Despite being linked with a move to Arsenal this summer on a free transfer after leaving PSG, Dani Alves will not be coming to London as he has signed a two-and-a-half year deal with Sao Paulo in his home country.
Arsenal have sold Krystian Bielik to Derby County for a fee believed to be in the region of £10m when add-ons are included.
Arsenal’s £72m deal for Nicolas Pepe has made him the most expensive African of all time.
Four clubs will benefit from Arsenal’s purchase of Nicolas Pepe for a club-record £72m – Lille, Angers, FC Solitaires and Stade Poitevin FC.
Unai Emery may well want to keep Laurent Koscielny at the club but it looks as though that ship has well and truly sailed and now it’s all about how much Arsenal can get for him.
As the window gets closer to shutting, let’s take a brief look at what Arsenal have done in this window already.
William Saliba’s former coach says the Gunners ‘did everything to get him’ ahead of Tottenham and Borussia Monchengladbach but the player only ever wanted to move to Arsenal anyway.
Angers will receive 5 installments of €1.4m from Lille as their part of the Nicolas-Pepe-to-Arsenal sell-on clause with an official announcement said to be just ‘hours’ away.
Three Arsenal fixtures have been moved including one game in Sheffield that will now take place on a Monday night.
Emi Martinez rejected the chance to sign for Leeds United or Blackburn Rovers in order to stay at Arsenal as our number two.
Arsenal are closing in on the transfer of Kieran Tierney for what will be the most ever paid for a Scottish player and his teammate, Craig Gordon, believes he’s worth every penny.
Nicolas Pepe will be announced as an Arsenal player any time now so what will the forward earn while he’s at Arsenal?