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Arsenal are in their first transfer window with Andrea Berta as sporting director, so here are all the signings and sales they have made so far.
H appy Friday! After the end of the FIFA Club World Cup, the transfer market is heating up again around Europe while the Women's Euros is back ahead of the weekend for the quarterfinals and another USMNT star is in talks to join a Serie A team this summer. I'm Francesco Porzio with the latest.
The freshly crowned Club World Cup champions are the latest side credited with interest in a player previously tracked by Arsenal, Liverpool and Real Madrid. The Athletic claim that Chelsea have “made an enquiry” into a move for the 19-year-old this summer.
The last time Arsenal finished second three seasons in a row – 1998/99, 1999/00, 2000/2001 – Arsene Wenger’s side won the Premier League in the very next year. Arsenal’s striker at the time, Henry, scored 32 goals and provided eight assists in all competitions.
Liverpool were leading the race for the 17-year-old forward until the last few days, but Arsenal's final bid of £250,000 ($335k) plus major add-ons helped them secure the player. Meanwhile, the Reds only managed to offer a £100,000 ($134k) plus add-ons deal for the highly rated forward who has appeared in four League Two appearances for Salford.
Arsenal were looking to recruit both Zubimendi and Palhinha, with the latter’s Premier League experience from his time with Fulham of appeal to the Gunners. Palhinha spent two excellent years with Fulham between 2022 and 2024, earning himself a €56 million (£48.6 million, $65.1 million) move to the Bundesliga champions.
Mikel Arteta has called up Max Dowman to pre-season training, but he isn’t the only young player who has been given the opportunity. Several others have joined the senior squad in Spain, including a very special young defender. The Arsenal academy is one of the best in the country.
Canada forward Olivia Smith has become the most expensive player in women’s soccer history at a cost of one million pounds ($1.34 million) after Arsenal signed her from Liverpool.
Arsenal FC: Good at transfers. By James McNicholas. Feb. 26, 2023 Updated Feb. 28, 2023. When Mykhailo Mudryk decided to join Chelsea midway through the last transfer window, the joke was squarely ...
Montenegrin club FK Arsenal Tivat have been handed a 10-year ban from UEFA club competitions after an investigation into allegations of match-fixing during their Conference League qualifying tie with Alashkert FC in July 2023,
Former Newcastle, Liverpool and West Ham striker Andy Carroll has completed a shock move to join non-League side Dagenham and Redbridge on a free transfer. The 36-year-old has signed three-year deal with the National League South club after leaving Bordeaux last month.
On top of all those suffixes can be added, among other quirks, an Arsenal and a Vale. There are names to conjure images of elegant stately homes or gleaming palaces of glass, all memories from ...