Arsenal's list of 21 summer transfer targets revealed

Arsenal were determined to fortify the squad aft winning the 2025/26 Premier League rubric and finishing runners-up successful the Champions League, successful bid to stay rubric contenders this season. The nine had a database of much than 20 targets, according to the BBC.

None of the players who appeared connected the database were signed, but it showed that the main nonsubjective astatine the Emirates Stadium was to fortify the attack, fixed that 11 of the 21 names play successful the guardant areas.

The database ran from attacking midfielder Morgan Rogers to centre-back Tarik Muharemović, and included promising players who were besides connected the radar of respective different clubs. Two Brazilian forwards featured: Vinicius Junior and João Pedro.

Forwards frustrated Arsenal's plans successful the window

Arsenal's involvement successful Vinicius Junior intensified amid the winger's impasse implicit a caller declaration with Real Madrid. As the negotiations turned into an progressively long-running saga, the Gunners saw an accidental to bring the subordinate to London.

He would person been the outright starter connected the near wing, a presumption for which caput manager Mikel Arteta inactive did not person a subordinate helium afloat trusted. In erstwhile seasons, Leandro Trossard and Gabriel Martinelli had shared the role. However, Vinicius' penchant was to enactment successful Madrid, and the presumption of a caller declaration astatine the Santiago Bernabéu were agreed successful August.

Regarding João Pedro, the paper noted that his inclusion connected the database was "intriguing" — not due to the fact that the Brazilian was wanted by Arsenal, but due to the fact that rivals Chelsea had treated him arsenic untouchable during the European summertime market.

There were besides concerns astir however good helium would acceptable into Arteta's system. Either way, the involvement did not progress, and the Blues' caller No 9 went connected to widen his declaration astatine the club. He has formed a fearsome attacking trio alongside Cole Palmer and Morgan Rogers.

Rogers, incidentally, was astatine Aston Villa erstwhile helium came onto the Gunners' radar, but the committee was not prepared to spell beyond the £80m people successful negotiations. He moved to Chelsea for a grounds interest of £117m. The nine besides did not privation to transcend what it considered a just terms for Bradley Barcola, who present belongs to Liverpool pursuing a £106m transfer.

That pair, on with Vinicius Junior and Julián Álvarez, frustrated Arsenal's ambitions of signing a guardant of large lasting connected the satellite shot stage.

List of targets Arsenal failed to sign

• Morgan Rogers (attacking midfielder, formerly of Aston Villa, present astatine Chelsea)
• Bradley Barcola (winger, formerly of PSG, present astatine Liverpool)
• Kenan Yıldız (winger, Juventus)
• Yan Diomandé (winger, formerly of RB Leipzig, present astatine Real Madrid)
• Nico Paz (attacking midfielder, Como)
• Eli Junior Kroupi (forward, Bournemouth)
• Elliot Anderson (midfielder, formerly of Nottingham Forest, present astatine Manchester City)
• João Pedro (forward, Chelsea)
• Vinicius Junior (winger, Real Madrid)
• Julián Álvarez (forward, Atlético Madrid)
• Malick Fofana (winger, formerly of Lyon, present astatine Sunderland)
• Sandro Tonali (midfielder, formerly of Newcastle, present astatine Tottenham)
• Alex Scott (midfielder, Bournemouth)
• Amadou Onana (midfielder, Aston Villa)
• Jeremy Monga (winger, formerly of Leicester, present connected indebtedness from Manchester City astatine Swansea)
• Louis Page (midfielder, Leicester)
• Iván Fresneda (right-back, Sporting)
• Cristian Romero (centre-back, formerly of Tottenham, present astatine Atlético Madrid)
• Micky van de Ven (centre-back, Tottenham)
• Jacobo Ramón (centre-back, Como)
• Tarik Muharemović (centre-back, formerly of Sassuolo, present astatine Leeds)

Is Arsenal's transportation model a occurrence overall?

On the different broadside of the coin are midfielder Bruno Guimarães, centre-back Ezri Konsa, goalkeeper Illan Meslier and winger Christos Tzolis — players wanted by the Gunners who did, successful fact, articulation the club.

Bruno Guimarães was preferred implicit Elliot Anderson, Alex Scott and Sandro Tonali for respective reasons, including his much affordable terms compared with the trio, a proposal from Arteta, and sporting manager Andrea Berta's bully narration with the Brazilian's representatives.

The erstwhile Newcastle subordinate was besides viewed favourably for already being afloat adapted to the Premier League, a concern akin to that of Konsa, who came from Aston Villa. The defender got up of the contention acknowledgment to his experience, versatility and quality to play astatine right-back if required.

Tzolis, the Gunners' archetypal confirmed signing of the window, began to gully greater admiration aft his performances for the Greek nationalist team. The near winger, who had been a standout astatine Club Brugge, took implicit the starting relation arsenic soon arsenic helium arrived successful London.

Meslier was a lawsuit of the utile gathering the pleasant. He joined the nine for escaped aft his declaration astatine Leeds expired, and is 3rd successful the goalkeeping pecking bid down David Raya and Kepa. Arsenal besides completed a imperishable woody for Piero Hincapié from Bayer Leverkusen.

Despite missing retired connected the prima guardant they had dreamed of, determination is mostly small to lament astir the transportation model astatine the Emirates Stadium.