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Article also outlines our other Academy transfer ins during the Summer.

• Eze had a deal with the spuds basically sitting in front of him, but he always wanted to come home to the Arsenal, with his long-standing love for his boyhood club known to basically everyone.
• He called Arteta personally before signing the spuds' deal to see if there was a chance of us to come in at the 11th hour.
• Arteta told him that after Havertz's recent injury action to strengthen the squad further would be taken, that Ebs was a serious candidate, and to hang tight for that afternoon until the board had met.
• An ecstatic Eze later received a call that not only had the board agreed that Eze should be pursued, but that they had got right on the phone with Palace, and the deal had been finalized.
• Palace were happier selling Eze to us than to the spuds. Parish (their Chairman) has a good relationship with us. And despite eventually agreeing completely to Palace's demands, the negotiations between Parish and Levy over the Eze deal had left a bad taste in the Palace chairman's mouth due to the fractious nature of the early discussions.
• Our board's concerns over financial repercussions of us spending too much we put to the side for Eze, with the feeling being that now was not the time to be cautious.
• Eze himself had spoken with England teammates who play for us and had asked them to put in a good word for him. But in the end that was not needed.
• Arteta has been growing increasingly enamoured with the idea of bringing Eze in. He was very impressed with Ebs' personality and passion, and felt that he could bring a whole new dimension to the squad.

Really hope this works out as I'd love to see him playing for us (again). Sounds very likely now. But if we do pip the shit to him, they'll need to issue a flood warning for the toilet bowl area. The white part of North London is about to be flooded with a deluge of salty, bitter tears!

Interesting insights into how Berta's arrival combined with lingering concerns about Sesko's price and readiness caused us to pivot from Sesko to Gyorkeres as the primary frontman target.

A new multi-stage malware campaign is targeting Minecraft users with a Java-based malware that employs a distribution-as-service (DaaS) offering called Stargazers Ghost Network.

"The malware was impersonating Oringo and Taunahi, which are 'Scripts and macros tools' (aka cheats). Both the first and second stages are developed in Java and can only be executed if the Minecraft runtime is installed on the host machine."

I keep reading on articles, even those from this year, that Signal has an offline communications ability.

The articles talk about "Signal Offline" as an app. But that seems the same as the main Signal app?

Additionally, is there some functionality in Signal that allows you to connect with nearby users in the event when WiFi and cellular networks are down (like via some sort of a mesh network approach or Bluetooth)?

Edit: Thanks for the information to those who replied.

The instance this community moved to is shutting down, and for some reason the voting options didn't include moving the community to lemmy.world. So now it's moving yet again to some other instance.

Given this turn off events, why not just resurrect it here?

Arsenal are currently in advanced talks to sign Matteo Tognozzi, who is formerly the head of scouting at Juventus. He would work under Andrea Berta.

Introduction

Below is a list of transfer rumours for possible incoming transfers during the summer transfer window of 2025, along with some key pieces of information.

Likelihood

This is based on information at the time of last review, and brief reasoning is given for each rumour. But ultimately it's purely subjective. Values for this are:

• Very Unlikely
• Unlikely
• Possible
• Likely
• Very Likely

Trend

The direction in which the likelihood seems to be heading with recent developments.

• 🔼 = Move to us trending upwards
• 🔽 = Move to us trending downwards
• ➖ = No change in trend
• 🆕 = New transfer rumour

Last Updated

September 2, 2025

I will do my best to update this list every 3-4 days, time permitting.

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MEN'S TEAM

Players In

Confirmed Ins

• Kepa Arrizabalaga - Goalkeeper signed from Chelsea for 5.8m Euros.
• Martin Zubimendi - Defensive midfielder signed from Real Sociedad for about 70m Euros (with add-ons).
• Christian Norgaard - Defensive midfielder signed from Brentford for about 11.6m Euros (excluding add-ons).
• Noni Madueke - Winger signed from Chelsea for about 56m Euros (including add-ons).
• Cristian Mosquera - Right central defender signed from Valencia for about 15m Euros (excluding add-ons).
• Viktor Gyökeres - Striker signed from Sporting CP for 65.8m Euros.
• Eberechi Eze - Attacking midfielder signed from Crystal Palace for 69.3m Euros.
• Piero Hincapie - Left-sided defender joins on a season-long loan from Bayer Leverkusen with an option to buy.

Potential Ins

Below is a list of relatively feasible options that were still possible (3/10 or above) at the close of the window.

Samu Aghehowa

• Positions: Striker
• Age: 21
• Current club: Porto
• Likelihood: Unlikely (3/10) ➖ - Our name has been casually added to the long list of potential suitors for Porto's young Spanish/Nigerian striker. But there's no real substance to the rumours. So don't expect them to go anywhere unless something drastic changes.

Julián Alvarez

• Positions: Striker
• Age: 25
• Current club: Atletico Madrid
• Likelihood: Unlikely (3/10) ➖ - The former Man City forward has had a great season with Atletico. Idle chatter has it that we are interested in him (probably due to the Arteta/Man City connection). But Alvarez only signed with Atletico last season, and he's been saying he's happy in Spain and reticent to move back to the PL. So this one seems dead on arrival. There's been some recent talk of this one possibly having some legs to it. But it still seems unlikely.

Carlos Augusto

• Positions: Left Back
• Age: 26
• Current club: Inter Milan
• Likelihood: Unlikely (3/10) ➖ - Some rumours have emerged linking us to the dual Brazilian/Italian national. He wouldn't cost a fortune. But he's probably not too high on the shopping list, not least because Italian clubs are such a hassle to deal with when it comes to transfers.

Luiz Benedetti

• Positions: Centreback
• Age: 19
• Current club: Palmeiras
• Likelihood: Possible (4/10) 🆕 - Some sources are saying we are in discussions for the young Brazilian defender. But there is a gap in valuation between the two clubs. And if a deal goes through he would be one for the future, and would probably be loaned out in the near term.

Breno Bidon

• Positions: Central Midfield
• Age: 20
• Current club: Corinthians
• Likelihood: Unlikely (3/10) ➖ - The young Brazilian is now being linked to us as a relatively cheap emerging player. Sources are scant right now. But if this one did pan out, he probably wouldn't be one seeing a lot of immediate hours.

Malick Fofana

• Positions: Left Wing
• Age: 20
• Current club: Lyon
• Likelihood: Unlikely (3/10) ➖ - Fofana is a latecomer to our rumour mill. But it seems unlikely Lyon would part ways with a young, talented player. Especially one still with 3 years left on his contract.

Anthony Gordon

• Positions: Left Wing
• Age: 24
• Current club: Newcastle
• Likelihood: Unlikely (3/10) ➖ - One of Newcastle's gems, he is formidable down the left wing. It seemed unlikely Newcastle would part with him, especially to a PL rival. There's still lots of chatter that they are open to him leaving, and that we are interested in him. However, we haven't made a formal approach, and our priorities appear to lay elsewhere.

Jérémy Jacquet

• Positions: Centreback
• Age: 20
• Current club: Stade Rennais FC
• Likelihood: Possible (4/10) ➖ - Romano revealed recently that we are eyeing the young, combative central defender, which is a surprise after the arrival of Mosquera. But he is known for drifting wide and carrying the ball forward aggressively. So could also be seen as a defensive midfielder in the making. He's too old to be an Academy candidate, so it's likely he's being seen as a replacement for an outgoing defensive player - possibly Kiwior or Zinchenko. Or perhaps as an eventual replacement for Norgaard. At around 10m Euros, he wouldn't be a bad addition. Although the focus seems to be on outgoings at the moment.

Bilal El Khannouss

• Positions: Attacking Midfield
• Age: 21
• Current club: Leicester City
• Likelihood: Unlikely (3/10) ➖ - He had a great season with a struggling Leicester, who may now be open to cashing in on him in their bid to bounce back to the Premier League. He's currently valued at around £30 million, which isn't too bad. Rumours persisted for a while that we are currently working on a contract with him. But they have now grown cold. And we have other candidates ahead of him.

Aymeric Laporte

• Positions: Centreback
• Age: 31
• Current club: Al-Nassr FC
• Likelihood: Unlikely (3/10) ➖ - The former Manchester City player is rumoured to be leaving the Middle East, with us listed as a possible location. The Arteta/Manchester City connection could merit some attention, and it's possible we might come in as a backup centreback. But the chatter on this one has gone very cold.

Rafael Leão

• Positions: Left Wing
• Age: 25
• Current club: AC Milan
• Likelihood: Possible (4/10) ➖ - Might be out of favour in Milan and looking to move on. There's talk that Berta has been in talks with Milan over a move for him. Chatter has largely died down over the summer but is now heating up again.

Ademola Lookman

• Positions: Striker
• Age: 27
• Current club: Atalanta
• Likelihood: Unlikely (3/10) ➖ - He's looking to move on from Atalanta, apparently. He's English, has decent experience, and wouldn't break the bank. Talk has petered out on this one. And with the imminent arrival of Gyökeres it now seems unlikely.

Christos Mouzakitis

• Positions: Central Midfield
• Age: 18
• Current club: Olympiacos Piraeus
• Likelihood: Unlikely (3/10) ➖ - The young midfielder has been mentioned recently as a possible target for us. Presumably he'd be considered one for the future, although he probably would cost around £9m, which seems a bit more than we usually pay for teenagers. Sources are still a bit sparse on this one too.

Antonio Nusa

• Positions: Left Wing
• Age: 20
• Current club: Leipzig
• Likelihood: Unlikely (3/10) ➖ - The young Swiss/Nigerian winger has recently been linked with us. But not many credible sources.

Morgan Rogers

• Positions: Left Wing
• Age: 22
• Current club: Aston Villa
• Likelihood: Unlikely (3/10) ➖ - He's apparently being discussed as an option for our left wing after catching the eye with Villa this season. But it's hard to see Emery or his club giving the green light for the exit of such a promising young player. And now several clubs are swirling in the rumour mill for him.

Vladyslav Vanat

• Positions: Striker
• Age: 23
• Current club: Dynamo Kyiv
• Likelihood: Unlikely (3/10) ➖ - An intriguing new rumour involves Dynamo's young striker joining us, presumably as a back-up. He wouldn't cost too much and has a decent goals to matches ratio. Right now there aren't too many solid sources for this one. But it's the kind of deal you could see Arteta and Berta making.

Ollie Watkins

• Positions: Striker
• Age: 29
• Current club: Aston Villa
• Likelihood: Unlikely (3/10) ➖ - The ship appeared to sail on this one last winter, when we went in for him but were rebuffed (to the annoyance of the player, apparently). However, Watkins is now being seen as the back-up option for Sesko and Gyokeres. And as those deals have now stalled, this one was coming back to life. But it's grown quiet again this week, and Manchester United are now pushing for him instead as an affordable option for their somewhat limited coffers.

Nelson Weiper

• Positions: Striker
• Age: 20
• Current club: FSV Mainz 05
• Likelihood: Possible (4/10) ➖ - The young German has very few seniour appearances but he does have a cl good conversion rates with that limited set of data. He would be a bargain at around 10 million, so it's possible we'd pick him up in addition to a more experienced striker (like Gyokeres). But sources so far are weak, so this is more on the unlikely side of things.

Kenan Yıldız

• Positions: Left Wing
• Age: 20
• Current club: Juventus
• Likelihood: Unlikely (3/10) ➖ - The young Turkish international has appeared on our radar. He'd be a bit pricier than some other winger options, but still not too bad. This one has disappeared from the radar now though.

Warren Zaïre-Emery

• Positions: Central Midfield, Defensive Midfield
• Age: 19
• Current club: Paris Saint-Germain
• Likelihood: Unlikely (3/10) ➖- The young midfielder is now being talked about as a possible replacement for Partey. But it's hard to see PSG letting a young talent go after they just won the European Cup. And even if they did, apparently he's higher on the list for several other clubs.

Former Potential Ins

• Kepa Arrizabalaga - Signed for us!
• Liam Delap - Signed for Chelsea.
• Anthony Elanga - Signed for Newcastle.
• Hugo Ekitike - Signed for Liverpool.
• Eberechi Eze - Signed for us!
• Mohammed Kudus - Has signed or will be signing for the spuds.
• Joan Garcia - Signed for Barcelona.
• Jamie Gittens - Signed for Chelsea.
• Viktor Gyökeres - Signed for us!
• Jorrel Hato - Signed for Chelsea.
• Piero Hincapie - Signed for us! (on loan)**
• Nicolas Jackson - Went to Bayern Munich on loan.
• Giovanni Leoni - Signed for Liverpool.
• Noni Madueke - Signed for us!
• Emiliano Martinez - Won't be signing for us now that we've signed Kepa.
• Bryan Mbeumo - Signed for Manchester United.
• Kaoru Mitoma - Has publicly indicated he wants to stay with Brighton.
• Cristhian Mosquera - Signed for us!
• Dorgeles Nene - Signed for Fenerbahce.
• Christian Norgaard - Signed for us!
• Igor Paixão - Signed for Olympique Marseille.
• Emanuele Rao - Loaned out to Bari.
• Leroy Sané - Signed for Galatasaray.
• Antoine Semenyo - Extended contract to stay with Bournemouth.
• Benjamin Sesko - Signed for Manchester United (yes, really!).
• Xavi Simons - Signed for the spuds.
• Malick Thiaw - Signed for Newcastle United.
• Nico Williams - Signed a new contract with Athletic Bilbao (much to everyone's surprise).
• Yoane Wissa - Signed for Newcastle United.
• Martin Zubimendi - Signed for us!

Players Out

Confirmed Outs (Permanent Departures):

• Jorginho - Defensive midfielder signed for Flamenco on a free after winning our hearts over the last few years.
• Marquinhos - Right winger signed permanently for Cruzeiro for 3m Euros.
• Neto - Goalkeeper's loan ended, and he returned to Bournemouth.
• Thomas Partey - Defensive midfielder's contract expired and player refused an extension. Signed for Villareal on a free.
• Albert Sambi Lokonga - Midfielder signed permanently for Hamburg for 300k Euros.
• Raheem Sterling - Winger's loan ended, and he returned to an unknown future at Chelsea.
• Nuno Tavares - Right-sided defender/winger signed for Lazio for 5m Euros after a surprisingly good loan spell there.
• Kieran Tierney - Left-sided defender headed back to Celtic permanently on a free transfer. Godspeed Tesco Roadman! You will be missed!
• Takehiro Tomiyasu - Versatile defender's contract ended by mutual consent. Good luck Tomi!

Potential Outs List

Gabriel Jesus

• Positions: Striker
• Likelihood: Very Unlikely (1/10) 🔽 - Since we announced Gyorkeres' signing, talk has erupted from some of the more dodgy sources that our injury-prone Brazilian marksman is contemplating a departure, and we are open to offers for him. The likes of West Ham and the spuds have been mentioned. But right now he is not a priority for selling. And with his recovery progressing well (planned date back is late September), it looks unlikely that we'll let him go in the near future.

Gabriel Martinelli

• Positions: Left Wing, Right Wing
• Likelihood: Unlikely (3/10) 🔽 - There's been a surge of talk about Fast Gabi perhaps leaving us - especially with the Rodrygo rumours building. Some question his finishing ability, although nobody can doubt his work rate and directness. The Saudis have been interested in him. But he's doesn't want to go there and is happy to stay. And if Trossard leaves it seems unlikely we'd let Fast Gabi go too.

Confirmed Loans

• Karl Hein - Goalkeeper is heading out to Werder Bremen on a season-long loan.
• Ismeal Kabia - Winger is heading to Shrewsbury Town on a season-long loan.
• Jakub Kiwior - Left-sided defender is heading to FC Porto on a season-long loan, with an obligation to buy.
• Reiss Nelson - Winger is heading to Brentford United on a season-long loan, with an option to buy.
• Lucas Nygaard - Goalkeeper is heading to Brabrand IF on a season-long loan.
• Fabio Vieira - Attacking midfielder is heading to Hamburg on a season-long loan.
• Oleksandr Zinchenko - Left-sided defender is heading to Nottingham Forest on a season-long loan.

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WOMEN'S TEAM

Players In

Confirmed Ins

• Anneke Borbe - Goalkeeper signs a permanent deal after being a free agent.
• Chloe Kelly - Left winger signs a permanent deal, coming home after several years at Manchester City and a successful loan spell with us last season.
• Taylor Hinds - Fullback signers a permanent deal, coming home after five seasons with Liverpool.
• Olivia Smith - Young striker joins from Liverpool for a record-breaking but undisclosed transfer fee.

Potential Ins

Keira Walsh

• Positions: Defensive Midfielder
• Age: 28
• Current club: Chelsea
• Likelihood: Unlikely (3/10) ➖ - Rumoured to be linked to a move to us this summer. But she only moved to Chelsea from Barcelona this past January. So it doesn't seem very likely.

Former Potential Ins

• Ellie Carpenter - Joined Chelsea.

Players Out

Confirmed Outs

• Freya Godfrey - Signed for London City Lionesses.
• Teyah Goldie - Signed for London City Lionesses.
• Lina Hurtig - Signed for Fiorentina.
• Amanda Ilestedt - Signed for Eintracht Frankfurt.
• Laura Weinroither - Signed for Manchester City.

Potential Outs List

• Michelle Agyemang - Might be heading to Brighton, but only on a loan.
• Rosa Kafaji - Might also be heading to Brighton, but only on a loan.
• Beth Mead - Forward's contract is about to expire.
• Victoria Pelova - Midfielder's contract is about to expire.

Confirmed Loans

• Michelle Agyemang - Striker is heading out to Brighton & Hove Albion on a season-long loan.
• Laila Harbert - Defensive midfielder is heading out to the Portland Thorns for the rest of 2025.
• Rosa Kafaji - Attacking midfielder is heading out to Brighton on a season-long loan.

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MEN'S ACADEMY

Players In

Confirmed Ins

• Demiane Agustien - Dutch attacking midfielder joins our academy from Derby County.
• Callan Hamill - Centreback joins our academy from St. Johnstone.
• Remi Lupinski - Goalkeeper joins our academy from MK Dons..
• Marcell Washington - The left back son of Ryan Bertrand has been picked up from Chelsea's academy after they did not offer him a contract.

Signed Professional Contracts

• Louie Copley - Central Midfielder
• Andre Harriman-Annous - Striker
• Cam'ron Ismail - Left Back
• Daniel Oyetunde - Striker
• Jack Porter - Goalkeeper
• Khari Ranson - Goalkeeper
• Will Sweet - Centreback
• Louis Zecevic-John - Right Wing

Potential Ins

Konstantinos Karetsas

• Positions: Attacking Midfield
• Age: 17
• Current club: KRC Genk
• Likelihood: Unlikely (3/10) ➖ - The young Greek attacking midfield has suddenly popped up on our transfer radar. Lots of chatter but not many very solid sources. At 17, he'd surely be coming in as a longer-term player who would be incubating for a season or two in the Academy. Talk on this one has gone cold.

Victor Ozhianvuna

• Positions: Attacking Midfield
• Age: 16
• Current club: Shamrock Rovers
• Likelihood: Very Likely (9/10) 🔼 - This is another rumour geared more towards bulking up our academy ranks. And given that rumours for this age range of players have been basically spot-on up until now, this one has some legs to it. And now there are reports coming in that an agreement has been agreed with Shamrock Rovers for him and we're just waiting for the official announcement.

Igor Tyjon

• Positions: Striker
• Age: 17
• Current club: Blackburn Rovers
• Likelihood: Unlikely (3/10) ➖ - This candidate would definitely be one for the future, and wouldn't feature in our first team for a year or two. The young English/Polish forward was being associated to us, but the chatter as gone cold recently.

Players Out

Confirmed Outs (Permanent Departures)

• Nathan Butler-Oyedeji - Contract expiring and not being renewed. Signed for Lausanne-Sport.
• Reece Clairmont - Contract expiring and not being renewed.
• Khayon Edwards - Contract expiring and not being renewed. Signed for Estoril Praia.
• Jakai Fisher - Contract expiring and not being renewed.
• Romari Forde - Contract expiring and not being renewed.
• Jimi Gower - Contract expiring and not being renewed. Signed for Moreirense.
• Jack Henry-Francis - Contract expiring and not being renewed. Signed for Shelbourne.
• Max Kuczynski - Contract expiring and not being renewed. Signed for Charlton Athletic.
• Salah-Eddine Oulad M'Hand - Contract expiring and not being renewed.
• Ismail Oulad M'Hand - Contract expiring and not being renewed.
• Brian Okonkwo - Contract expiring and not being renewed.
• Elian Quesada-Thorn - Contract expiring and not being renewed. Signed for LD Alajuelense.
• Michal Rosiak - Contract expiring and not being renewed.
• Zacariah Shuaib - Contract expiring and not being renewed. Signed for Real Sociedad.

Renee Slegers had not played or managed beyond the group stages of the Women's Champions League before taking charge of Arsenal this season.

Just four months after being named the Gunners' head coach on a permanent basis, the 36-year-old has led the Gunners to Champions League glory for the first time in 18 years.

But how did the Dutchwoman - billed as the "next Sarina Wiegman" - rise up the ranks to become one of Europe's best young coaches?

Here's the story of Slegers - the player, the coach, and the person behind it all.

Iwobi didn't want to leave us in 2019, and was happy to compete with the incoming Pepe for a starting place on the wing. Emery also didn't want Alex to leave, and had plans for him (probably as more of a squad player). But Iwobi was the most valuable player deemed surplus to requirements, and Everton were keen to fork over £34m for him.

ETA: Post title was edited slightly to reduce clickbaity nature.

Arsenal have offered centre-back Will Sweet a professional contract ahead of next season.

Sweet enjoyed an impressive campaign which included him making ten appearances for the U21s as well as featuring in the UEFA Youth League.

The Hale End product wore the captain’s armband yesterday as he made his final appearance at U18 level in a 3-0 win away to Aston Villa.