Arsenal Gossip Archives: 07/2019

Nicolas Pepe has been snapped at Arsenal as he gets ready to complete his record move to the Emirates.

Arsenal have reportedly received an inquiry from Monaco for Shkodran Mustafi but the club are asking €30m (£27.5m) for the German.

Arsenal have reportedly asked Juventus if they can have Daniele Rugani on a two-year loan only to be told ‘nope’.

Arsenal will pay £20m upfront for Nicolas Pepe, paying the remaining £52m over the next five years.

William Saliba has dropped another hint that Nicolas Pepe is on the way to Arsenal by following the winger on Instagram.

Arsenal still want two more signings even if they complete the transfer of £72m Nicolas Pepe, according to reports.

According to L’Equipe, Nicolas Pepe will have his Arsenal medical on Tuesday afternoon.

Barcelona are close to a deal to sell Arsenal-linked winger Malcom to Zenit Saint Petersburg, according to reports in Spain.

RMC reporter Saber Desfarges claims Nicolas Pepe should become an Arsenal player in the next 48 hours, in a deal costing €80m.

Juventus have no intention of selling Daniele Rugani despite UK reports that Arsenal want to sign him to replace Laurent Koscielny.

Everton have made two bids for Arsenal-linked Crystal Palace star Wilfried Zaha, according to reports.

Arsenal want £10m to sell Krystian Bielik this summer, according to reports in Poland, with Legia Warsaw set to earn a €500k cut of the deal.

Arsenal are reportedly ready to offer £40m for Everton Soares according to a report from Brazil that claims Napoli are also interested but the Italians are ‘second choice’ to Arsenal.

Napoli boss Carlo Ancelotti has said they are not interested in a move for Kieran Tierney, giving Arsenal a boost and asking questions about the coverage of the Italians interest this summer. 

Nicolas Pepe has opted to join Arsenal with reports in France claiming the deal could be completed as early as Tuesday or Wednesday.

Unai Emery praised Nicolas Pepe after Arsenal’s game against Lyon on Sunday while he hinted that more than one player will be arriving before the window closes.

After a busy week, things didn’t really slow down over the weekend as Arsenal sorted out the transfer of two players, a dead body was found at an Arsenal player’s home and three matches took place.

Arsenal are planning to integrate Gabriel Martinelli slowly over the next six months, and he won’t be loaned out this season.

Ahead of this transfer window it was widely reported that Arsenal only had £40m to spend but that might not be the case.

Arsenal may or may not be operating on a restricted budget but whatever the truth around the £40m claims, paying £15m for a season-long loan deal seems like a lot of money, so what’s going on?