Arsenal will listen on Gyökeres, and want €75m
Your record signing might not be your record signing for long. Arsenal are ready to listen to offers for Viktor Gyökeres and want close to €75m, with intermediaries sounding out Serie A and Bundesliga clubs for summer 2027 (1).
The reason is simple enough: Gyökeres has lost ground in the pecking order to Kai Havertz (1). A second Spanish suitor has also been credited with an interest in him, with reports saying he is short of minutes in his second season at the club (7).
Espart is the name to watch
Arsenal are monitoring Barcelona defender Xavi Espart, and Tottenham are watching him too (2) (4) (5). He is 19, and his profile is already being compared to Philipp Lahm's (5).
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The catch is the release clause: €100m (2) (4) (5). That is the number any deal runs into.
€60m ready for Brahim Diaz in January
Arsenal are preparing a €60m offer for Real Madrid's Brahim Diaz as Mikel Arteta looks to strengthen his attacking options ahead of the January window (3). Diaz is reportedly growing frustrated at Real Madrid (3).
Grimandi shoots down the Kvaratskhelia idea
Arsenal are interested in Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, who has slipped down the order at PSG (6). Gilles Grimandi does not see it happening: "Je ne pense pas qu'ils le feront. C'est compliqué quand le joueur évolue à Paris, car ils ont des salaires énormes et n'ont pas besoin d'argent." (6)
In short: PSG do not need the money and the player is on huge wages.
Bayern on Wednesday, and a squad question
Arsenal 0–2 Sunderland, Brighton 3–0 Arsenal, Arsenal 2–1 Leeds, Arsenal 3–0 Lille, Nottingham Forest 0–1 Arsenal. That is the last five, four wins, one very bad afternoon at Brighton. Your team sits second on 18 points from seven games.
Next up is Bayern Munich away in the Champions League on Wednesday 21 October, 21:00 CEST. Everton at home on Saturday 24 October, then Liverpool away on Sunday 1 November.
Fan reactions
The mood on r/Gunners is less about transfers and more about the weekly ritual: Gabriel Martinelli popped up with an 89th-minute goal for Al-Hilal against Al-Hazem, and the sub is split between celebrating it and grumbling that the MOTD iPlayer thumbnail was a picture of him. There is also the usual stat nerdery, with one post charting the Premier League after gameweek seven and another lining up league comparisons. The gameweek seven thread has the most going on.
