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After five loans across England, the next few months could be crucial for Chuba Akpom’s development as well as his next career choice.

Yaya Sanogo, as well as Academy defenders Stefan O’Connor, Kristopher da Graca and Kostas Pileas are all set to leave Arsenal once their contracts expire at the end of June.

Lyon midfielder Corentin Tolisso has attracted interest from Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich as well as Arsenal, according to recent reports.

According to reports in Italy, Spanish La Liga side Valencia are preparing to make a bid of €20m (£17.4m) for Juventus midfielder Mario Lemina.

Kylian Mbappé is set to reject all offers for his services this summer and stay at AS Monaco, according to a French report.

The days of a single club dominating women’s football, for the most part, are long gone.

In some unsurprising news, Alexis Sánchez has revealed he is focused on Chile’s attempts to win this year’s Confederations Cup tournament and will leave contract discussions with Arsenal to this agent, Fernando Felicevich.

Krystian Bielik has revealed that he’s close to finalising a season-long loan move to Norwich City.

Chelsea are thinking about making an ambitious offer for Kylian Mbappé in the coming weeks, according to a recent report.

Danielle van de Donk, Dominique Janssen and new signing, Vivianne Miedema, all featured during the Netherlands’ 1-0 friendly defeat by Japan.

Four first-team players were in action for their respective countries on international duty, while some Ladies also featured during international friendlies.

Three players featured for their respective countries on international duty, representing Arsenal.

Olivier Giroud’s hat-trick against Paraguay during a 5-0 rout was France’s first for 17 years, yet the 30-year-old is continually criticised by the media and supporters alike, who bemoan the notable absence left by Real Madrid’s Karim Benzema in the squad.

Arsenal midfielder Ainsley Maitland-Niles started and completed the full 90 minutes as England u20s beat Italy 3-1 to reach this year’s World Cup final.

Despite recent press comments suggesting Hector Bellerín’s return to Barcelona is inevitable, Arsenal are adamant that he will not be sold at any price this summer.

Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud has urged the French media to ease up on their expectations around Kylian Mbappé and their expectations that he will be one of the world’s best.

According to a recent report, newly-promoted Newcastle are aiming to beat both Arsenal and Tottenham to sign Eibar defender Florian Lejeune.

Wojciech Szczesny’s possible switch to Juventus has been branded a shrewd move, and a deal which would strengthen their substitutes’ bench ahead of the forthcoming campaign.

Arsenal Ladies goalkeeper Sari van Veenendaal has left the Netherlands training camp ahead of international friendly fixtures against Japan and Austria.

Three Arsenal players were involved in international duty for their respective countries on Wednesday evening. So how did they fare?