{"id":500930,"date":"2019-08-06T15:58:58","date_gmt":"2019-08-06T19:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=500930"},"modified":"2019-08-06T15:58:58","modified_gmt":"2019-08-06T19:58:58","slug":"transfer-rumours-tottenham-arsenal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2019\/08\/06\/transfer-rumours-tottenham-arsenal\/","title":{"rendered":"Transfer Rumours: Manchester United, Tottenham and Arsenal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last Word On Football&#8217;s Football Transfer News brings you the latest Premier League transfer rumours. As the transfer window is entering its final stages, today we look at which Premier League midfielder <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/feeds\/manchesterunitedfootball-co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manchester United<\/a> are making a late bid for.<\/p>\n<h2>Latest Premier League Transfer Rumours<\/h2>\n<h3>Transfer Rumours &#8211; Manchester United<\/h3>\n<p>According to James Ducker of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/football\/2019\/08\/06\/manchester-united-step-christian-eriksen-pursuit-hope-spurs\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Telegraph<\/a>, Manchester United are stepping up their interest in <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/feeds\/tottenhamfootball-co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tottenham<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/980522ec\/Christian-Eriksen\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Christian Eriksen<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Eriksen has been a key figure at Tottenham for a number of seasons now. Last season he registered 10 goals and 15 assists in all competitions, including eight goals in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>However, the 27-year-old has just one year left on his contract with Tottenham. As a result, Tottenham are looking to receive a fee instead of losing him on a free next summer.<\/p>\n<h3>Tottenham Challenging Arsenal for Coutinho?<\/h3>\n<p>As a result of Christian Eriksen&#8217;s potential exit from Tottenham, manager Mauricio Pochettino is looking for a replacement. Gary Jacob and Paul Hirst of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/spurs-make-offer-to-sign-philippe-coutinho-on-loan-from-barcelona-68tqf0f5q\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Times<\/a> claim that they are looking to sign <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/0ef89a37\/Philippe-Coutinho\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Philippe Coutinho<\/a> on loan.<\/p>\n<p>The Brazilian has been reportedly been unsettled since his move to Spain in 2018. However, last season he made 46 appearances in all competitions, scoring eight times.<\/p>\n<p>Tottenham are not the only club looking to sign the ex-Liverpool star. According to Bilel Ghazi of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lequipe.fr\/Football\/Actualites\/Transferts-philippe-coutinho-vers-arsenal\/1046659\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">L&#8217;Equipe<\/a>, north London rivals <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/feeds\/arsenalfootball-co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Arsenal<\/a> are also attempting to sign Coutinho.<\/p>\n<h3>Yet Another Centre-Back on Arsenal&#8217;s Radar<\/h3>\n<p>Arsenal&#8217;s quest for a new addition at centre-back has taken yet another turn. John Cross of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/sport\/football\/transfer-news\/arsenal-consider-dayot-upamecano-transfer-18837032\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Daily Mirror<\/a> writes that they are interested in <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/d248cd8f\/Dayot-Upamecano\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dayot Upamecano<\/a> of RB Leipzig.<\/p>\n<p>The 20-year-old is highly-regarded across Europe. Last season he made 19 appearances in all competitions, as Leipzig finished third in the Bundesliga.<\/p>\n<p>The move is likely to be helped by the fact that <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/f5efb153\/Laurent-Koscielny\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Laurent Koscielny<\/a> has <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2019\/08\/06\/arsenal-laurent-koscielny-bordeaux\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">left The Emirates to join<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2019\/08\/06\/arsenal-laurent-koscielny-bordeaux\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bordeaux<\/a>. The Frenchman spent nine years with The Gunners.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<br \/>\n<a id=\"35KEM9lFTQl79EiY3a58fA\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1159702258\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'35KEM9lFTQl79EiY3a58fA',sig:'droD12HFbwHvXW9yRNHZ0to-XcGNVVO9FQIl73NdfbI=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1159702258',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last Word On Football&#8217;s Football Transfer News brings you the latest Premier League transfer rumours. As the transfer window is entering its final stages, today we look at which Premier League midfielder Manchester United are making a late bid for. Latest Premier League Transfer Rumours Transfer Rumours &#8211; Manchester United According to James Ducker of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2795,"featured_media":501095,"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":[6,8,1365,2,18,30,3,24,28],"tags":[32738,464,292,36,40,96,37,136],"class_list":["post-500930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-la-liga","category-arsenal","category-barcelona","category-featured","category-manchester-united","category-news","category-premier-league","category-tottenham","category-transfers","tag-arsenal-fixtures","tag-barcelona","tag-christian-eriksen","tag-manchester-united","tag-premier-league","tag-tottenham-hotspur","tag-transfers","tag-world-football"],"modified_by":"Martin Hawkins","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500930","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=500930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500930\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/501095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=500930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=500930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=500930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}