By Sir Hardly Anyone
One of the prime reasons for the media wanting to tell us that Arsenal is in crisis, and that the fact that the last two thirds of the season was not a brilliant period for the club, is because it gives them plenty to write about.
We’ve noted here how some websites are putting out Arsenal transfer rumours more or less ever 90 minutes day and night – and of course they can’t do that if it is agreed that the club is doing well, and so does not need replacements.
So they continue to pour out the comings and goings, and just to see if they can exceed their previous record of three out of every 100 transfers correct, we’re keeping track once again.
The rumours chart
| No | Player | Current club | Position | Reported by |
| 1 | Max Aarons | Norwich | Full back | Daily Express |
| 2 | Houssem Aouar | Lyon | Midfield | Football.London |
| 3 | Tosin Adarabioyo | Fulham | Centre back | Daily Express |
| 4 | Loic Bade | Lens | Defender | Boot Room |
| 5 | Sander Berge | Sheffield Utd | Midfield | HITC; Express – he was seen out with Odegaard |
| NEW | Ryan Bertrand | Southampton | Left back | Mirror |
| 7 | Yves Bissouma | Brighton | Midfield | Africa Football, Express, TBR, HITC. No he’s going to Liverpool (Express) – it’s a swap deal with Nketiah. |
| NEW | Josip Brekalo | Wolfsberg | Winger | Just Arsenal |
| 9 | Emiliano Buendia | Norwich | Playmaker | Daily Mail, Metro, FL, Boot Room, Sportslens, HITC, TBR, Teamtalk, Telegraph, F365, FoLo |
| NEW | Nathan Collins | Stoke City | Defender | Sun, TBR. (Arsenal buying an “uncompromising” Stoke defender????) |
| 11 | Philippe Coutinho | Barcelona | Midfield | Just Arsenal, FoLo: Arsenal will have to wait |
| NEW | Patson Daka | RB Salzburg | Striker | TBR Football |
| 13 | Moussa Dembele | Lyon (At. Madrid) | Striker | Daily Express, HITC |
| 14 | Oddsonne Edouard | Celtic | Striker | Daily Star |
| Update | Achraf Hakimi | Inter Milan | Right Back | Daily Express, HITC |
| 16 | Jules Kounde | Sevilla | Centre back | Daily Express, Star, HITC |
| 17 | Layvin Kurzawa | PSG | Left Back | Sport Witness |
| NEW | Riyad Mahrez | Manchester City | Forward | Daily Mail, Leicester Mercury, Football London, Sport Review |
| 19 | Neto | Barcelona | Goalkeeper | Caught Offside |
| 20 | Paul Onuachu | Genk | Striker | Sport Witness |
| 21 | Michael Olise | Reading | Midfield | All Nigerian Soccer |
| 22 | Kays Ruiz-Atil | PSG | Midfield | Just Arsenal News |
| NEW | Raheem Sterling | Manchester City | Forward | Daily Mail, TBR. the Hard Tackle Cost £49m. Sport Review |
| NEW | Wojciech Szczesny | Juventus | Goal | Sport Witness; Szczesny counts as home ground and that could be the key point. |
| Update | Edmond Tapsoba | Bayer Leverkusen | Centre back | HITC, Just Arsenal News (twice), Daily Cannon (may be too expensive) |
| NEW | Tiago Tomas | Sporting Lisbon | Sporting Lisbon | 60m euros agreed. |
| 27 | Pau Torres | Villareal | Centre back | Football London |
| NEW | Cengiz Under | Roma | HITC: In exchange for Xhaka | |
| 29 | Dusan Vlahovic | Fiorentina | Striker | Teamtalk, FoLo. This is futbol: “he’s not going” |
And the list of players we are about to lose (according to “reports”)
The Leavers Chart
| No | Player | Going to | Reported by. |
| Update | Hector Bellerin | Real Betis | Sport Witness (now running story again), Just Arsenal |
| 2 | Dani Ceballos | Rea; Madrid | Daily Express |
| Update | Matteo Guendouzi. | Brighton | Daily Express. Just Arsenal say Olympique Marseille. FoLo & TBR & Hared Tackle agree. HITC have Brighton. |
| 4 | Sead Kolasinac | Not staying at Schalke | Football London |
| 5 | Alexandre Lacazette | Daily Express | |
| 6 | David Luiz | Daily Express | |
| 7 | Ainsley Maitland-Niles | Daily Express | |
| 8 | Konstantinos Mavropanos | Stuttgart | Daily Express, Kicker |
| 9 | Reiss Nelson | Daily Express | |
| 10 | Eddie Nketiah | Brighton or Watford | Sports Lens, Sussex Live, HITC |
| 11 | Martin Odegaard | Real Madrid | Daily Express |
| 12 | Mat Ryan | Brighton | Daily Express |
| 13 | Runar Alex Runarsson | Daily Express | |
| Update | William Saliba | West Ham, Bayer Leverkusen | Hammers New, Daily Canon |
| 15 | Lucas Torreira | Atletico Madrid | Daily Express |
| 16 | Willian | MLS or Chelsea | Givemesport HITC says not going to happen |
| 17 | Joe Willock | Newcastle | Daily Express |
| Update | Granit Xhaka | Roma | Sports Witness, Sky Sports, cultofcalcio.com, Mirror, Athletic (he just wants to leave). HITC – he’s agreed to go. TBR Arsenal reject bid |
And one more – management and coaching
Tony Strudwick, claiming Sheffield Wednesday’s outgoing head of sports science and medicine is to become head of academy performance at Arsenal.
Footnotes:
The Mirror, The Express, the Daily Record, Daily Star, Daily Record, and Football London – plus some 20 other titles are all owned by the same company: Reach plc. Isn’t that strange.
Last year 97 in each 100 rumours we noted turned out to be untrue.
All this rumors is because Mikel Arteta is not doing well otherwise they will not what to write because there will be no room for rumors he who fetch firewood full of ants invite the lizards if everyone is not seeing that Arteta is not doing well I am seeing it that he is not doing well on his own he has no best eleven any player the media write about he will go for him his only good in condemning good players like Goundoezi and William Saliba and yet he is looking for under 19 players to players will we die in feeders every year is not time for us to come out with a strong team
OK George: “All this rumors is because Mikel Arteta is not doing well”
But for the second two thirds of the season he was doing brilliantly – the second best manager in the league. And those rumours only started recently. Odd isn’t it.
The irony of Guendouzi to Brighton is not lost on me. He will be able to link up with his buddy – Maupay.
HITC say that a Bissouma/Guendouzi swap deal with bring the “rice” down.
Anybody fancy a curry?