Arsenal Gossip Archives: 02/2017

Andrea Belotti certainly caught the eyes of the Arsenal scout watching him play against Fiorentina on Monday night with a brace and a missed penalty.

Arsenal have reportedly been scouting Napoli’s Lorenzo Insigne and Faouzi Ghoulam with media outlets claiming the pair are Arsenal’s top summer targets.

The S*n went big with a story this afternoon claiming that Max Allegri has told friends he will replace Arsene Wenger at Arsenal.

Arsene Wenger has been offered a salary on par with Jose Mourinho from Arsenal plus £30m-a-year from China with Real Madrid also an option according to reports in the press this morning.

Dennis Bergkamp, Pep Segura and Steve Morrow are all being considered for the vacant Head of Youth Development job that opened up at Arsenal after Andries Jonker left to manage at Wolfsburg according to reports.

A report in Bild today (Monday) is claiming that Arsenal’s Head of Youth Development, Andries Jonker, has left Arsenal to take up the recently-vacant managerial position at his former club, Wolfsburg.

A rumour doing the rounds that Inter Milan could look to swap Alexis for Ivan Perisic seems to have originated with Perisic’s agent who is looking to move the player to the Premier League.

Arsenal and Manchester City are said to be involved in a ‘nasty’ transfer tussle over 16-year-old winger, Jadon Sancho, but there is no evidence to support this assertion.

Sassuolo centreback, Francesco Acerbi, has revealed that he said ‘no’ to Claudio Ranieri during the January transfer window however if Arsenal had called, ‘who knows…’

Arsenal scouts have been sending back positive reports about Malaga’s Pablo Fornals, a 21-year-old midfielder who has been impressing this season.

Arsenal have reportedly approached the ‘entourage’ of Monaco’s Tiemoué Bakayoko to tell the player they want him at the Emirates.

Arsenal are reportedly interested in signing PSG’s 24-year-old left back, Layvin Kurzawa.

Arsene Wenger is reportedly making plans for pre-season with many at Arsenal believing he will sign on for another two years according to the Times.

On Thursday the first ‘leaked kit’ of the season made an appearance and reactions were mixed. Showing a polo-style home shirt and an away kit…

Sevilla manager, Jorge Sampaoli, has apparently delayed talks over a new contract with the La Liga team, leading to more speculation that he could be taking over either Arsenal or Barcelona.

Supposed Arsenal target, Franck Kessie, has said that he would prefer a move to Manchester United but wouldn’t mind Chelsea either.

The story that Barcelona are ready to return for Hector Bellerin has taken another turn: apparently, the right-back is willing to leave is Arsene Wenger does.

Former Spurs striker, Nico Claesen, reckons that Anderlecht midfielder, Youri Tielemans, should join Arsenal.

According to reports, Arsene Wenger could manage in Europe once he leaves Arsenal.

Remember Achille Degan, the fifth-tier French footballer who reportedly set up camp outside London Colney? Well, it seems he actually managed to talk with Arsene Wenger.