Unpacking the Arsenal Transfer Saga: Merino, Timber, Gyokeres & Osimhen!

Fabrizio Romano has dropped a Mikel Moreno bombshell. Jurrien Timber is not in the squad against Bayern Leverkusen. And where rumours are concerned, where Jokeres and Osserman to Arsenal are concerned, the rumour mill keeps on rumbling. People, deluded, I'm back again. Big up yourselves, people. As we know, Arsenal are in the transfer window. Or in fact, every club's currently in the transfer window as the new season begins next week. And we've still got a lot to do. Personally, I think we need a striker and a winger. I don't think we have enough depth generally. I don't think we've improved on the depth at this moment in time generally to give us the best chance of winning major honours next season. To give me 30 seconds, I'll share my screen with you guys and we'll get straight into what concerns our football club. Now, as I said there, this headline has said Mikel Moreno to Arsenal. Fabrizio Romano drops formal bid bombshell. Mikel Moreno's move to Arsenal from Real Sociedad with Fabrizio Romano, the Arsenal transfer, sorry, the football news transfer reporter, having explained exactly what the delay is. Apparently, his switch seemed to be a formality to Arsenal just a week ago and a lot's changed. And apparently, little progress has been made in recent days leading to anxiety among fans of the Emirates side who are eager to see him signed. Now, I think fans want to bring players in. The longer it takes, fans are going to obviously get ants in their pants and become a bit anxious, especially because of the last two seasons we've got the signing in early. But it says fans. Now, fans can, you know, have an opinion. They can have an opinion. They can feel dismayed. They can be worried. They can be confident. They can be whatever. As long as it doesn't say anything here, the people in the boardroom, Mikel Ortega, the people that make decisions, and they haven't said anything. But if there is some relative confidence in that regards to get a deal done, I don't think there's anything to panic about. I think the title seems, you know, more exciting than the actual facts. And when you break it down, apologies, where we look at from Mikel Moreno, again, reports say he seems to be keen on the switch to Arsenal. Arsenal are keen on him, but he's not the only name on the list. Now we'll get into it. But Zoubamedie has been linked with Manchester United and Liverpool. Could that be something to spin the block on? I'm not too sure. It's been described as a slow window for Arsenal. And you could say that only California has walked through the door, bearing in mind there has been a Euros and a Copa America. Romano has now revealed that Arsenal have not even made a formal approach for the Spain international star yet. Which is true. We haven't exactly bidded for the Sociedad, man. We've heard personal talks. Sorry, personal talks. Big up my Turkish friends. Personal talks have been agreed. You know, we hear he's keen on the move and Arsenal are keen on him. But maybe we're dotting i's and crossing t's in that regards before we place a bid. So I haven't learned anything. For now, my understanding is that negotiations continue. It's still all verbal with no formal bid. But for sure, Moreno is waiting for Arsenal to complete the agreement with Sociedad, bearing in mind he's got a year left on his deal. It's also about payment terms, the structure, more things to follow between the two clubs. Moreno wants Arsenal, so it's just on the clubs now. So apparently there's no reason to fear the deal potentially collapsing. Once again, people, his signing will be made for about 30-odd million euros, which would take our total spending to around 105 million euros. You know, we've got California in the door. We assume Moreno's in the door and David Rye's move from Bredford has become permanent. And we all know where Victor Osman and Yocheres are concerned. We're still on the case. And actually, where you look at a young Charlie Paterno, a young Brook Norton Coffey, who are two young players that didn't play in the US tour, you'd imagine they move on. Speculation until the window closes around Reece Nelson, Eddie Nketiah, Aaron Ramsdale. And it's gone more or less flat and dead quiet. But Jacob Kivio are going to continue in that regard. So let's move on. Reports in Spain have said Arsenal remain Mikel Moreno's most likely destination and it's likely a move will materialise in the coming days. Mikel Moreno has personally endorsed while Moreno has discarded other clubs that were interested in signing him this summer. Apparently, you know, Arsenal hold an ongoing interest in Mikel Moreno as the central midfield remains a focus. The player is hugely admired by Arteta, but Arsenal are still exploring their options in the midfield market. Moreno will be keen to join if an agreement can be reached. So have we indirectly agreed something with his camp? No, indirectly, not only what Sociedad want in terms of a fee, but how they would like that fee to be paid. And we've parted that off and we're exploring if other things are being done. I mean, we heard Zoubamedie is keen to stay in Spain and all that we heard. He's been linked with Manchester United and David Ornstein has said he's been linked with Liverpool and Liverpool are actually exploring a deal. Liverpool are exploring a deal to sign Martin Zoubamedie for Real Sociedad as they work to strengthen Arsenal's squad with a new number six. Now, I'm not a Liverpool fan. I'm definitely not watching them in pre-season on a religious basis, but it seems like they're more possession-based focus. And they have brought in a couple of midfielders in the last couple of windows, but it feels like they need a six. I think McAllister can play there, but I think you get a lot better out of him playing him further forward. And that's probably where Martin Zoubamedie comes into it. Apparently, Liverpool are exploring the deal. We've seen this with Arsenal. We know he's got a release clause that would need to be paid in full and it's all reliant on him potentially agreeing to such a move. I'm sure Xabi Alonso will put in a good word for Liverpool on his behalf. Liverpool would also need to convince Zoubamedie to leave, which a number of suitors from the Premier League and elsewhere have not managed to do so far. Zoubamedie has previously attracted the interest of Arsenal and Barcelona, with the latter keen on the Spaniard as far back as last summer. We all know he won the Euros, people. And yeah, man, he's been linked. I'm meant to be logged in. I'm not quite sure why I haven't been logged in there, but fair enough, or better yet, logged out. But fair enough. You lot do your thing. Good thing we read what we needed to read there. Karl-Heinz set to leave Arsenal on loan to join Spanish side Real Valladolid until the end of the season. His salary will be covered by Valladolid. So again, we save a bit of money for him to be playing in La Liga and have top league experience. That makes 100% sense for me, if I'm completely honest. You imagine he, when he signed the new deal, he said, I want to go on loan. You'd imagine that's the natural path for him to depart Arsenal on loan. He has been linked with Barnsley and Charton with the greatest of respect to them. If you've got an offer to play in the top five league, you're probably Sunny or whatever, then Barnsley or South London with Charton a concern. I can't begrudge him. So we wish him all the best. You're not going to get ahead of David Rye and Ramsdale, provided Ramsdale stays or if anybody else comes in. So once again, further confirmation that he'll obviously be moving on loan to Real Valladolid people. Apparently he had been close to joining League One side Charton, but the move was hijacked. So from potentially playing in League One, which for a young, inexperienced player, it doesn't, to a degree, it doesn't really matter. It's professional football from League One all the way to, you know, a top five league La Liga. It's quite the good look, people. And yeah, man, I'm sure Ronaldo, who obviously owns Valladolid, dotted I's and crossed T's in that regard. And at 22 years of age, the very fact of where you look at official games, he's played for his country, Estonia, then England. I mean, then Arsenal. Something needs to be done in that regards, people. So we'll have to watch that one day closely. Apparently, Timber is not on the bus ahead of the Bayern Leverkusen game. And he was rested for the game against Liverpool again. He's coming back from an ACL injury. He has obviously got a lot of minutes loaded into him in the, you know, the Bournemouth game and the games around then. We have to tread carefully where Timber's concerned. I'm pretty sure I speak for every Arsenal fan when we say, hey, it's obviously concerning because we didn't expect him to be over all his ACL issues and him to, you know, we have to look at it delicately and tread carefully. But you would have expected him to, you know, kind of be involved. But at the same time, where there's no need to take a risk, don't take one in it, really. And you could argue he's probably even played more minutes in pre-season than he would have had, you know, several players not been participating at the Euros and simply put all Copa America and not having the strongest squad available for the pre-season preparations, people. So I'm not going to panic yet. Apparently Chelsea have turned their attention away from Victor Osserman, according to reports in Italy, people. And that obviously could help Arsenal. It seems that Chelsea are about to sign Atletico Madrid striker Samu Omodoyon. Forgive me for mispronunciation. He's a Spanish under-21s international from the highlights. He does look good and look raw. Has been linked with Arsenal before. Both clubs in Arsenal and Chelsea were linked with Julian Alvarez. Ironically, he seems to be going to Atletico Madrid. And whether it's PSG, Chelsea, Arsenal or Saudi Arabia, the links towards Victor Osserman don't seem to go away. Apparently, we're still monitoring Jocorez as well as Osserman. Again, I'm very pessimistic on our sign in Osserman. But who knows, people? It says Chelsea have moved away and stepped away from that, which could obviously be a spring in our steps. Don't forget to smash the like button and let me know your thoughts, because completely off the rip, people. I want us to go back in for Zoubamendi. I want us to try and get Jocorez. I believe we need a striker. I don't think we're going to die if we don't get one. But I think there's a limit we can take this existing options. I like Kai Havertz. I think he's done well. I think he's the first name on the team sheet where the striker position is concerned. But at the same time, he did it harshly. It wasn't even harshly the truth. He did it for half a season. And I expect you to score goals again. But A, how many? And two, will you? I can't answer that in my heart. I'm a big fan of Gabriel Jesus in the squad, but his injuries are one thing. His goal scoring exploits is another. Eddie Nketiah might stay around because of potentially Gabriel Jesus probably getting injured at some point this season coming. And also because at this moment in time, it doesn't appear that people are meeting Arsenal's asking price. But Kai Havertz, Eddie Nketiah and Gabriel Jesus, I know football isn't just about names. And we did get 91 Premier League goals. Does that fill you with any confidence that they'll make the difference and turn some draws, some defeats into draws, some draws into victory? Ultimately, three points, more points on the board. And had we had anything from anything from three to six points on the board last season, on the last day of the season, what are us Arsenal fans celebrating or talking about? I'm not too sure in that regards. Apparently, Arsenal made a decision where Yoko Rez is concerned after assessing transfer plans. Arsenal is seemingly pressing ahead with their attempts to sign Yoko Rez ahead of the transfer deadline. I'm a bit pessimistic. Clearly, we want a striker, if it makes sense. We've been linked with Yoko Rez as well as Arsenal. And we tried to get Cesco. We ultimately turned away from it, but we did indirectly try for Ivan Toni. It didn't come to anything. So there is a willingness. But is it a necessity? For me, it kind of is if we want to win titles. But is it a necessity? Are we going to go for Yoko Rez without finally, not to go over it again, sorting out the futures of the Reece Nelsons, the Eddie Nketiahs, the Kivios, the Ramsdales, someone like Zinchenko with two years left on his deal, the young players in Charlie Paterno and Brooke Norton-Coffey. Surely we have to deal with that and probably get Mikel Moreno or a central midfielder over the line and then maybe turn our attentions to either an inside forward, a striker or both. I'm not too sure in that regard. Oh, sorry, people. Why did that come off screen? That's annoying. That was an accident in that regard. People, sorry. Things happen. You know, we're going to go again. Don't worry. Where Reece Nelson is concerned, the Athletic have said Nelson was on where Leicester's concerned. Reece Nelson was another they inquired about, but it quickly became apparent he would be beyond their budget. They've spoken about Fabio Corvalho, who scored a great goal in pre-season for Liverpool. But, you know, West Ham, they've won and got Somerville. They were linked to Reece Nelson early, that's gone away. Leicester, maybe they can get you on loan. Whether Arsenal want to do that's another thing. Seems like Leicester's gone away. Brighton links were there going into the summer window, have gone quiet. And I'm sure indirectly some football clubs have inquired about Nelson. Nelson's clearly made clear he wants to leave. But do Arsenal let him go without bringing in another body in wide positions or someone able to do that? I'm not too sure how you look at that or where you would look at that, folks. Personally, we were linked with Javier Guerrero from Valencia. He's in talks, ironically, to sign for Atletico Madrid for 21.4 million, which was not the price quoted in January. We'll have to see. The Athletic have also spoken about Aaron Ramsdale. We all know his future probably lies away from the club and he has returned to training. Apparently, you know, you look at the vast majority of clubs, they've all got established number one. So unless they kind of follow Mikel Ortega in, you know, disrupting, you know, a certified number one and bringing in someone like David Rye, who he deems is better, then it's probably a myth. Eddie Nketiah, as we know, it comes down to the price tag. Essentially, he will be behind Kai Havertz, Gabriel Jesus and Trossart probably in the pecking order. Well, Trossart's a weird one on ability and what we want to see on a pitch, yes, but sometimes there are games for an organic striker versus a false nine. We all know Marseille have had a series of bids rejected people and it hasn't met Arsenal's asking price. Apparently, Arsenal's insistence on landing a fee closer to their valuation may prove prohibitive. But at this stage, a move appears the best solution for all parties, provided the move can happen. Ivan Toney's returned to training at Brentford. He has not signed for anyone. He has been relinked with Manchester United, although for all the Man United, Arsenal, Liverpool, City, even Man City, I know all the teams that were linked with him, nobody's bid for him at this moment in time. Gerard Moreno, who's a journalist, has said we haven't seen the last chapter of the Nico Williams saga yet. I'm sure Barcelona fans are hoping they get that done. It appears Barcelona are the front runners for his signature. He's been linked with PSG as well as Chelsea and obviously my football club, if you can't get a striker and you bring me Nico Williams or Pedro Neto, mainly Nico Williams, I can kind of manoeuvre with that. One player or attacker who could be leaving Arsenal, apparently young man, young forward Nathan Butler-Odeji is wanted by Belgium duo Standard Liège and Opin in a permanent transfer. At 21 years of age, not going to get a look in the first team. And being on a couple of loan spells, it makes sense. Belgium's a good league, a good sort of playing level. Standard Liège is one of the bigger teams, respectfully to Oupen, because they've been, everyone knows about them, but one of the bigger teams in Belgium. It makes sense, people. And I'm not sure how much Arsenal will get in a transfer fee, but it doesn't make sense to hang around. Finally, people, Zinchenko has changed his shirt number. He's wearing the number 17 that Alexis Sanchez once wore, people. Again, the man himself on the shirt change has said he's obviously gone from number 35, I believe. Was it number 35? I don't know, but it's number 35 to number 17. And it's fitting that, you know, he's got the same number as Cedric. He's not held in the same regard as Cedric, but probably Arsenal fans probably want him through the door. The number 17 is a very special number to me. It was a number I wore as a young player, and I've always requested to wear 17 when playing for my country. With 17 being free since Cedric left, I asked if I could change and thanks to everyone at the club for supporting me. It's also very important to say that if anyone has brought this season's shirt directly from the club with my name and 35 on it, they can get an exchange to my new number, which is good because you don't want people to waste money. What I will say, Zinchenko, unless it's fellow Ukrainians for obvious reasons that identify with you, probably the shirts you bought for your family members and all of that kind of stuff, if you don't fall under them categories, I don't think anybody's buying a Zinchenko shirt. No one's buying a Deleuze Guna shirt, but I don't think anyone's buying a Zinchenko top if I'm honest with you in the day and age. I always advocate putting your own name on the back, but where you've got Pacquiao, Saka, Martinelli, Declan Rice, Gabriel even, Gabriel Jesus even, many of other players, people probably would have bought more Smith-Row shirts. I don't think Zinchenko has anything to worry about that, but banter aside, that's a nice gesture and if number 17 makes you put in some better performance to prove some Arsenal fans wrong, if you do stay, do your thing really. In that regards, let me know your thoughts on the transfer news, potentially Timber not being involved against Bayern Leverkusen. If you've got any opinions on Zinchenko in general and his shirt number, let me know, folks. And don't forget, the time of making this vid, we will be playing Bayern Leverkusen at 6pm UK time. I'll be doing a watch along from an hour before, so 5pm UK time. So yeah, when you're done watching this and you've had a butchers of the other content, join me for the watch along and don't forget to follow on my second channel, DG Sports Views. We're going to get some more neutral content and general football thoughts parked off over there and follow on all the other platforms, people. Links are in the description. 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