By Sir Hardly Anyone
Two interesting headlines stand this week. First, we are told (and note this was published today, 2 June) “Arsenal should look to make a sensational Premier League transfer next season if Mikel Arteta’s side qualify for the Champions League. Mohammed Salah’s surprising desires should have put the Gunners on red alert.” (Football.London)
That really was published today, but I think we may already know about the Champs League for next season.
And after a season of being told that Arsenal are not good enough because the squad is too small we are now told, “Arsenal’s big squad means you might have forgotten some of these players still play for the club. An uncertain summer awaits some.” That is again from Football.London. What a funny bunch of ne’er-do-wells these fellows are!
Here’s the list of players these well-informed media chaps are tipping to come to Arsenal…
| No | Player | Source | Club | Notes |
| 1 | Max Aarons | Daily Cannon, Carrowroad.net, HITC | Norwich City | Right back. Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund interested £20m |
| Update | Tammy Abraham | TBR, Mirror, Just Arsenal (Left Chelsea under one year ago). Telegraph – AFC interested | Roma; Mourinho says he can go | Forward. Will cost over £35m. Wil cost €80million (Just Arsenal) |
| 3 | Manuel Akanji | Mirror says he wants to come to AFC | Borussia Dortmund | Centre back. Contract ends next summer |
| 4 | Kerem Akturkoglu | TeamTalk | Galatasaray. | Forward |
| 5 | Houssem Aouar | Football 365 | Lyon | Attacking midfield |
| 6 | Ronald Araujo | Express | Barcelona | Defender |
| NEW | Gareth Bale | Express | Real Madrid | Released. AFC, Chelsea or Tottenham are the options |
| 8 | Yves Bissouma | HITC, 90 Min | Brighton | Midfield. Requested a transfer. Liverpool want him |
| 9 | Julian Brandt | Mirror | Borussia Dortmund ready to sell | Midfield |
| 10 | Gleison Bremer | Football365 | Torino | Tottenham also want the centre back |
| 11 | Armando Broja | Mirror, Caught Offside | Chelsea (loan at Southampton) | Forward |
| Update | Dominic Calvert-Lewin | Express, Mirror, Mail, F365, Caught Offside, TeamTalk. Player says he wants AFC (Football Insider) (NUFCBlog). Ready to move (Just Arsenal) | Everton | Forward; Everton now ready to sell. WHU want him. AFC cooling (Football Insider) TT says AFC not interested |
| 13 | Reyes Cleary | Foot365, Canon. | WBA | 17 year old forward |
| 14 | Phillipe Coutinho | Mirror, Give Me Sport, Sport Witness, TBR | Aston Villa | £33.57m. £337m release clause (TBR) |
| 15 | Danilo | Teamtalk | Leeds | Defensive midfield |
| 16 | Jonathan David | Express, Mirror, Foot365, PBR, FoLo. Telegraph – still interested | Lille | Forward; agent confirms he’s leaving. It’s on; Edu met agent |
| 17 | Moussa Dembele | Telegraph: in final year of contract | Lyon | Forward |
| 18 | Memphis Depay | TBR, Mirror: Barca set price, AFC in pole position | Barcelona | Forward |
| 19 | Sergino Dest | Football London | Barcelona | Full back |
| Update | Moussa Diaby | Mirror – £84m. FoLo says he wants Champs Lge football | Bayer Leverkusen | Winger |
| Update | Paulo Dybala | HITC: Totts want him also. Football London. Story now repeated. Mirror now saying he doesn’t want to come. Mirror now saying he is coming. “Meeting in London”. | Juventus | Forward available on a free. Talks ongoing (FoLo). Man U, Inter and Newcastle also want him. |
| 22 | Khayon Edwards | Express: AFC youth player now ready to sign full contract | Arsenal | Forward. Jeorge Bird says he has signed. |
| 23 | Joao Felix | Football London, Daily Canon, HITC | Atletico Madrid | Replacement for Lacazette |
| NEW | Ben Foster | Football London | ex-Watford | Now without a club, says he is hoping to go to Arsenal |
| 25 | Cody Gakpo | Sport Witness, Star, Bavarian Football, HITC, Mirror (who say PSV “upping his wages” in a cunning way of keeping him) | PSV (the Dutch Thierry Henry) | Winger. AFC favourites to get him. Tottenham interested |
| 26 | Florian Grillitsch | Telegraph | Hoffenheim | Midfield. Free agent this summer |
| Update | Serge Gnabry | Mirror (and repeated in 2nd article) | Bayern Munich | Player says he wants to leave |
| 28 | Arda Guler | Mirror, Sport Witness, Ozil says he’s world class (HITC) | Fenerbahce | Midfield. Liverpool and Bayern interested |
| 29 | Erling Haaland | HITC, Sky, Express, Mirror | Borussia Dortmund | Age 21. £250m. Odegaard tells AFC to sign him |
| 30 | Eden Hazard | HITC, AS, Mirror, Give me Sport, | Real Madrid | £33.5m; meetings being held (Mirror) |
| Update | Aaron Hickey | Sport Witness. Fo.Lo Arsenal now lead the race. Express – transfer just hours away (10 May). Still talking (Telegraph). HITC rated in 4/10 in match. TBR – he’s stand out player. | Bologna | Left back £17m; Napoli interested. Sport Review: Arsenal about to sign him: HITC AFC favourites |
| 32 | Adam Hlozek | Mirror – AFC want him but have been too slow. | Spart Prague | Striker |
| 33 | Alexander Isak | Express, Mirror, | Real Sociedad | Forward, £75 release clause. Only if can’t get Abrahams. |
| Update | Gabriel Jesus | Mirror, Athletic, Sport Witness “Talks Ongoing”. Mirror its on the cards. Telegraph: he likes the project. Talks underway (Mirror). Teleg again make him a feature (28 May). Boot Room. | Man City; Left Back | Athletic: Discussions have been going on for months. Mirror: discussions yet to begin. HITC: “done deal”. Express – happening |
| 35 | Frenkie de Jong | Mirror, but later article says he’s an “outside candidate” | Barcelona | Midfield |
| 36 | Luka Jovic | Football.London | Real Madrid | Everton, AC Milan and Borussia Dortmund |
| 37 | Khvicha Kvaratskhelia | Hard Tackle | Dinamo Batumi on leave from Rubin Kazan | Napoli also interested |
| Update | Noa Lang | Hard Tackle; Team Talk. FoLo other clubs are trying to sign him, Arsenal being too slow. | Club Brugge | Liverpool and Milan also want him. Seen as replacement for Pepe but player fancies Milan. £25m |
| Update | Rafael Leão | SI.com, Fichajes.net | AC Milan | Forward. Newcastle and Man C interested |
| 40 | Robert Lewandowski | Express | Bayern Munich | Striker |
| 41 | Jesper Lindstrom | HITC | Eintracht Frankfurt | Attacking midfield |
| 42 | James Maddison | Sport Review | Leicester | Midfield. Totts also interested but Maddison wants to play in team with Saka (Mirror) |
| 43 | Marquinhos | Mirror. Metro: deal done. Telegraph – about to complete | Sao Paulo | 19 year old winger. £2.5m |
| 44 | Lautaro Martinez | Caught Offside, Sport Witness. La Gazzetta dello Sport: £50m. FoLo says it is on | Inter Milan | Forward. WHU and Atletico Madrid interested |
| Update | Arthur Melo | Football London; TBR. Swap deal for Thomas Partey. Mirror: swap deal for Martinelli is on | Juventus | Midfield. Hard Tackle: being offered in part exchange for Martinelli |
| 46 | Nahuel Molina | Il Messaggero Veneto Arseblog, Just Arsenal | Udinese | Right back |
| 47 | Alvaro Morata | Sport Witness | Juventus | Striker – transfer looking very likely |
| 48 | Cristhian Mosquera | Express | Valencia | 17 year old centre back |
| 49 | Nordi Mukiele | Football.London | RB Leipzig | Defender, Totts also interested |
| Update | Neto | TBR, Sport, HITC | Barcelona | Part of swap for Gabriel |
| 51 | Ruben Neves | Express. WW wanted £100m. Barcelona interested (Mirror) Still on (London World) | Wolverhampton | Man U interested, but warning about his injury situation. |
| 52 | Darwin Nunez | Mirror, Standard, Express 442, TBR, F365, Football London, Caught Offside, Sky Sports, Mirror: “AFC have let him slip through their grasp – he’s going to Man U | Benfica. £67m | Forward. Transfer in progress. At Madrid no longer interested. AFC in the lead (Express). Main target (FoLo), AFC need him (Mirror). AFC now in the lead |
| 53 | Luca Ocampos | SportsMole | Seville; winger | Swap with Pepe |
| 54 | Michael Olise | HITC | Crystal Palace | £24m |
| 55 | Mathias Olivera | Mirror | Getafe | Left back |
| 56 | Victor Osimhen | AllNigeria, Express, Football London, Mirror | Napoli | Forward |
| 57 | Lucas Paqueta | Hard Tackle, Sport Review | Lyon | PSG, At Madrid also want him. AFC now competing with Newcastle. Playmaker |
| 58 | Pepe (the Porto player!) | ABola, HITC | Porto | Winger |
| 59 | Yeremy Pino | HITC | Villarreal | Release clause worth €80m. Forward |
| 60 | Paul Pogba | Football.London | Man U | Contract talks broken down. AFC to blow other clubs out of the water |
| 61 | Marcus Rashford | 90 Min, HITC, TalkSport, Daily Cannon, Express, Sport Review, TBR, Teamtalk | Man U | Forward; Keene warns AFC against buying him. Totts could hi-jack deal. “Suprise swoop” (Sp Rev) AFC want him. |
| 62 | Richarlison | Football Insider, Caught Offside. Forward. Mirror: being sounded out | Everton | Man U interested |
| 63 | Sergi Roberto | Football London | Barcelona | Right back. At Madrid no longer interested |
| 64 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Express, Mirror, Fo.Lo | Man U | Piers Morgan says AFC should sign him |
| 65 | Fabian Ruiz | TBR | Napoli | Midfield; swap for Gabriel |
| 66 | Allan Saint-Maximin | Football London | Newcastle | Winger. Leno going in part exchange |
| 67 | Renato Sanches | Sun, Mirror, Sports Mole, HITC | Lille | Midfield. Juventus want him but can’t afford him |
| Update | Gianluca Scamacca | HITC “Arsenal will not take ‘no’ for an answer”. Express: great ariel threat | Sassuolo | No 9. |
| 69 | Luis Sinisterra | Mirror: players wants to move, AFC favourites to get him | Feyenoord | Forward, scoring 12 goals in 30 games. |
| 70 | Djed Spence | Hard Tackle, Fo.Lo. Just Arsenal say Forest are getting him | Middlesbrough on loan at Forest | Right back. £15m but Tottenham now looking favourites |
| 71 | Raheem Stirling | HITC. Contract ends next year. Arteta worked with him at Man C. Caught offside: wage demands will scupper deal | Man City | Available for £80m |
| 72 | Aurelien Tchouameni | WeallfollowUnited, Sun | AS Monaco | Midfield, £60m+ |
| Update | Matt Turner | Telegraph. Daily Canon “any day now” | New England Revolution | Goalkeeper – deal done |
| 74 | Youri Tielemans | Star, Mirror. “Top target” Fo.Lo, The Athletic, Just Arsenal TBR – been playing badly recently. Sun: the deal is on. He wants to come (Mirror) | Leicester | Man U also interested, Midfield, Contract ends next summer. Telegraph – very possible. |
| NEW | Corentin Tolisso | Bavarianfootballworks.com. Man U also interested | Bayern Munich | Midfield. Free transfer. |
| 76 | Raul de Tomas | Star, HITC | Espanyol | “Being watched” Wright things he’s unbelievable. |
| 77 | Ivan Toney | Sun – about to happen | Brentford | Striker |
| 78 | Auston Trusty | Telegraph – will sign and go out on loan | Colorado Rapids | |
| 79 | Lesley Ugochukwu | HITC | Rennes | 2nd Patrick Vieira. AFC convinced of signing |
| 80 | Jesus Vazquez | Express | Valencia | Left back |
| 81 | Dusan Vlahovic | F365 | Juventus | Serbian Striker |
| 82 | Wilfried Zaha | TBR | Crystal Palace | He’s been in each of the last 3 summer transfer rumours |
| 83 | Cristian Zavala | Colo Colo | Player says “my dream transfer” | Midfielder, hasn’t actually played for Colo Colo yet! |
| 84 | Edon Zhegrova | 442, Sunday Mirror, Sky Teamtalk, Shoot | Lille | 23 year old forward available for a bargain price |
| NEW | Oleksandr Zinchenko | Telegraph | Man City |
Part 2: The players who are planning to say farewell.
Meanwhile, we now have 30 players are going to say goodbye to the Arsenal – at least according to reports!
| No | Player | Source | Club | Notes |
| 1 | Dan Ballard | News at Den | Millwall | Loan |
| 2 | Folarin Balogun | Team Talk | Fulham | To help Fulham survive in PL |
| Update | Hector Bellerin | Team Talk, Mirror | Real Betis | Free Agent. Permanent move to Betis (Mirror). TBR: he doesn’t want to come back. Mirror: Betis out of money. Fiorentina want him |
| 4 | Khayon Edwards | The Athletic | Chelsea | HITC, Brighton also interested |
| 5 | Mohamed Elneny | Turkish-Football | Galatasaray | Free Agent. Mirror: he will stay if asked to by Arteta. AFC: New contract signed. |
| NEW | Ben Foster | Caught Offside | Watford | Keeper would welcome the move. |
| 7 | Matteo Guendouzi | Team Talk, Mirror | Marseille | Loan made permanent. Definiately going |
| 8 | Rob Holding | Mirror | Open to offers | |
| NEW | Tyreece John-Hules | Football London | Injury hit career. Balogun now ahead of him. | |
| Update | Alex Lacazette | Arseblog, Hard Tackle | Free Agent. Lyon interested, Rennes also (Hard Tackle) | |
| Update | Bernd Leno | Team Talk; Telegraph. Arteta doesn’t trust him (TBR) | Newcastle | Mirror. Deal agreed – TBR; 90 min. Likely to go – Telegraph |
| NEW | George Lewis | Fo Lo: Injuries have stopped his progression | Looking to move elsewhere. | |
| 13 | Ainsley Maitland-Niles | Team Talk | On offer for £10m | |
| 14 | Gabriel Magalhaes | TBR, Sport, Mirror, Last Word, Star, Caughtoffside | Barcelona, Juventus | Barca offering swap deal. Gabriel says he feels at home at AFC and not going (Mirror). Last word says Juventus move possible. Star: Juve’s top priority. F365 its on. |
| 15 | Pablo Mari | Team Talk, Metro, Canon | Leaving if Saliba joins first team, player says he does not want to return. Mirror: he’s off. | |
| Update | Gabriel Martinelli | Sports Review, Foot365, TBR | Liverpool, Juventus | Klopp expressing admiration; Juventus seriously interested, TBR – At Madrid “likely”. Hard Tackle: Juventus offering Arthur Melo in part exchange |
| 17 | Konstantinos Mavropanos | TeamTalk, HITC | Stuttgart | Loan made permanent. He’s been excellent this year. |
| 18 | Reiss Nelson | Daily Cannon | Feyenoord on loan | Looking for a club to take him off the books. But says he is in regular touch with AFC. Mirror says he might stay at AFC |
| 19 | Eddie Nketiah | Evening Standard, Football.London , TBR (most now say he’s resigning | Crystal Palace | Free Agent. Crystal Palace and Borussia Monchengladbaach interested. Souness says he’s amazed Eddie wants to leave. WHU leading the race (Newshopper) |
| 20 | Thomas Partey | Express, Caught offside | Juventus | Juve propose swap deal with Arthur Melo |
| 21 | Nicolas Pepe | Mirror, African Football | West Ham | Club happy to lose him for £44m or even £25m (CalcioMercato). £25m being quoted widely |
| 22 | Alex Runarsson | Team Talk | HITC says he stays, Daily Canon says AFC looking for a buyer | |
| 23 | Bukayo Saka | Mirror | Unwilling to sign new contract as it doesn’t have a release clause | |
| 24 | William Saliba | Caught Offside | Marseille; Milan | Happy to stay at the club. Team Talk “exclusive” he wants to stay. Mirror agrees, but then in new article says AFC made special offer to Saliba to keep him |
| 25 | Cedric Soares | Team Talk | ||
| 26 | Nuno Tavares | Mirror | “Arsenal have clearly indicated that the left back position needs an upgrade” | |
| 27 | Kieran Tierney | Mirror | Real Mad | £50m |
| 28 | Lucas Torreira | Team Talk | Fiorentina | |
| 29 | Auston Trusty | Team Talk | ||
| 30 | Granit Xhaka | Team Talk, Just Arsenal | Roma | But may stay – Roma not willing to meet price |
Ben Foster makes an ‘off the cuff’ remark about replacing Bernd Leno and the usual suspects go bananas. It’s enough to make you weep…
@allezkev, don’t really understand why they losing their heads. it’s not like he said something out of line. i fairly enjoyed his YT contents where he have chats with people in sports (mostly football), especially Gary Lewin (ex physio under Wenger and England), Wrighty and Rambo himself. in their interview you can see that he really have a big respect for Ramsdale and want him to succeed more than anything
@bushido it’s all taken out of context but it’s how they operate, i just laugh at them and never click on their garbage.