Arsenal Gossip Archives: 09/2016

The interlull is still in full swing but there’s still a few bits of news wafting around here and there.

Arsenal are reportedly set to return to Roma after having a €39m bid for Kostas Manolas turned down during the summer.

According to Yaya Toure’s agent, the Manchester City star is set to wave goodbye to the team he’s played for since 2010.

Mesut Ozil has revealed that he could end up in America playing in the MLS, and he appears to be hankering after LA Galaxy.

Just even thought of doing this recap is boring me, such is the lack of anything interesting going on now we are right in the heart of the interlull.

Luis Boa Morte has said that Joel Campbell will be ‘better for Arsenal’ after his loan spell with Sporting CP this season.

Northern Ireland goalkeeper, Michael McGovern, claims that his teammate, Jonny Evans, never got enough respect at Manchester United and he’s not surprised that Arsenal were apparently looking to sign him.

A weekend without Arsenal is never quite the same as one with them but the good thing about international duty is that we get to hear a bit more from players than when they are under the Arsenal thumb at home.

Alexandre Lacazette is currently in the process of renegotiating his Lyon contract and it looks as if he will have a €70m release clause inserted, making him ‘worth’ twice what Arsenal were quoted this summer.

As the transfer window closed almost a week ago, spare a thought for the papers who are desperate for gossip to fill their papers lest they have to report real football news.

Olivier Giroud has revealed that he told Tottenham’s £30m man, Moussa Sissoko, to give Arsenal the ‘priority’ however it’s not clear if Arsenal were even interested in him and, if they were, they certainly weren’t at £30m.

Joel Campbell has claimed that he deserved to play more at Arsenal and you’d be hard pushed to find any fans who disagree with you.

Talks between Arsenal and Alexis Sanchez over extending his contract in north London have reportedly slowed down with the Chilean apparently pushing for a set release clause in his contract.

As speculation regarding Jack Wilshere’s loan move began to hot up on transfer deadline day, Roma’s interest sky-rocketed before plummeting back down to earth, so what happened?

According to reports, Jack Wilshere choosing Bournemouth and therefore rejected Crystal Palace on the final day of the transfer window has forced Alan Pardew to attempt to sign Mathieu Flamini on a free.

Now that the transfer window is shut and it’s the interlul, it’s all pretty quiet.

The Mirror are claiming that Arsenal signing Shkodran Mustafi from Valencia shows the club’s ambition, which could prompt Mesut Ozil to sign a new deal.

Harry Redknapp, perhaps missing leaning out of a car window on deadline day, has decided to get in on the action by telling us all that Arsene Wenger doesn’t believe that Jack Wilshere is good enough for Arsenal.

The day after the transfer window and all talk was mostly about what was done and not done.

The Italian media are reporting that Roma are left with a ‘bad taste’ in their mouth after Jack Wilshere opted to sign for Bournemouth instead of switching to Rome on deadline day.