The Riyad Mahrez to Arsenal saga coughs and splutters on. However, when before it seemed as if the Leicester City man could have a slight chance of coming to north London, now it’s not looking likely. At all.
Isco’s father, Paco Alarcón, has spoken to the media about speculation surrounding the Real Madrid players future; he insists that his son isn’t going anywhere, nor does he want to.
Galatasaray’s sporting director, Levent Nazifoglu, has confirmed that the Turkish club have made a £12m bid for Manchester City’s Jason Denayer.
Galatasaray are the latest club to reportedly pull out of signing Mathieu Debuchy.
West Ham Season Ticket Holder and blogger, Sean Whetstone, claims that the Hammers have not bid €50m for Lyon’s Alexandre Lacazette despite what many are claiming.
According to Sport Bild, Mesut Ozil wants to extend his contract at Arsenal but only if Real Madrid don’t come back for him.
According to an ‘exclusive’ in the Sun, Arsene Wenger isn’t interested in small fry like Alexandre Lacazette, he’s after Bayern Munich’s Robert Lewandowski or, if that fails, Atletico Madrid’s Antoine Griezmann.
According to L’Equipe, Arsenal have submitted a second bid of £35m for Leicester City’s Riyad Mahrez.
Leicester City have reportedly made a £23m bid for Santos winger, Gabriel Barbosa.
After being linked to Arsenal back in May, the Islam Slimani rumours have come around again.
According to the Daily Star, Arsenal are reportedly ready to bid £30m for Manchester City striker, Wilfried Bony.
Chelsea are reportedly ready to offer Oscar plus cash for Arsenal target, Mauro Icardi, who is valued at €65m by Inter Milan.
As far as days go, Tuesday was poo. There was little of note to talk about which just meant people tried even harder to sound like they had something to say.
Mauro Icardi will not be leaving Inter Milan after new manager, Frank de Boer, said he will be staying at the club.
It seems as if Skhodran Mustafi could be moving closer to Arsenal after it was revealed that Valencia have opened talks with Manchester City regarding signing a replacement.
Riyad Mahrez has allegedly told everyone he needs to that he wants to leave Leicester for Arsenal, but he won’t say it publicly and he won’t hand in a transfer request according to the latest nonsense that was doing the rounds on Tuesday.
Alexandre Lacazette is reportedly getting close to signing a new deal at Lyon that would see him become the highest paid player in the club’s history and probably send the Arsenal internet into a fit of rage.
Irrespective of the story behind the scenes, Arsene Wenger, seems to be fighting a losing battle in the transfer window.
Valencia have reportedly opened talks with Valencia over signing Eliaquim Mangala as a potential replacement for Shkodran Mustafi.
As the links with Arsenal refuse to die down, Skhodran Mustafi continues to train away from the senior team as he recovers from a ‘hamstring’ problem that has ruled him out of their friendly against an all-star Nigerian league team on Wednesday.