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Martinelli’s £60m Al-Hilal move confirmed as Arsenal’s record sale
It’s done. Gabriel Martinelli has joined Al-Hilal for £60m, a fixed fee plus a sell-on clause, and Arsenal have never sold anyone for more. The previous record was Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain to Liverpool in 2017, reported at somewhere between £35m and £40m depending where you look — which tells you how little this club has extracted… Continue reading
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Window shuts with no striker as Alvarez, Rogers and Vinícius all slip away
The window’s closed and Arsenal haven’t added to the front line. Julián Álvarez stays at Atlético. Morgan Rogers went to Chelsea back in July for a British-record £117m, a fee Arsenal weren’t willing to match despite him being their number-one target. Vinícius Júnior signed a new Real Madrid contract in early August, which ended that… Continue reading
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Arsenal agree £70m-plus of sales as Martinelli joins Al-Hilal
Three deals in a day, and one of them is the biggest Arsenal have ever done in that direction. A club-record £55.7m fee agreed with Al-Hilal for Gabriel Martinelli, with the Brazilian granted permission to travel for a medical. Gabriel Jesus to Barcelona for £8.6m, agreed in principle. Fábio Vieira to Hamburg for around £7.7m.… Continue reading
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Atletico give Julian Alvarez until Sunday to decide on Arsenal move
Atlético have run out of patience. Álvarez has until Sunday to tell them whether he stays in Madrid or opens the door to Arsenal, having been told repeatedly, in public and in private, that Barcelona is not happening. It reads like a club forcing a decision, and in one sense it is. But the more… Continue reading
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Arsenal Women thump Charlton 5-1 in final pre-season test
Arsenal signed off pre-season with a 5-1 win over Charlton at Meadow Park, and Olivia Smith kept her week going by coming off the bench to score days after collecting the PFA Young Player award. Charlton had the temerity to lead. Lucy Fitzgerald punished a mix-up in the Arsenal defence on 24 minutes, but Georgia… Continue reading
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Five Arsenal players named in PFA Team of the Year
Five Arsenal players in the PFA Premier League Team of the Year, which tells you roughly everything about last season. David Raya, William Saliba, Gabriel, Jurriën Timber and Declan Rice, chosen at the Manchester Opera House on Tuesday night by the professionals who spent the year trying to play through them. Four of the five… Continue reading
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Arsenal weigh £130m Álvarez push as Martinelli edges toward Saudi exit
Two sagas running at once, neither of them finished. Arsenal are prepared to go to around £130m for Julián Álvarez, a package that would break the British record set by Liverpool’s £125m for Isak last summer, while Martinelli moves closer to Saudi Arabia. Both have a week to resolve themselves: the window shuts at 11pm… Continue reading