Arsenal Gossip Archives: 01/2023

Hector Bellerin is now a Sporting CP player just six months after leaving Arsenal for free to join Barcelona on a one-year contract.

First photos of deadline-day signing Jorginho in an Arsenal shirt have leaked, seemingly confirming his shirt number with the Gunners.

Despite a loan bid on deadline day, Ivan Fresneda is staying at Real Valladolid until the end of the season, before planning a summer move.

Barcelona right-back Hector Bellerin missed Tuesday’s training session with the club’s permission but popped in to say goodbye to his teammates.

Unai Emery has been trying to get Matteo Guendouzi out of Marseille but while the French club are open to selling the former Arsenal midfielder, it will not happen in this window.

Arsenal could go back for Brighton’s Moises Caicedo in the summer, but a January move for the midfielder is now off.

Matt Smith looks set for a deadline-day move away from Arsenal, with the Bundesliga’s FC Augsburg and multiple Championship sides interested.

Though Cedric Soares may still join Fulham on a deadline-day loan, there’s also interest from elsewhere, according to a report.

Crystal Palace are closing in on a loan deal for Albert Sambi Lokonga following Arsenal’s agreement to sign Jorginho, according to reports.

Arsenal have agreed a deal to sign Jorginho from Chelsea for a fee of £12m on a one-and-a-half-year deal with an option to extend.

Barcelona were expected to ask for around €3m for Hector Bellerin but they now only want €1m, cutting the fee Arsenal will receive from their sell-on clause by a third.

Tottenham Hotspur and Sporting CP have finally reached an agreement on the transfer of right-back, Pedro Porro which means Arsenal could well benefit from their Hector Bellerin sell-on clause.

Cedric is off on loan to Fulham and the Cottagers are now trying to negotiate a price with Arsenal to sign him permanently in the summer.

Sparta Rotterdam have brought in Rick Meissen to replace Omar Rekik, who has returned to Arsenal with the expectation he will be sent to Wigan Athletic on loan before the window closes on Tuesday.

Moises Caicedo’s efforts to leave Brighton for Arsenal (or Chelsea) have been criticized by Chris Sutton as ‘stupid’ and Sutton certainly is a person intimately familiar with that state of being.

On Monday, most of the football world was shocked with the news that Joao Cancelo would be on his way to Bayern Munich on loan, now the Daily M*ail report that he had a massive ‘bust-up’ with Pep Guardiola after being left out of the starting XI for the FA Cup game against Arsenal.

Ivan Fresneda is currently set to stay with Real Valladolid until the summer window, despite strong interest from Arsenal and Borussia Dortmund.

Brighton and Hove Albion are well within their rights to stand firm on the sale of Moises Caicedo, but the outrage surrounding Arsenal’s bidding is nonsensical.

Cedric Soares’ loan move from Arsenal to Fulham is still on, but both clubs are still waiting on Shane Duffy’s transfer from Brighton.

Sean Dyche is likely to be appointed as the new manager of Everton, succeeding the dismissed Frank Lampard, with Everton’s next game in the league against Arsenal.