{"id":633542,"date":"2024-01-03T15:18:26","date_gmt":"2024-01-03T20:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=633542"},"modified":"2024-01-03T15:20:11","modified_gmt":"2024-01-03T20:20:11","slug":"arsenal-january-transfer-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/01\/03\/arsenal-january-transfer-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal Aim to Clear Up 143K P\/W to Fund January Striker Purchase With \u2018Remarkable\u2019 Player Linked"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Arsenal were right in the thick of the Premier League title race. Consecutive losses to West Ham and Fulham have knocked the Gunners back to fourth in the table. Mikel Arteta will be hoping to make up the points lost to Manchester City, Liverpool and Aston Villa.\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NizaarKinsella\/status\/1742583992128303538?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Nizaar Kinsella<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0and Simon Collings have reported that the North London club have a strategy in January to improve their squad depth.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Arsenal Could Sell Three Players to Fund Active Transfer Window<\/span><\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mohamed Elneny has interest from clubs in Saudi Arabia. \ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\udde6<\/p>\n<p>Cedric Soares has interest from clubs in Turkey. \ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\uddf7<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal are hoping to cash in to fund a January deal, with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sr_collings?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@sr_collings<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IkSqgnnJWJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/IkSqgnnJWJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nizaar Kinsella (@NizaarKinsella) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NizaarKinsella\/status\/1742583992128303538?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 3, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Kinsella&#8217;s Tweet<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The English-Moroccan journalist stated Wednesday afternoon that &#8220;Arsenal are hoping to cash in to fund a January deal.&#8221; He noted that two players, Mohamed Elneny on 49k-per-week and Cedric Soares on 65k per week &#8211; are the target of interest from foreign clubs. Saudi outfits are pursuing the Egyptian, while Turkey could be a potential landing spot for the Portuguese player.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Standard Article<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Kinsella and Collings reported on Arsenal&#8217;s January transfer plans for\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/sport\/football\/arsenal-fc-transfer-news-cedric-elneny-tavares-b1130052.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Standard<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. Aside from Elneny and Soares, Nuno Tavares is another name that could depart to raise funds, with the Portuguese defender on 29k per week. The two journalists disclosed: &#8220;The Gunners need to sell before they can buy to comply with Financial Fair Play rules.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Read More:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/01\/03\/arsenal-aaron-ramsdale-potential-departure\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2018Situation Could Change\u2019: Fabrizio Romano Reveals Arsenal Could Be Persuaded To Sell \u00a350M Star In January<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Tavares, currently on loan to Nottingham Forest, could see that deal &#8220;cut short amid interest from clubs in Europe.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Read More:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/01\/03\/manchester-united-michael-olise-liverpool\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Sir Jim Ratcliffe Wants To Hijack Liverpool\u2019s Move For \u00a343 Million \u2018Special Talent\u2019 \u2013 Imagine Him And Hojlund<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">If selling those three footballers is not enough for Arsenal to be allowed an incoming transfer, loaning out young players could open up enough space. Amario Cozier-Duberry and Russel Waters are &#8220;wanted&#8221; and &#8220;being courted&#8221; by lower-league clubs, but whether they leave for the next six months &#8220;has not been decided.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Arsenal Want a Striker<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">While Kinsella and Collings made no mention of specific targets, John Brewin of\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2024\/jan\/01\/football-transfer-rumours-if-not-ivan-toney-then-which-striker-for-arsenal\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Guardian reported<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0that the club are seeking a striker. Ivan Toney, previously described as &#8220;<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brentfordfc.com\/en\/news\/article\/first-team-brentford-v-fulham-premier-league-thomas-frank-ivan-toney\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">remarkable<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">,&#8221; Victor Osimhen, Victor Boniface and Lautaro Martinez are all names mentioned, but the fees for these players would be &#8220;huge.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal were right in the thick of the Premier League title race. Consecutive losses to West Ham and Fulham have knocked the Gunners back to fourth in the table. Mikel Arteta will be hoping to make up the points lost to Manchester City, Liverpool and Aston Villa.\u00a0Nizaar Kinsella\u00a0and Simon Collings have reported that the North [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4764,"featured_media":629626,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"1704240000","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"Arsenal","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"1","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"300","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,3,7188],"tags":[3190,2658,759,8717],"class_list":["post-633542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal","category-premier-league","category-rumours","tag-arsenal-transfer-news","tag-cedric-soares","tag-mohamed-elneny","tag-nuno-tavares"],"modified_by":"Ricky Carroll, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633542","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\/4764"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=633542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633542\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/629626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=633542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=633542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=633542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}