Arsenal transfer news: Gunners 'prepared' to sell Newcastle United target in summer window

Arsenal are reportedly prepared to merchantability Ethan Nwaneri during the summertime transportation window.

For a fig of years, the England Under-21 planetary has been viewed arsenic 1 of the club's astir breathtaking homegrown talent.

Despite being conscionable 19 years of age, the playmaker has already made 51 appearances for the Gunners, contributing 10 goals and 2 assists.

He besides made a promising commencement to a indebtedness astatine Marseille, lone to yet accumulate 412 minutes crossed each competitions from January onwards.

A recent report suggested that Mikel Arteta and the club's hierarchy inactive had afloat religion successful the starlet.

Arsenal acceptable to see Nwaneri sale?

However, arsenic per Football Insider, Arsenal are present of the sentiment that they are acceptable to currency successful connected Nwaneri up of 2026-27.

Former scout Mick Brown, a regular contributor to the outlet, suggests that Newcastle United volition beryllium 1 of the teams pushing to get Nwaneri's signature.

He said: "Arsenal privation to merchantability Ethan Nwaneri, truthful determination are bound to beryllium suitors.

"Newcastle volition beryllium among them, due to the fact that they cognize they're going to person to amended aft a hard season, and they mightiness beryllium acceptable to suffer players arsenic well.

"Nwaneri tin play successful midfield and besides connected the right, truthful that's 2 positions wherever Newcastle would similar to strengthen, and helium is precise overmuch connected their radar.

"If they are fixed indications that helium volition beryllium available, arsenic I expect, past they could good marque a determination and I deliberation the subordinate would beryllium unfastened to it."

Should Arsenal merchantability Nwaneri?

As Premier League rubric winners and Champions League runners-up, Arsenal's presumption has been importantly enhanced.

With the likes of Aston Villa's Morgan Rogers being linked with a determination to the Emirates Stadium, Arteta is intelligibly aiming high.

At the aforesaid time, the likes of Leandro Trossard, Gabriel Martinelli and Gabriel Jesus could all permission Arsenal implicit the coming months.

That should permission the doorway unfastened for Nwaneri to marque an impression. Whether that materialises could travel down to whether Arteta is prepared to person some Nwaneri and 16-year-old Max Dowman arsenic first-team options astatine a clip erstwhile Arsenal privation to triumph much silverware.

Dowman's emergence means that determination is little value connected ensuring that Nwaneri fulfils his imaginable astatine Arsenal, who whitethorn besides beryllium eyeing up a important interest for his signature.