{"id":496858,"date":"2019-08-01T14:39:24","date_gmt":"2019-08-01T18:39:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=496858"},"modified":"2019-08-01T14:39:24","modified_gmt":"2019-08-01T18:39:24","slug":"transfer-round-up-arsenal-ac-milan-aston-villa-and-bournemouth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2019\/08\/01\/transfer-round-up-arsenal-ac-milan-aston-villa-and-bournemouth\/","title":{"rendered":"Transfer Round-Up: Arsenal, AC Milan, Aston Villa and Bournemouth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last Word On Football&#8217;s Transfer Round-up aims to bring you the latest deals that have been completed across world football. Today, we look at which Lille OSC players have moved on to new clubs, as well as who the latest arrivals at <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/clubs\/aston-villa-club-news-analysis-fixtures\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aston Villa<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Transfer Round-Up<\/h3>\n<h3>Transfer Round-Up &#8211; Arsenal<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/clubs\/arsenal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Arsenal<\/a> have continued to add to their squad with the arrival of <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/57e3f0c7\/Nicolas-Pepe\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nicolas Pepe<\/a> for a club-record figure.<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old had an impressive season last year as he carried Lille to second place in Ligue 1. He scored 22 goals &#8211; only beaten by <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/clubs\/paris-saint-germain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paris Saint-Germain&#8217;s<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/42fd9c7f\/Kylian-Mbappe\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kylian Mbappe<\/a> &#8211; and also registered 11 assists for his teammates.<\/p>\n<p>He is the fourth arrival at The Emirates this summer, joining <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/c0617e2b\/Dani-Ceballos\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dani Ceballos<\/a>, Gabriel Martinelli and <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/972aeb2a\/William-Saliba\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">William Saliba<\/a> as the new arrivals.<\/p>\n<h3>Two Departures From Lille as Rafael Leao Heads To AC Milan<\/h3>\n<p>Another of Lille&#8217;s star players has departed this summer. Forward <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/de5b5570\/Marvelous-Nakamba\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rafael Leao<\/a> has left the club to join Serie A giants <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/clubs\/ac-milan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AC Milan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The 20-year-old scored eight goals during his 24 appearances last season.<\/p>\n<p>He will face stern competition for his place in the AC Milan. They are already blessed with <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/17f3620a\/Krzysztof-Piatek\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Krzysztof Piatek<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/3effaa34\/Andre-Silva\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andre Silva<\/a> in attack.<\/p>\n<h3>Aston Villa Continue To Add To Their Squad<\/h3>\n<p>Aston Villa have added two further additions to their squad after an already busy window. The Villains have confirmed the signings of <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/a6de6361\/Tom-Heaton\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tom Heaton<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/de5b5570\/Marvelous-Nakamba\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marvelous Nakamba<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Goalkeeper Heaton has arrived for a fee in the region of \u00a38 million from fellow Premier League side <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/clubs\/burnley\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Burnley<\/a>. Last season he made 19 appearances, conceding 27 times.<\/p>\n<p>Marvelous Nakamba arrives at Villa Park from Club Brugge for an undisclosed fee. Speaking to Aston Villa TV upon his arrival, he said: &#8220;For me to be here, I feel fantastic. I feel happy and I feel happy to be here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Bournemouth Turn To Belgium For Latest Signing<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/clubs\/bournemouth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bournemouth<\/a> are the latest club to turn to Belgium for their latest signing. They have completed the signing of Arnaut Danjuma from Club Brugge. The fee is around \u00a313.7m for the winger, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/49189050\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the BBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Danjuma featured in the Champions League twice last season, scoring against Atletico Madrid.<\/p>\n<p>He is the fourth arrival at the Vitality Stadium this summer, following the signings of <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/f31def1e\/Lloyd-Kelly\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Llylod Kelly<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/558807c0\/Jack-Stacey\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jack Stacey<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/d328a254\/Philip-Billing\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Philip Billing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1165545714\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 75.420876% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/1165545714?et=e2A1hhutQBR2w8HH-iz--A&amp;tld=co.uk&amp;sig=KDo187S2PN2X1ToDk3pm-7de-1TfCwMhbI5ZoQAmW3A=&amp;caption=true&amp;ver=1\" width=\"594\" height=\"448\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last Word On Football&#8217;s Transfer Round-Up aims to bring you the latest deals completed in world football, including Pepe, Leao, Nakamba and Danjuma<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2795,"featured_media":496940,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,1363,8,3838,9,30,3,5,28],"tags":[49,159,32738,177,122,3196,40,148,136],"class_list":["post-496858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ligue-1","category-ac-milan","category-arsenal","category-aston-villa","category-bournemouth","category-news","category-premier-league","category-serie-a","category-transfers","tag-ac-milan","tag-afc-bournemouth","tag-arsenal-fixtures","tag-aston-villa","tag-ligue-1","tag-nicolas-pepe","tag-premier-league","tag-transfer-window","tag-world-football"],"modified_by":"Declan Wiseman, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2795"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=496858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496858\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/496940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=496858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=496858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=496858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}