspor goalkeeper
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Tottenham also interested | HITC. Do we need another keeper? |
| 16 | Mady Camara | Olympiacos | Defensive midfield | HITC |
| 17 | Dani Ceballos | Real Mad | Currently on loan | Express, SDNA |
| 18 | Chiesa | Fiorentina | Winger | Juventus, Inter, Chelsea and Manchester United all want him, Canon, Sun, Express all say we want him |
| Update | Barcelona | Attacking midfielder on loan at Bayern. Being talked up as a near certainty | Talksport, Express. Daily Mirror says talks have opened. Express now says Arsenal can’t afford his wages | |
| 20 | Marc Cucurella | Barcelona | Left back or wide midfield | FoLo £20.9m |
| 21 | Jonathan David | Gent | Second striker | Football.London |
| 22 | Ousmane Dembélé | Barcelona | Forward | AS, Sun. HITC says Arsenal have been given the go ahead to buy Dembele for £53m, or £37 (Sport) |
| 23 | 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 |
| 24 | Moussa Diaby | Bayer Leverkusen | 20 year old winger | TBR blaming Le10Sport. Signed for a “bargain £13.5million” from Paris Saint-Germain last summer. Teamtalk says talks have begun |
| 25 | 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. |
| 26 | Issa Diop | WHU | Centre back for £60m | Mirror, Metro, Read Arsenal, HITC, West Sussex Today, Sun |
| 27 | Julian Draxler | PSG | To replace Ozil. Tottenham also interested (although he is a winger) | Teamtalk. Daily Canon says it is on |
| 28 | Odsonne Edouard | Celtic | £12m; goalscoring forward (“Scored more than Messi”). Fo.Lo says we’ve been impressed | |
| 29 | Nebil Fekir | Real Betis | ||
| 30 | Wesley Fofana | St Etienne | ||
| 31 | Noah Francoise | Rennes | ||
| 32 | Ryan Fraser | Bournemouth, contract ends this year | ||
| 33 | Bruno Fuchs | Internacional | ||
| 34 | Gabriel |
Lille | Defender £40m | Everton also want him (Mirror) |
| 35 | César Gelabert | Palencia | ||
| 36 | Gerson | Flamingo midfielder |
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| 37 | Serge Gnabry | Bayern Munich | Winger | Reports everywhere say he was seen in an Arsenal shirt |
| 38 | Antoine Griezmann | Barcelona | £90m for the forward. PSG Man Utd, Chelsea, also interested | |
| 39 | Pape Gueye, | Le Harvre | Defensive midfield | Liverpool also interested. Folo, World of Football. |
| 40 | Serhou Guirassy | Amiens | 24 year old striker | Daily Mail. WHU and Bournemouth also interested |
| 41 | Dennis Gyfami | Leicester | 18 year old full back | Online Gooner |
| 42 | Achraf Hakimi | Borussia Dortmund, on loan from Real Madrid | Right wing back, can play as a winger. | TBR Football |
| 43 | 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. |
| 44 | Mauro Icardi | PSG striker | 27 year old | Swap deal for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. Sun FoLo, Tuttosport and Media Referee |
| NEW | Raul Jimenez | Wolverhampton | 29 year old striker | BBC, NBC |
| 46 | Diogo Jota | Wolverhampton | He’s a 23 year old forward | Sport Review, 4th official, Mail, FoLo, Whoscored |
| 47 | 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. |
| 48 | Glen Kamara | Rangers | Finnish midfielder | France Football say, Arsenal, Aston Villa, Brighton and Marseille are interested |
| 49 | Calum Kavanagh | Middlesbrough | 16 year old ; forward | Lancs Post, The 72, Northern Echo |
| 50 | Jonjoe Kenny | Schalke 04 on loan from Everton | Right back | Tottenham want him |
| 51 | Franck Kessie | AC Milan | Midfielder, the next Yaya Torre | Calciomercato. Swap for Torreira (Transfer Tavern), Star, Hammernews. |
| 52 | Justin Kluivert | Roma | Winger, 21 year old | Daily Star say a swop deal is being arranged with Mkhitaryan. Sportwitness saw swap is most likely. Media Referee and Corriere dello Sport update |
| 53 | Kökcü | Sabah in Azerbaijan |
Midfield; 19 years old |
Red London £23m. |
| 54 | Orkun Kocku | Feyenoord | 19 year old midfielder | Express, FoLo. Express now saying he is the new Ozil. |
| 55 | Marash Kumbulla | Verona | Centre Back | Daily Mirror compared to young Chiellini. Sports Mole say Arsenal are considering… HITC says now very close |
| 56 | 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 |
| NEW | Thomas Lemar | Atlético Madrid | Winger and centre forward, 24 years old | Star, Sun reactivate major story in last window |
| 58 | 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) |
| 59 | Jesse Lingard | Man U | £19.8m right winger | Caught offside say Celtic and Chelsea want him |
| 60 | 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 |
| 61 | Matty Longstaff | Newcastle | Central midfielder who will leave on a free | The |
| 62 | Dejan Lovren | Liverpool | Defender. Tottenham interested | Express, HITC, FoLo |
| 63 | Pablo Mari | Arsenal on loan from Flamengo | Left sided centre back | The Athletic – he’ll be made permanent |
| Update | Gabriel Magalhaes | Centre back with Lille | Everton, Chelsea, Leicester in for him. Express says its Arsenal | HITC, Sports Mole, The Sun, LT Arsenal, le10Sport, Metro, Canon, Football London, TransferTavern |
| 65 | Dries Martens | Napoli, 32 year old forward | Inter Milan want him, | CalcioMercato, the Metro and on Football.London |
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| 67 | Mykola Matviyenko | 24-year-old left-back. who plays for Saky in Ukraine. | Plays for Saky in Ukraine. | Daily Canon |
| 68 | Dwight McNeill | Burnley | Winger | Lancs Live. Apparently lots of clubs want him |
| 69 | Arkadiusz Milik | Napoli | Striker | 26 years old. Inside Football, HITC |
| 70 | Moreno | Valencia £50m | Valencia, forward | Metro, Mirror, replacement for Aubameygang. “A bad move” says Media Referee |
| 71 | Evan N’Dicka | Eintracht Frankfurt | €24m-rated France U21 international, He is left-footed, and 20-year-old | |
| 72 | Wilfred Ndidi | Leicester | Nigerian midfielder | |
| 73 | Neto | Barcelona | Goalkeeper | |
| 74 | Ruben Neves | Wolverhampton | Midfield | Sports Mole |
| 75 | 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. |
| Update | Victor Osimhen | Lille | Nigerian Forward. £87m Now down to £50m for 18 year old | Le Quotidien du Foot, Bootroom. Replacement for Aubameyang. Express |
| 77 | 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. |
| 78 | 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. |
| 79 | Marc Roca | Espanyol | To replace Ceballos | Sport, 4th official. |
| 80 | Declan Rice | West Ham | Holding midfielder in the style of Gilberto | Express (according to Arsenal “legend” P Merson) |
| 81 | James Rodriguez | Real Madrid | He could leave on a free | |
| 82 | Kays Ruiz-Atil | PSG | ‘next Lionel Messi’, 17 year old, central midfield, on the left wing or an outright striker | L’Équipe |
| NEW | Mohammed Salisu | Real Valladolid; he’s a defender with a €12 million release clause. | Fiorentina, Atletico Madrid, Manchester United, Newcastle United and Napoli are also interested. | Mundo Deportivo has indeed said that Arsenal are among the clubs interested |
| 84 | 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. |
| 85 | Rafa Silva | Benfica | Attacking midfielder | £71.5m says the |
| 86 | 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) |
| 87 | Carlos Soler | Valencia | Central or right midfield | Sky Sports, Standard, FoLo, Agent says he’s happy to stay where he is Daily Star. |
| 88 | Nicolás Tagliafico | Ajaz | £20m. 27 year old left back | Standard, Daily Mail |
| 89 | Malick Thiaw | Schalke 04. | 18 year old central defender | Sport Review; Daily Mail Liverpool and Man C also interested. |
| 90 | 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 |
| 91 | 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) |
| 92 | Adama Traore | Wolverhampton | He’s 24, a wing back or midfield, or a winger | Daily Star. He started out with Barcelona. |
| 93 | Samuel Umtiti | Barcelona | Centre back | Express says he’s available at a discount as he’s always injured |
| 94 | 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. |
| 95 | Dayot Upamecano | RB Leipzig | Central defender. Was all the rage as a transfer a year ago | Football.London |
| 96 | Gabriel Veron | He’s a 17 year old forward | “The Brazilian wonderkid” Football London | |
| 97 | Domagoj Vida | Defender | Aksam | |
| 98 | 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. |
| 99 | Chris Wood | Burnley | Replacement for Aubameyang | |
| 100 | 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 |
| NEW | Wilfried Zaha | Crystal Palace | Winger | This old story has been brought back by Sky – so it is new this week for this window. Pain in the Arsenal, Bleacher |
This is seriously very funny. 101 players coming to Arsenal and we’ll end up bringing in two 18 year olds.Really funny.Long live Arsenal FC.
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