Arsenal news and transfers recap Danilo £20m bid, Gakpo ‘agreed’, Tielemans £19m offer
Arsenal news and transfers recap Danilo £20m bid, Gakpo ‘agreed’, Tielemans £19m offer: Even though the summer transfer window may only have a few hours remaining, the Gunners will be hosting Aston Villa at the Emirates Stadium this evening. The fight between Mikel Arteta and Steven Gerrard may be the ideal opportunity to determine the type of player Edu needs to recruit before the deadline on Thursday.
This summer, technical director Edu has already welcomed five new players to London Colney, investing almost £120 million on players like Marquinhos, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Matt Turner, Gabriel Jesus, and Fabio Vieira. Although the north Londoners have become one of the Premier League’s highest spending teams, Arsenal has shown no signs of slowing down.
In the past few hours, Antoine Griezmann and Mykhaylo Mudryk have been widely connected with a transfer to Arsenal. A new winger is at the top of Arteta’s wishlist now that Nicolas Pepe is on loan at OGC Nice, and Cody Gakpo has reappeared as a prospective acquisition.
As Elneny and Partey problems persist, Steven Gerrard offers Arsenal a £15 million trade option
Douglas Luiz may leave Aston Villa before the Thursday 11 p.m. transfer deadline due to transfer rumors involving Arsenal, Liverpool, and Atlético Madrid, but Steven Gerrard hasn’t completely ruled it out.
Despite playing only for the final 15 minutes of Villa’s defeat at the Emirates Stadium, the Brazilian midfielder did manage to score a bizarre goal from a corner kick that went right by everyone wearing red and white, including Aaron Ramsdale, who begged for a foul but was unsuccessful. There had been a lot of strong curiosity about the 24-year-old before the game.
With players like John McGann, Boubacar Kamara, and Jacob Ramsey ahead of him in Gerrard’s thinking, it has been reported that clubs like Liverpool and Atlético Madrid might potentially make a last-minute swoop for his services. A departure has never been unlikely for the defensive midfielder.
The player, whose contract expires in 2023, might return in the minds of the north London hierarchy this summer when a new midfielder is needed owing to the injuries to Thomas Partey and Mohamed Elneny. It is anticipated that £15 million will be needed to pry the player away from Villa Park.
That would be less than the estimated price for other targets like Danilo (£20 million) and Youri Tielemans (£25 million). It remains to be seen if Arsenal will focus primarily on the Brazilian international and Premier League regular, but one thing is for certain: His present manager hasn’t ruled out any of the options.
“That is not in my control. I am definitely not one of the more than two individuals in charge of that “Gerrard, who was not under pressure, spoke. “That will be the case with Douglas, his agency, and the outcome. He’s a great player, therefore I want to keep him. I’ve been quite clear about that. We are not in a position where we must lose our star players, but Douglas still has a year left, and this is one of those incredibly delicate situations where the club must act in the club’s best interest, not necessarily my own.”
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