Dan Critchlow Archives: 07/2019

Arsenal are confident of completing the £72m signing of Lille winger Nicolas Pepe, but the deal isn’t quite done yet, according to reports.

Konstantinos Mavropanos is attracting interest from Panathinaikos, who are looking to give him some game time on loan.

Arsenal have sold Xavier Amaechi to Hamburger SV for a fee of around €2.5m plus add-ons and a sell-on clause.

On Saturday morning, the news broke that Arsenal were strongly on the case of Nicolas Pepe, finding an €80m fee agreement with Lille.

Xavier Amaechi is likely to travel to Hamburg for a medical on Monday ahead of a €2.5m move, according to reports in Germany.

Rob Holding is back in full training, and Arsenal are hopeful he can play a part in pre-season, according to reports.

An Arsenal XI consisting mostly of u18 players draw 1-1 with Hitchin Town on Saturday, as they continue their pre-season preparations.

An Arsenal XI containing mostly u23 players will face Hitchin Town on Saturday afternoon after a win against Barnet in midweek.

Arsenal have reached an agreement with Lille to sign Nicolas Pepe for €80m, paid in instalments, according to the BBC’s David Ornstein.

Zech Medley was expected to be promoted to the first-team squad last season but that never happened and now he’s left Arsenal on loan.

Dani Ceballos is in training at London Colney after signing for Arsenal on loan, and he’ll be available for an Emirates Cup debut this weekend.

Arsenal have reopened negotiations with Celtic over the £25m transfer of Kieran Tierney, according to reports.

Omari Hutchinson and Marcelo Flores both netted in a 4-0 win over RB Leipzig on Wednesday, as the u16s continued their pre-season clashes with German opposition.

FC Lorient President Loic Fery has confirmed that they’re still in talks with at least one English club over the signing of Alexis Claude-Maurice.

Hamburg are set to buy Xavier Amaechi from Arsenal for €2.5m, according to reports in Germany.

Arsenal will only pay a small amount for the transfer of William Saliba upfront, according to reports in France.

Dani Ceballos has admitted Hector Bellerin played a part in his move to Arsenal this summer, confirmed by the club on Thursday.

Laurent Koscielny will be forced to train with the Arsenal academy players, despite the first-team returning from tour, according to reports.

Krystian Bielik has taken to Instagram to like 10 different comments asking him to rejoin Charlton Athletic this summer, as speculation grows surrounding his future.

Nicolas Pepe’s agent has arrived in Dimaro to negotiate a transfer for the player to Napoli, according to reports.