Arsenal transfer news: Mikel Arteta’s side could raid a rival for £46.5m player with Premier League clubs ‘on alert’

Arsenal are reportedly among a fig of Premier League clubs keeping tabs connected the concern of Manchester City midfielder Tijjani Reijnders.

The 27-year-old arrived astatine the Etihad Stadium from AC Milan for an archetypal £46.5m aft a stellar 2024-25 run astatine San Siro, scoring 15 goals crossed each competitions and winning the Serie A Midfielder of the Year award.

Reijnders did not instrumentality agelong to denote himself to the Premier League, arsenic helium scored and assisted connected his debut for Man City successful a 4-0 triumph astatine Wolves connected the opening play of the season.

The Netherland planetary was a regular successful Pep Guardiola’s squad up until the extremity of 2025 erstwhile helium began to suffer his starting spot and his minutes began to dwindle successful the Premier League and Champions League.

Reijnders was handed his archetypal Premier League commencement since January successful Man City’s 3-0 win implicit Brentford past weekend, portion helium has played the afloat 90 minutes successful a apical formation crippled conscionable erstwhile since September.

Talks planned to sermon Reijdners’s aboriginal astatine Man City

Although Reijnders is nether declaration astatine the Etihad until June 2030, determination has been speculation that the midfielder could caput for the exit doorway aft conscionable 1 play astatine Man City.

A caller study claims that Reijnders is going done 1 of the toughest phases of his vocation and his merchantability could beryllium considered by the Citizens this summer.

According to CaughtOffside, Reijnders and Man City representatives are expected to conscionable astatine the extremity of the play to clarify his situation.

As things stand, the subordinate is not pushing to leave, and City whitethorn beryllium reluctant to fto him spell truthful soon aft his accomplishment - alert that Bernardo Silva is already leaving this summertime - but end-of-season talks should supply a clearer representation of his semipermanent aboriginal with the Sky Blues.

Uncertainty implicit Reijnders’s aboriginal is said to person enactment a fig of clubs connected alert, including Premier League leaders Arsenal, Aston Villa, Newcastle United and his erstwhile squad AC Milan.

Do Arsenal, Newcastle oregon Aston Villa request to motion Reijnders?

Some volition reason that Arsenal whitethorn not request to motion a midfielder of Reijnders’s profile, fixed the options already astatine Mikel Arteta’s disposal.

Captain Martin Odegaard and Eberechi Eze are the 2 main originative options who tin run successful the middle, portion Declan Rice, Martin Zubimendi, Myles Lewis-Skelly, Christian Norgaard and Mikel Merino are different cardinal midfield players successful the elder squad.

Newcastle, however, whitethorn request to reenforce their midfield this summertime amid uncertainty implicit the semipermanent aboriginal of in-demand prima Sandro Tonali, who has been linked with immoderate Premier League clubs.

Aston Villa whitethorn besides see bolstering their cardinal options fixed that Boubacar Kamara, Youri Tielemans, John McGinn and Amadou Onana person each suffered with injuries this season, leaving Unai Emery’s broadside airy successful the mediate of the transportation connected occasions.