Arsenal Transfer News Today: Coman WANTED, Joan Garcia DECISION, Sterling TALKS

Cameron Smith

29 Aug 2024 21:21 BST
5 min read

FootballTransfers runs through the latest Arsenal football transfer news updates, including the latest on Kingsley Coman, Joan Garcia and Raheem Sterling

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Kingsley Coman wanted

Arsenal are exploring a potential late swoop for Bayern Munich winger Kingsley Coman, according to The Daily Mail.

Coman, 28, is pushing to leave Bayern before the end of the summer transfer window and Arsenal have been alerted to his situation at the Allianz Arena.

The Gunners are yet to sign a back-up to Bukayo Saka this summer and with Reiss Nelson still linked with an exit, Mikel Arteta is reportedly eyeing a possible move for Coman.

Al-Hilal are also interested in signing Coman, however, and will provide major competition for his signature.

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Sterling offered to Arsenal

Arsenal have been offered the chance to sign Raheem Sterling on a cut-price deal, although signing the Chelsea winger could prove to be a complicated matter on deadline day.

Having already considered a move for Coman, Arteta would be open for the right alternative if a deal proved affordable but, according to The Independent, they would not be willing to pay a fee for Sterling due to his wages.

Any transfer for Sterling would also require the 29-year-old to resolve his contract situation at Chelsea, with the Blues reportedly owing the England international more than €70m across the remainder of his contract.

Exclusive: Arsenal to pay Joan Garcia release clause

Espanyol have been informed that Arsenal are ready to match the value of Joan Garcia's release clause, The Transfers Podcast understands.

As revealed on last week's Transfers Podcast, the newly promoted La Liga club referred Arsenal to Garcia's €30 million clause when first asked for a valuation of the goalkeeper. According to a source close to Espanyol, that sum increases to €35m in the final 10 days of the window.

Although the Gunners are still to make a formal offer for the 23-year-old, intermediaries working on the proposed deal have informed Espanyol that the English club “will pay the release clause”.

© IMAGO - Arsenal are set to sign Joan Garcia from Espanyol

FootballTransfers exclusively revealed at the beginning of July that Garcia was Arteta’s top priority to bring to the Emirates should Aaron Ramsdale be sold.

Darwin Nunez truth

Darwin Nunez will not be joining Arsenal this summer, Fabrizio Romano has confirmed.

The Uruguay international was bizarrely linked with the Gunners on social media, but claims that he will leave Liverpool for north London have now been shut down.

Romano told the Daily Briefing: “ wanted to say something on Darwin Nunez after some surprise stories about Arsenal. I don’t know where this has come from, but I’ve had many questions about this and so I spoke to some of my sources, and I can honestly say there is nothing.

“In general, it’s also not true that Nunez is pushing to leave Liverpool - it’s important to clarify that he is absolutely not planning to leave Liverpool, I can guarantee this.

“He is really focused on Liverpool and really happy with Arne Slot. Of course it will be an important season for him, but it’s never been a possibility for him to leave this summer and he never asked to go.”