Arsenal news and transfers LIVE: Brentford move, Moises Caicedo offer, Mudryk admission.
Mikel Arteta’s side are set to stay top of the Premier League for the coming weeks following the decision to postpone all football fixtures this weekend.
There remains uncertainty surrounding next weekend’s fixtures, but the Gunners are set to play PSV in the Europa League on Thursday.
Gabriel Jesus, Gabriel Martinelli and Gabriel Magalhaes have all been left out of Brazil’s squad for their upcoming friendlies against Ghana and Tunisia later this month.
Martinelli has previously outlined his aim to break into the Brazil squad ahead of the 2022 World Cup, but is facing a race against time to impress manager Tite and secure his place at this year’s tournament.
Plans are already beginning to take shape for the January transfer window after the Gunners failed to secure a Deadline Day deal for Aston Villa star Douglas Luiz.
Mykhaylo Mudryk and Jonas Wind have both dropped major transfer hints linking them with a move to the Emirates Stadium in the new year after technical director Edu was unable to fulfil Arteta’s transfer demands in the summer.
The promotion to captain has seen a new side to Martin Odegaard for Arsenal, with the 23-year-old showing everything demanded by Mikel Arteta in his young-looking side.
The Norway attacker was announced as the captain over the summer and has already taken the role on with great enthusiasm, and his form has matched his promotion.
In the six matches so far this season, he has scored three goals, nearly half of last season’s total already, and has shown some extremely unselfish play to help out his teammates in moves.
Arteta had already sounded out his new captain last season before the appointment was made, citing the experience for Norway as a reason why he would go on to be the leader for his club side.
As a breakout star at a young age, Odegaard has used these experiences to become a role model for young players at the club and across Europe.
The Gunners shelled out around £34 million to sign the former Porto maestro during the summer transfer window.
It was quite a surprise signing by Arsenal given the lack of speculation surrounding a move in the days leading up to the
As reported by Independent, back in June, Arsenal and PSG would be willing to go upto £100 million transfer fee for Nkunku. As we all know, Arsenal or PSG did not end up making the move for Nkunku and he ended up staying at RB Leipzig instead.
There, he has enjoyed a bright start to the season, despite the fact that RB Leipzig have struggled as a team till now.
Arsenal pipped Premier League rivals Wolves to the signing of Brazilian youngster Marquinhos this summer thanks to technical director Edu, according to Fabrizio Romano.
Writing in his exclusive CaughtOffside column, Romano explained that Edu had a key role in making sure the Gunners were able to get in first and get this deal done, with Marquinhos ending up joining for just €3.5million in what now looks like a real bargain.
“Marquinhos scored his first Arsenal goal this week in the Europa League following his €3.5m move to the Emirates Stadium in the summer. In my view, this could end up being a smart piece of business and a real bargain,” Romano said.
Fabio Vieira is an ‘exciting player’ Former Arsenal midfielder Paul Merson has seen enough to know that Fabio Vieira is an ‘exciting player’.
Merson told Sportskeeda when previewing the postponed clash with Everton: “Fabio Vieira came on against Manchester United and made a good impact, but Arsenal need to bounce back after their first defeat of the season last weekend.
“Vieira looks like an exciting player, but I just hope they play their best team and don’t look to experiment for the sake of it.”
Brighton are ready to sit down and discuss a new deal with midfielder Moises Caicedo after several clubs, including Arsenal registered an interest in taking him over the summer, as per The Mirror.
Arsenal were one of the busiest Premier League clubs in the summer transfer window, spending over £100million in completing five new signings.
Technical director Edu’s work off the pitch has seen the Gunners enjoy a stellar start to the new season, winning six of their opening seven fixtures in all competitions. Arsenal sit top of the Premier League and are likely to remain there throughout September following the news of fixture postponements after Queen Elizabeth II’s passing.
Despite a busy summer transfer window, Mikel Arteta’s wish of adding one or two more signings before Deadline Day was unable to be granted. The Gunners saw three bids for Aston Villa star Douglas Luiz rebuffed after Thomas Partey and Mohamed Elneny picked up injuries, whilst a new winger is thought to remain a priority in the transfer market.
Arsenal’s 2022/23 Europa League campaign is off to an ideal start following a 2-1 win over FC Zurich on matchday one of the group phase.
Back in Europe competition after a full season without it, Gunners manager Mikel Arteta outlined his intent to make up for lost time by naming the strongest squad possible for the trip to Switzerland and handing starts to the likes of Granit Xhaka, Gabriel Magalhaes and Gabriel Martinelli.
Furthermore, the Spaniard was able to get 90 minutes into the legs of Kieran Tierney and Takehiro Tomiyasu as well as hand first starts to Matt Turner and Fabio Vieira. But it was another summer signing in Marquinhos and Eddie Nketiah who stood out for Arsenal against FC Zurich with a goal and assist each.
It’s become quite the trend for players to say that they are fulfilling a ‘dream’ when joining a new club and that they’ve always been a ‘fan’ of the team they’re signing for. Yet it can be rare for them to actually say it with true sincerity nowadays, with loyalty in football becoming an uncommon trait for many to have.
However, that doesn’t make it completely impossible as we were reminded over the summer. Arsenal signed Oleksandr Zinchenko, who was a boyhood fan of the Gunners growing up.
Despite playing for Premier League rivals Manchester City for six years, the Ukrainian international described the move as a “boyhood dream come true.”
“First of all I would like to say this is a boyhood dream come true, because I was a massive fan when I was a kid,” he said.
“Since Thierry Henry and young Cesc Fabregas was playing here, I was just enjoying watching those games, that Arsenal. And obviously, I started to love this club, so I am so excited and I cannot wait to play for this amazing club.”
Ex-Arsenal star Emmanuel Petit has urged his former club to make a move for Brighton midfielder Alexis Mac Allister. Speaking with Lord Ping, Petit talked about the Gunners’ transfer business.
“Not signing Arthur Melo isn’t a big miss for Arsenal. But I know they were looking for that link between the midfield and striker,” he said.
“If I were Edu, I’d make an offer for Alexis Mac Allister from Brighton – I really like him.”
