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All the latest news, rumors and gossip from Arsenal transfers in the 2021 winter window.
Dharmesh Sheth of Sky Sports News told The Transfer Show on Monday:
“The priority for Arsenal during the first weeks in this transfer window will be the transfer of players.
“Sead Kolasinac has gone to Schalke and William Saliba has joined Nice on a direct loan agreement. Mikel Arteta is thinking ‘he is part of my long-term plans, but at the moment he is not ready to join the team, let’s use the next six months as his transition period’.
“There are other players that Arsenal would probably consider loaning or even selling if they can. Sokratis and Mustafi both are in the last six months of their contracts. Arsenal would be open to offers.
“If they can free up some salaries and if they can free up some space on their team, then it would pave the way for Arsenal to get stronger in an area that they are looking to strengthen, which is a creative and offensive midfielder.
“But if it turns out they can’t get rid of enough players to free up enough salaries, I don’t think I can rule out Mesut Ozil perhaps finding some kind of role at Arsenal in the last six months of his contract. I think the ideal scenario for Arsenal would be for someone to replace Ozil: he is eating 350,000 a week in salary.
“But we cannot rule out Ozil continuing to play a role at Arsenal.”
Meanwhile, Arsenal have confirmed that William Saliba has joined Nice on loan for the remainder of the season.
But the technical director Edu stressed: “We are sure that he will have a great race with us.”
The last players linked to a transfer by Arsenal
Emi Buendia – Arsenal have sought out the Norwich midfielder “extensively” but are unlikely to make an offer in January for the Argentine despite their search for a new creative midfielder (Daily express, January 3).
Julian Brandt – Arsenal have received a transfer push with Borussia Dortmund refusing to rule out the player’s sale this month (Sun, January 3).
Houssem Aouar – Arsenal are unlikely to get Lyon’s high profile signing this month because the £ 45m midfielder is too expensive (Daily express, January 2).
sanity Dieng – Arsenal are tracking the highly rated Queens Park Rangers goalkeeper (Sun, January 4).
Confirmed transfers of Arsenal
Offers will be confirmed here.
The last players linked to an exit from Arsenal
William Saliba – The Arsenal defender is set to join Nice on loan until the end of the season (4 January).
Mesut Ozil – Mikel Arteta says he is not sure if the German will return to Arsenal’s squad in January, but has suggested that the club will not seek to cut the contracts of players who are not in its plans (January 2).
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Good Morning Transfers team discusses Mesut Ozil’s future at Arsenal with January transfer window open
Sokratis Papastathopoulos – The Arsenal defender has interest from Napoli and Fenerbahce as he prepares to leave in January. (Daily mail, January 2).
Lucas Torreira – Arsenal are reportedly set to withdraw the midfielder from his loan at Atlético Madrid. (Daily express, January 4).
Arsenal confirmed departures
Sead Kolasinac – The left-back agreed to join Bundesliga Schalke on loan for the remainder of the season. (December 31).
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Dharmesh Sheth believes that Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta will leave him until the end of the month before deciding on Mesut Ozil’s future.
The latest news on Arsenal contracts
Rob Holding – Arsenal are close to signing a new contract for the central defender. (Daily mail, January 2)
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