GALATASARAY are in talks with Arsenal over an expired deal for full-back Cedric Soares.
Meanwhile, Mikel Arteta has categorically dismissed rumours he is quitting the Gunners at the end of the season.
And Arsenal are set to receive a boost in their pursuit of Sergi Roberto as the Spaniard is set to leave Barcelona at the end of the season.
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Swansea have agreed to sign Charles Sagoe Jr on loan from Arsenal until the end of the season.
According to Fabrizio Romano, the agreement will be finalized on the same day that the deadline expires.
The report adds that relations between the clubs since Charlie Patiño’s summer loan have helped speed up the process.
Sagoe Jr joined the Gunners from Fulham in 2015 and made his Carabao Cup debut in September.
Lino Sousa is now on the verge of completing his move from Arsenal to Aston Villa.
The 19-year-old full-back has penned a four-and-a-half-year deal with Villa through to the summer of 2028.
An immediate loan to Plymouth is expected to be finalised until the end of the season.
Although he appeared in the Gunners’ first team, Sousa has been on the bench in the league and FA Cup.
Brazilian international Raphael Veiga wants to join Arsenal.
The 28-year-old Palmeiras midfielder has been linked with a move to Europe in recent months.
Speaking to AS, Veiga singled out the Gunners as one of the clubs he would like to join and explained: “I have a preference for playing in Europe, but I’m also very satisfied to play for Palmeiras.
“I like many from Europe: Barcelona, Madrid, City, Arsenal and others like Manchester United. . . It is difficult to say just one.
“There are some impressive pieces of equipment and they all have special and interesting features. “
Joe Cole has laughed off the suggestion Arsenal are a top side.
On Rio Ferdinand’s FIVE podcast, the former Chelsea midfielder was reminded that in the past he had claimed that the Gunners were not “the first draw”.
He replied, “That’s the case! How can they be among the first if they haven’t won anything?”
Arsenal have been without a league name since 2004, and their FA Cup triumph in 2020 was the silver medal of Mikel Arteta’s tenure.
Gabriel Jesus extended an unbelievable record by scoring in Arsenal’s win at Nottingham Forest.
The Brazilian has never been wasteful when it comes to scoring in the Premier League.
That run has now reached 60 matches, with 13 coming for the Gunners and 47 with Manchester City.
Arsenal face two massive home clashes and a Champions League comeback in their next five games.
Mikel Arteta’s side host Liverpool on Sunday in a festival in the race for the title this season.
The trips to West Ham and Burnley will be followed by the first leg in Porto of last season’s Champions League on February 21.
The Gunners host Newcastle at the Emirates Stadium on February 24.
Frankfurt have put a value tag of £68m on Arsenal target Hugo Larsson.
According to Bild, the Germans are reluctant to sell the Swedish midfielder this summer.
The Gunners and Liverpool have been linked with a resolution through Larsson, who has scored two goals in midfield this season.
Frankfurt signed the 19-year-old from Malmö in the summer for £8m.
Former Arsenal ace Chuba Akpom is set to return to English football.
Akpom joined Ajax last summer in a £10.5million deal from Middlesbrough.
The striker has been with the Dutch giants for six months and the club has performed up to expectations this season.
According to The Telegraph, a number of Premier League clubs are making a belated decision for the former England youth international.
He adds that Ajax are “reluctant” to let Akpom leave the Johan Cruyff Arena this month.
And it would take a permanent offer for the club to be tempted to share tactics with the 28-year-old.
Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard admits his team wants to win each and every game to win the Premier League.
Every game we play is important, basically we have to win each and every game.
This league is very competitive, but we love it. We can’t wait for the next [game].
It’s another big one coming up [vs Liverpool]. We just have to keep going, keep working hard and we’ll see.
That was the main thing, the three points. I’m also happy with the way we played throughout the whole game.
Arsenal ace Marquinhos will return to Brazil ahead of Thursday’s transfer deadline.
According to the Evening Standard, the 20-year-old will leave the Emirates after two stints at Norwich and Nantes.
Fluminense is the favorite to sign the winger, Corinthians is also attentive.
The Brazilian transfer window closes until March and negotiations are reportedly speeding up for the Brazil Under-23 international.
Arsenal will remain Takehiro Tomiyasu due to the Asian Cup.
Tomiyasu helped Japan to a semi-final run in the quarter-finals of the competition.
The flexible defender in central defence in the 3-1 win over Bahrain will now face the winner of Iran against Syria.
The quarterfinals will be played on Saturday.
Arsenal may make a delayed move for Newcastle star Callum Wilson before the January transfer window closes on Thursday.
According to The Evening Standard, the Magpies may be forced to sell Wilson for a reduced price of £18 million.
Newcastle insist the player will go anywhere, which is the same position they had on Kieran Trippier.
So it’s not easy, but if they get a great proposal thanks to Financial Fair Play, the scenario may be different.
Wilson will be open to that decision.
Lino Sousa, a graduate of the Arsenal Academy, has joined Aston Villa.
According to insider Fabrizio Romano, Villa have reached an agreement to sign Sousa for a permanent move!
The full-back is expected to complete his in the next few hours.
Rangers, Galatasaray and Juventus also liked the 19-year-old who bet on the Villans.
Former Arsenal player Mikael Silvestre doesn’t think Napoli superstar Victor Osimhen is an improvement over Gabriel Jesus.
Sylvester apuestasexpert. com:
Osimhen, also a very sensible player. Perhaps a little more pragmatic regarding his objectives than Gabriel Jesús. I don’t think it’s necessarily an improvement.
He’s a different kind of player [than Jesus]. Osimhen doesn’t go as far as Jesus.
You need your No. 9 to score as many goals as possible, but he [Jesus] contributes to Arsenal’s attack in other ways.
He pulls defenders out of position and runs backwards a lot, stretching the screen. He is a key player in Arsenal’s success.
Arsenal fans fear loanee goalkeeper Arthur Okonkwo has “lost his mind” after a disastrous FA Cup blunder.
Okonkwo is at Wrexham this season as a replacement for Ben Foster at the League Two club.
And, after a brief return to the Emirates to undergo jaw surgery in December, he made his debut between the sticks for the Welsh side in a 4-1 FA Cup defeat at Blackburn.
However, the goalkeeper proved his inexperience with a nightmare moment in the first half at Ewood Park.
Wrexham took a wonderful lead before Sam Szmodics equalised just after the 30-minute mark.
And then, just two minutes later, Okonkwo gave Rovers the lead when Sam Gallagher did well to flick the ball into the left channel and race with a Wrexham defender to get the ball first.
But the 22-year-old broke out of his domain and reached the ball through Gallagher, who simply fired a simple shot past the helpless goalkeeper and into the net unprotected.
Arsenal have Africa Cup of Nations scouts to keep an eye on Ivorian ace Ousmane Diomande.
Diomande, 20, who plays for Sporting Lisbon, has been catching the attention of some of the biggest teams in Europe.
And according to A Bola, the Gunners are the heavyweights following the centre-back’s progress.
The north Londoners made a £30m bid for Diomande this summer and had it rejected via Sporting, but remain interested.
Arsenal have been put on high alert after RB Leipzig star Benjamin Sesko’s alleged release clause was revealed.
According to Sky Sports Germany, Sesko will be available to a value of £43m this summer due to the way his move to Leipzig was constructed.
The Bundesliga giants signed the striker for £20. 4m this summer, with £5m in extras. The reasonable termination clause was added this summer as a “compromise” in the deal.
The Gunners love the Slovenian foreigner and will wait until the summer anyway to sign a striker.
Manchester United legend Paul Scholes lashed out at Arsenal star Oleksandr Zinchenko in an X-rated Instagram post about Tuesday’s 2-1 win at Nottingham Forest.
Scholes objected to Zinchenko coming into the Gunners’ midfield from left-back, as he does.
A number of Premier League sides are now employing their full-backs as additional strikers, with the Ukrainian foreigner joining the North Londoners’ midfield in possession of the ball.
Scholes wrote on Instagram: “A full-back coming into central midfield is an insult to a central midfield player…
“I think we’re telling him to get rid of that shit. . . at night. “
Arsenal’s Mikel Arteta has played down the rift between Ben White and Oleksandr Zinchenko.
It’s pressuring others and not being satisfied with giving in.
I want to inspire this and advertise it correctly and respectfully.
Sometimes after the game, it’s emotional and heated but I love that the players are pushing each other and demanding excellence.
Today we conceded a goal that wasn’t at the point we wanted.
Arsenal duo Ben White and Oleksandr Zinchenko had to be parted ways after full time following a furious crisis.
The Gunners’ aces covered themselves in defence in combination as the Gunners secured a nerve-wracking 2-1 win at Nottingham Forest.
But despite the victory, there seems to have been a furious altercation between White and Zinchenko full-time.
It is understood that the rowing mates clashed over the delayed goal conceded through the North Londoners at the City Ground when Taiwo Awoniyi found the net in the 89th minute to set up a tense finale.
The Ukrainian foreigner struck in the air on the edge of the penalty area and Awoniyi turned Gabriel Magalhaes before firing past David Raya.
England and Zinchenko had to be physically separated as tempers flared.
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta even had to step in and confront the left-back about his conduct, giving him a stern public speech.
Arsenal picked up a Premier League win against Nottingham Forest at the City Ground on Tuesday.
But it took time to break the deadlock, as Gabriel Jesus finally scored the goal in the 65th minute.
Bukayo Saka extended the Gunners’ lead seven minutes later.
Taiwo Awoniyi got Forest back into the game a minute before full-time after returning from a groin injury.
Arsenal’s decision to sell Bradley Ibrahim to Hertha Berlin is a marvel, as they recently praised Under-18 coach Jack Wilshere, himself a graduate of the Gunners’ academy.
There are sure things you see in Myles Lewis-Skelly, Ethan Nwaneri, Bradley Ibrahim, Jimi Gower. They do things you can’t train. That’s why they’re at Arsenal.
They want some things tactically. I like my midfielders to make U-turns, play forward and touch forward, dribble if they can.
We’ve had moments of genius when Myles drives, when Ethan makes the U-turn, when Amario Cozier-Duberry is one-on-one.
If we can get more, we’ll be fine. You’ll see him tonight, even if he was Reuell Walters in central defense.
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Arsenal have signed much-loved teenager Bradley Ibrahim to Hertha Berlin.
According to Fabrizio Romano, Hertha will sign 19-year-old Ibrahim for an undisclosed fee.
The midfielder is said to be in Berlin with his agent to iron out the main points of his deal, which would give the Gunners the chance to buy him back in the coming years.
Romano tweeted: “Hertha Berlin have reached an agreement to sign Bradley Ibrahim from Arsenal.
“Player in Berlin with agent Alan Redmond from Roc Nation. Exclusive details: Contract until 2027.
“Arsenal will have the corresponding rights. Additions to the Sound Sale Clause by Appearances”.
Barcelona ace Sergi Roberto is on the verge of the first “victim” of the departure of outgoing coach Xavi.
The news comes amid rumours that Arsenal have been tracking Roberto this month.
The flexible midfielder’s contract with Barca expires on June 30 and is expected to be extended by Xavi.
But when the Catalan coach confirmed his departure at the end of the season, the Blaugrana hierarchy claimed that the player was more than enough for the needs, according to AS.
Xavi, the Spain international’s defender, even named him captain at the start of this season, but announced he would step down in June.
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has categorically dismissed rumours he is quitting at the end of the season amid rumours linking him to Barcelona.
This is completely fake news. I don’t know where it comes from and it’s completely wrong. That disappoints me.
I couldn’t do it. ] I don’t know where it comes from.
You have to be very careful when you communicate things that are not public.
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