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Morning all.
Just a short post today to refresh the site as there won’t be a post for 2/3 days. My internet is being switched off at midnight tonight and I won’t be reconnected until sometime on Wednesday afternoon. Don’t worry, I have paid my bill, I’m just moving home…
Here we go again, another story from another source without any evidence to support the suggestion made within said story.
The headline: Arsenal looking to offload Martinelli? Bayern keen?
The story – Arsenal striker Gabriel Martinelli is a transfer option for Bayern Munich, who missed out on signing Florian Wirtz to Liverpool – according to reports in Germany.
Other reports claim the Brazilian winger could become part of an Arsenal clear-out alongside Oleksandr Zinchenko, Reiss Nelson, Jakub Kiwior, Fabio Vieira and Albert Sambi Lokonga.
I read £50 million is the amount Arsenal would expect for our 24 year old Brazilian winger. Personally speaking, I think he’s worth more than that, especially when Brentford value 25 year old Bryan Mbeumo at £60 million.
If Arsenal were to sell Martinelli, how much would the club then have to spend on signing someone better? Martinelli is a regular Brazilian international footballer who Arsenal need next season. In my opinion of course.
Another report I read on Sky Sports relates to Liverpool’s under 21 central defender Jarrell Quansah who is currently playing for England under 21’s. Fabrizio Romano suggests he is on the verge of signing for Bayer Leverkusen for a fee in excess of £34 million. Admittedly, he’s looked pretty good for England but still, £34m is a lot of money to be getting for a 22 year defender who I’d have thought would in line to replace van Dijk if good enough. Credit to Liverpool though for obtaining such a fee though, I wish Arsenal could be as smart in the transfer department. Perhaps if our younger players were given minutes on the pitch more often, we too could be a club better at selling players.
Sticking with the defender theme, I would imagine this coming season could be a big one for Maldini Kacurri who turns 20 in October. I imagine he’ll stay with the club until January at least so he can feature in the domestic cups before heading out on loan after Christmas, hopefully to a club better than Bromley and a club where he will play more than three times in five months.
Arsenal’s pre-season training is just a couple of weeks away, our first fixture takes place in less than a month, yet at the time of writing, not one player has ben added to the squad. Officially I mean.
I do believe Zubimendi is signed and sealed but our chase for a striker is slow. Very slow. Rumours are one thing, and there’s been no shortage in that department, but we need Arsenal.com to spread some official positive news.
Catch up in the comments.