Gunners

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

June 5, 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

Potential Ins

Julián Alvarez

• Positions: Striker
• Age: 25
• Current club: Atletico Madrid
• Likelihood: Very Unlikely (2/10) ➖ - 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.

Lucien Agoume

• Positions: Defensive Midfield
• Age: 23
• Current club: Sevilla
• Likelihood: Very Unlikely (2/10) ➖ - Some idle chatter about this one, but given that Zumbimendi is almost certain to sign, and we are also likely to extend Partey as a back-up, this one doesn't seem to have much credence.

Eberechi Eze

• Positions: Left Wing, Attacking Midfield
• Age: 26
• Current club: Crystal Palace
• Likelihood: Unlikely (3/10) ➖ - The former Arsenal Academy player has been catching the eye of many clubs following a dazzling season with Palace. But with a couple more years left on his current contract and the lure of the Europa League next season, it's more likely he will stay in South London.

Joan Garcia

• Positions: Goalkeeper
• Age: 24
• Current club: Espanyol
• Likelihood: Unlikely (3/10) 🔽 - Arteta has been keen on him for over a year now. He's highly thought of, especially in Spain. And he seems set to sign for Barcelona now.

Alejandro Garnacho

• Positions: Attacking Midfield
• Age: 20
• Current club: Manchester United
• Likelihood: Unlikely (3/10) ➖ - He wants to leave, and Amorin is fine with him leaving. Some rumours are linking Garnacho to us. But realistically, they won't want to sell him to us, and the chances of him becoming a gunner seem fairly slim.

Jamie Gittens

• Positions: Left Wing
• Age: 20
• Current club: Borussia Dortmund
• Likelihood: Unlikely (3/10) ➖ - The young Englishman's star has been rising in Germany. He wouldn't break the bank for us, but equally, he'd still cost a fair amount.

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. But it seems unlikely Newcastle would part with him, especially to a PL rival.

Viktor Gyökeres

• Positions: Striker
• Age: 26
• Current club: Sporting CP
• Likelihood: Possible (5/10) 🔽 - We've been linked with him all through the season. He has been dominating the Portuguese top flight, and Berta is a huge fan of him. But there are questions whether the former Coventry player can hack it in the PL. Rumour has it that it'll be either him or Sesko coming in. Chatter is that we've now put a bid in for him, but that he and his family don't want to leave.

Jorrel Hato

• Positions: Left Back
• Age: 19
• Current club: Ajax
• Likelihood: Unlikely (2/10) ➖ - We were linked with his last summer, and here we are again. Although it's possible this is just a confused or lazy pundit resurrecting old gossip. It's hard to see why we'd move for another young left back with at least three other LB options available. If there is any credence to this rumour, it might come down to Lewis-Skelly signing a new contract or leaving us. But we'd need to make an early decision on Hato because several other clubs are also linked to him.

Alexander Isak

• Positions: Striker
• Age: 25
• Current club: Newcastle
• Likelihood: Very Unlikely (2/10) ➖ - Oh what could have been! We had the chance to sign him a few years ago, but passed on him. He's now become a massive talent and Newcastle's most prized player, and they wouldn't part with him for absolutely silly money, no matter how much Arteta would love to add him to our squad.

Konstantinos Karetsas

• Positions: Attacking Midfield
• Age: 17
• Current club: KRC Genk
• Likelihood: Possible (4/10) 🆕 - 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.

Bilal El Khannouss

• Positions: Attacking Midfield
• Age: 21
• Current club: Leicester City
• Likelihood: Possible (4/10) ➖ - 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. Although attacking midfield probably isn't our top priority right now position-wise.

Takefusa Kubo

• Positions: Right Wing
• Age: 23
• Current club: Real Sociedad
• Likelihood: Unlikely (3/10) 🆕 - The young Japan international is now on the transfer rumours radar, with us and Liverpool being listed as possible targets. But sources are flimsy right now, so it's hard to see this one as more than just casual spitballing or agent hyping at the moment.

Rafael Leão

• Positions: Left Wing
• Age: 25
• Current club: AC Milan
• Likelihood: Unlikely (3/10) ➖ - 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. But there's no substantive sources for this one yet.

Kang-in Lee

• Positions: Right Wing
• Age: 24
• Current club: Paris Saint-Germain
• Likelihood: Very Unlikely (2/10) 🆕 - It's baffling how as soon as a big club wins a major trophy the rumours start to swirl that they are now going to dismantle most of their successful team. This is a good example. There's some unsubstantiated gossip that we are now in for their right winger. But it makes no sense why he'd want to leave PSG right now. So this one seems pretty dubious.

Giovanni Leoni

• Positions: Centreback
• Age: 18
• Current club: Parma
• Likelihood: Possible (4/10) ➖ - The arrival of Calafiori and Berta has apparently meant it's open season on further Italian transfer rumours. This one is a young'un who the whispers say we are hoping to lure away. There's not much to go on right now, so we'll see.

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. But unless he's brought in as a backup for Gyökeres or Sesko, it seems he'd only be a contingency as our new main man.

Emiliano Martinez

• Positions: Goalkeeper
• Age: 32
• Current club: Aston Villa
• Likelihood: Unlikely (3/10) ➖ - The former gunner looks set to leave Villa this summer. And there's some flimsy chatter that we will go in for him, probably on the back of him professing he still loves the Arsenal. But given how he left us before, this doesn't seem like the kind of path Arteta will want to re-tread.

Bryan Mbeumo

• Positions: Right Wing
• Age: 25
• Current club: Brentford
• Likelihood: Unlikely 3/10) 🔽 - He's been on fire for Brentford this season, and is a consistent threat down the right wing. Latest talk, including from Romano, is that we are interested in him and monitoring his situation. However, the latest news is that he's chosen Man United over us for his new club. Good luck with that, Bryan!

Yankuba Minteh

• Positions: Right Wing
• Age: 20
• Current club: Brighton & Hove Albion
• Likelihood: Unlikely (3/10) ➖ - Yet another new right winger to be mentioned as a potential transfer target of us. He had a decent season and is presumably might be seen as one for the future. But as with other names, the sources for this rumour are lightweight at the moment.

Kaoru Mitoma

• Positions: Left Wing
• Age: 28
• Current club: Brighton & Hove Albion
• Likelihood: Unlikely (3/10) ➖ - The talented Japanese international has had another good season with Brighton. But he might not be the right versatility and age profile for Arteta. And Bayern Munich are apparently now pushing hard to sign him.

Rodrygo

• Positions: Right Wing
• Age: 24
• Current club: Real Madrid
• Likelihood: Unlikely (3/10) ➖ - Chatter started up a couple of weeks ago that we were going in for the Brazilian who may be out of favour with incoming manager Alonso. But his wages would be astronomical, he wants to stay and fight for a place in Madrid, and considering we already have Saka, Nwaneri, Martinelli, and Trossard who can all play on the right, this one seems doubtful.

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.

Leroy Sane

• Positions: Right Wing
• Age: 29
• Current club: Bayern Munich
• Likelihood: Possible (4/10) ➖ - Chatter was that the winger is looking to move on from Bayern Munich after falling down the pecking order there. But his wages always made that look unlikely. And now it seems him being linked to us and Tottenham was just an agent tactic to get him a new deal with Bayern, who are onboard with that.

Andrey Santos

• Positions: Central Midfield
• Age: 21
• Current club: Chelsea
• Likelihood: Very Unlikely (2/10) ➖ - He's impressed on loan at Strasbourg. But it always seemed very unlikely that Chelsea will sell the young Brazilian to a big rival. And now he's announced he wants to stay in West London.

Antoine Semenyo

• Positions: left Wing
• Age: 25
• Current club: Real Sociedad
• Likelihood: Possible (4/10) 🆕 - Another proposed answer to our left wing situation is Semenyo at Bournemouth. He's has a good season with them and is apparently being discussed as a PL-ready, mature option to offer competition to Martinelli by folding right into the team and hitting the ground running. Not many credible sources for this one right now though.

Benjamin Sesko

• Positions: Striker
• Age: 21
• Current club: RB Leipzig
• Likelihood: Likely (7/10) 🔼 - Is this 2024 again? Despite him signing a new contract with Leipzig last summer, apparently we are still interested and may even be informal negotiations for him. Arteta is very keen on him. Rumour has it that it'll be either him or Gyökeres coming in. The latest (from Romano) is that we've started actively pursuing him, with personal terms already agreed and both club directors meeting to discuss a deal. Leipzig are demanding anywhere between £65 and £93 million, depending on the source.

Igor Tyjon

• Positions: Striker
• Age: 17
• Current club: Blackburn Rovers
• Likelihood: Possible (4/10) 🆕 - This candidate would definitely be one for the future, and wouldn't feature in our first team for a year or two. But the young English/Polish forward is now being associated to us.

Ollie Watkins

• Positions: Striker
• Age: 29
• Current club: Aston Villa
• Likelihood: Unlikely (3/10) ➖ - The ship appeared to sell on this one last winter, when we went in for him but were rebuffed (to the annoyance of the player, apparently). Unless Villa bring in some new blood to replace the want-away Watkins, it seems unlikely he'll be joining us now.

Nico Williams

• Positions: Left Wing
• Age: 22
• Current club: Athletic Bilbao
• Likelihood: Unlikely (3/10) ➖ - Another of the legion of rumours coming back in from last summer. He's liked by Arteta. But talk on this rumour has gone cold recently, and it seems likely he'll stay in Spain.

Kenan Yıldız

• Positions: Left Wing
• Age: 20
• Current club: Juventus
• Likelihood: Possible (4/10) 🆕 - 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. But would he leave Juve?

Martin Zubimendi

• Positions: Defensive Midfield
• Age: 26
• Current club: Real Sociedad
• Likelihood: Very Likely (9/10) ➖ - Very strong rumours that Arteta (who is a long-standing admirer of him) has won over the player and an announcement on the transfer is imminent. And a deal with the club has been done, but we've been waiting until the season finished out of respect for Sociedad. Romano has even given a non-committal "here we go" on this one, although work apparently still needs to be done. As of May 27th Romano is sticking by his "here we go" on Zubimendi. He is still adamant Martin will be joining us.

Former Potential Ins

• Liam Delap - Signed for Chelsea

Players Out

Confirmed Outs (Permanent Departures):

• Jorginho - Heading out to Flamenco after winning our hearts over the last few years.
• Neto - Loan ending
• Raheem Sterling - Loan ending
• Nuno Tavares - Set to be bought by Lazio for peanuts after a surprisingly good loan spell there.
• Kieran Tierney - Heading back to Celtic. Gosdpeed Tesco Roadman! You will be missed!

Potential Outs List

Karl Hein

• Positions: Goalkeeper
• Likelihood: Unlikely (3/10) ➖ - He seemed destined to be leaving. But it's now looking more likely we will be retaining his for at least another season. With the Joan Garcia deal looking less likely by the day, Berta and Arteta might choose to save that money for other positions and use Hein as our backup keeper for this season.

Jakub Kiwior

• Positions: Left Back, Central Defence
• Likelihood: Possible (5/10) ➖ - He's coveted by some Serie A teams, and despite some good appearances for the injured Gabriel, he seems destined to be a rotation/back-up choice. But there's been no word about him wanting to leave.

Myles Lewis-Skelly

• Positions: Left Back, Defensive Midfield
• Likelihood: Unlikely (3/10) 🔽 - It seems crazy that Myles might be leaving us after a season where he's swooped in and become our starting left back. But here we are. We are trying to tie both him and Nwaneri down to lucrative new contracts, but the word is that the talks might not be going too well with Myles. Complicating things further is that Real Madrid are now sniffing around him (probably after witnessing how fantastic he was in the CL against them). Hopefully the latest rumours are bogus, and he signs the new contract. Latest news is the contact probably will be signed.

Marquinhos

• Positions: Right Wing
• Likelihood: Very Likely (9/10) ➖ - After another underwhelming loan spell he's now left with only 7 months on his current contract. He won't be getting a renewal, but the latest talk is that evena fter his latest problematic loan with Fluminense in Brazil, they might still sign him permanently.

Reiss Nelson

• Positions: Right Wing
• Likelihood: Very Likely (9/10) ➖ - We couldn't offload him last summer so he instead went on loan to Fulham, where he barely featured. It seems extremely unlikely he has a path into our first team at this late stage in his career, especially with only a year left on his current contract.

Thomas Partey

• Positions: Defensive Midfield, Right Back
• Likelihood: Possible (6/10) 🔼 - He seemed destined to be on the way out due to his contract expiring, despite his interest in staying. But a new contract is being discussed now, and apparently he's happy to stay and compete with the incoming Zubimendi. However, his representatives have also had talks with Barcelona.

Albert Sambi Lokonga

• Positions: Defensive Midfield, Central Midfield
• Likelihood: Very Likely (8/10) ➖ - He's definitely not in Arteta's plans for next season after some underwhelming performances for us last season (or was it the season before?!) And after another underwhelming loan spell, it seems inevitable we will try to offload him before his contract expires next summer - either in a permanent deal or via another loan spell.

Leandro Trossard

• Positions: Left Wing, Right Wing, Attacking Midfield, Striker
• Likelihood: Very Unlikely (2/10) ➖ - There's been some chatter that we are looking to offload Trossard 'for the right price'. However, there's also been solid rumours that we want to increase his salary while not extending the duration of the current contract. The latter sounds much more plausible. Trossard has been a dependable, versatile, and capable attacker for us in a difficult season. And given that we already have a thin squad and are likely to lose some players, it makes no sense that we get rid of him.

Fabio Vieira

• Positions: Right Wing, Attacking Midfield
• Likelihood: Possible (6/10) ➖ - After flashes of brilliance last year combined with many mediocre substitute appearances, he went on loan back to Portugal. There he has not set the world alight, although he did end the season there pretty well. Arteta might be done with him at this point, but it's hard to tell at the moment.

Oleksandr Zinchenko

• Positions: Left Back, Defensive Midfield
• Likelihood: Possible (6/10) ➖ - He's become a bench warmer this season, having been displaced by the amazing Myles Lewis-Skelly. And Zinky doesn't seem to have a path back into the first team. However, given how injury-prone Tomiyasu and Calafiori are, it's quite possible Arteta will keep him around for another season as a reliable back-up.

Confirmed Loans

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WOMEN'S TEAM

Players In

Confirmed Ins

Potential Ins

Ellie Carpenter

• Positions: Defender
• Age: 25
• Current club: Lyon
• Likelihood: Possible (4/10) ➖ - The Australian is rumored to be considering a move to an English club, with Arsenal a tempting destination if an offer is put in.

Chloe Kelly

• Positions: Striker
• Age: 27
• Current club: Manchester City
• Likelihood: Possible (5/10) 🔽 - Arrived on loan from Man City having become disillusioned there. Both Kelly and Man City announced at the start of the loan spell that neither saw her having a future in Manchester. And since then she's publicly declared how happy she is to be a gunner. The club seems happy with her too, so a permanent transfer looks likely. Although the latest talk is that she might want a fresh start elsewhere.

Keira Walsh

• Positions: Midfielder
• Age: 28
• Current club: Manchester City
• Likelihood: Unlikely (3/10) ➖ - Rumoured to be linked to a move to us this summer.

Players Out

Confirmed Outs

• Teyah Goldie
• Lina Hurtig
• Amanda Ilestedt

Potential Outs List

• Beth Mead - Contract is about to expire
• Victoria Pelova - Contract is about to expire
• Laura Weinroither - Not getting regular minutes

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ACADEMY

Confirmed Outs

Men's Academy (Permanent Departures)

• Nathan Butler-Oyedeji - Contract expiring and not being renewed
• Reece Clairmont - Contract expiring and not being renewed
• Khayon Edwards - Contract expiring and not being renewed
• Jakai Fisher - Contract expiring and not being renewed
• Romari Forde - Contract expiring and not being renewed
• Jimi Gower - Contract expiring and not being renewed
• Jack Henry-Francis - Contract expiring and not being renewed
• Max Kuczynski - Contract expiring and not being renewed
• 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
• Zacariah Shuaib - Contract expiring and not being renewed