Arsenal Gossip Archives: 05/2018

Nabil Fekir insists he isn’t close to joining Jurgen Klopp’s men in Liverpool, and he still has a number of offers to consider this summer.

Arsenal tried to hijack Liverpool’s deal to sign Monaco’s Fabinho and although they failed with their efforts late on, the move tells us very clearly that Arsenal are trying to sign an actual defensive midfielder.

Arsenal are close to completing a £16m deal to bring Borussia Dortmund’s Sokratis Papastathopoulos to the club as Unai Emery’s first signing.

Arsenal are now said to be in ‘advanced talks’ with Stephan Lichtsteiner as the club and player look to sort out a deal before the start of the World Cup.

Former Gunner Nicklas Bendtner was in tears on Sunday, after coming off injured in one of his club’s final matches before the World Cup.

Rodrigo Fernandez Lovelle, Lucas Perez’s agent, suggests the player would be more than happy to move to Lazio this summer, but nothing is certain just yet.

Arsenal are ‘ready to dive in’ on a deal for Mehdi Benatia, according to reports in France.

According to a report in Italy, Stephan Lichtsteiner will make a decision about his future in the next two weeks before the start of the World Cup.

Arsenal fans have started to get excited about the prospect of signing Caglar Soyuncu, after his agent’s activity on Instagram raised some eyebrows.

Emil Forsberg’s agent, Hasan Cetinkaya, is planning talks with RB Leipzig sporting director Ralf Rangnick over his client’s future, before the World Cup.

Arsenal officials have reportedly flown to Turkey to keep an eye on Freiburg defender, Caglar Soyuncu, as the club look to go into the new season with a completely new centreback pairing however the player might now want a move to Atletico Madrid, saying he’d ‘love to play for them’.

Kicker in Germany are expecting Sokratis Papastathopoulos to move to Arsenal this summer with the two clubs getting closer on the final price.

According to Bild in Germany, Arsenal are hoping to sign Josha Vagnoman from Hamburg this summer.

Arsenal are leading the chase to sign Andrija Zivkovic this summer, but need to move fast if they want to do so before the World Cup.

Arsenal have joined three other top European clubs in the race to sign Chelsea left wing-back Kenedy, according to reports.

Arsene Wenger is considering a return to club management, and will give serious thought to any offers from Japan, according to reports.

Lorenzo Pellegrini is still strongly considering staying with AS Roma, but he likes Arsenal ‘above all’, according to reports in Italy.

According to a report from Sweden, Arsenal are prepared to pay £50m for Emil Forsberg, a player they have been linked with for some time.

Arsenal are close to signing Barcelona’s Aleix Vidal according to a report in Dario Gol which claims that the move is already being discussed in the Barcelona dressing room.

A report from Italy today claims that Unai Emery is pushing Lucas Perez towards Lazio as the forward is not in his plans for the new season.