Arsenal have already spent big this summer transfer window but Mikel Arteta and sporting director Andrea Berta may not be done just yet as they target a Premier League title win
10:13, 08 Aug 2025
Crystal Palace's Eberechi Eze is a target for Arsenal
Crystal Palace's Eberechi Eze is a target for Arsenal
With just over three weeks left for Arsenal to make their moves in the transfer window, the Gunners are on a mission to assemble a squad capable of clinching the Premier League title.
The north London outfit have welcomed Martin Zubimendi, Christian Norgaard, Kepa Arrizabalaga, Cristhian Mosquera, Noni Madueke and Viktor Gyokeres to their ranks this summer. Yet, that hasn't stopped rumours linking Mikel Arteta's side with the likes of Crystal Palace winger Eberechi Eze.
Player exits seem more probable, with question marks hanging over Fabio Vieira and Reiss Nelson's futures, while Oleksandr Zinchenko and Leandro Trossard might still stick around despite being heavily linked with moves away. Sporting director Andrea Berta's inaugural summer window has been chock-a-block, with new contracts also being sorted, as Ethan Nwaneri and Gabriel Magalhaes have both inked fresh deals in recent weeks.
Here's all the latest transfer news from the Emirates.
Eze update
Crsytal Palace star Eberechi Eze has many admirers including Arsenal
Crsytal Palace star Eberechi Eze has many admirers including Arsenal(Image: PA)
Arsenal desire to sign Eberechi Eze has been reduced after Ethan Nwaneri put pen to paper on a new deal, reports the Mirror.
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The Gunners are keen to ensure they leave room for the midfielder, 18, to get game time and pave the way for rising star Max Dowman, 15, in the future years, according to football.london.
Talks were held earlier in the transfer window about Crystal Palace ace Eze. If Arsenal hadn't managed to secure Nwaneri's extension, the need to bring in a central player like Eze would have been top priority.
But now the north London club's urgent needs might lie elsewhere and the club are still baulking at Palace's asking price, with Arsenal unwilling to meet his £68m release clause.
Transfer blunder
Ex-Liverpool striker Dean Saunders reckons Arsenal and Manchester United may have dropped the ball by not 'taking a punt' on Darwin Nunez. The Gunners snapped up Viktor Gyokeres this summer, while the Red Devils appear poised to bag Benjamin Sesko.
Uruguayan forward Nunez is heading to the Saudi Pro League with Al-Hilal and is set to undergo a medical before sealing a £46m switch, that could rise to more than £50m.
Saunders has raised eyebrows at why more clubs haven't shown interest in the Liverpool forward. "Nunez, he's up for grabs. Would you rather not have Nunez than Sesko and Gyokeres?' Saunders said on talkSPORT.
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"They paid a lot of money for them, and I thought, 'He's up for grabs.' I would take a chance on him. He's got every finish in his locker, both feet, headers, he's gone round the keeper, he's slotted the keeper, he's chipped the keeper, he's scored from distance.
"We've seen him do every finish, but somehow he manages to conjure up a miss – I don't know how many times he hit the post and the crossbar last season. There's definitely a player in there, you look at him and think, 'What a handful he is to play against.'
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"He scored a lot of goals for Benfica in his second season and a couple of seasons ago he got 20-odd for Liverpool. I wouldn't be surprised if Nunez goes somewhere else and scores 20 goals next season.