On March 30, Arsenal was getting his hands on Andrea Berta. After 12 years spent at Atlético de Madrid, including almost eight as a sports director, the Italian therefore landed in England to occupy the same function with the Gunners. “I am delighted to join Arsenal in what is an extremely exciting period for the club. I observed with great interest the way Arsenal has evolved in recent years and I admired the hard work that has been accomplished to restore the club as a force majeure of European football “.
Berta knows it, he will be expected at the turn, because Arsenal still displays his inability to win a title in the Premier League. This season, Mikel Arteta's men are second in the ranking, but are looking twelve lengths of Liverpool after having been by little by Manchester City in the past two years. Moreover, Arteta recently confirmed that Arsenal had to be ambitious during the next transfer window. “”When we go back, we want to increase the depth of the workforce, the quality and the skills we need to take the next step.An intention that was verified since we revealed to you yesterday that the Gunners met the clan of the supersonic winger of Athletic, Nico Williams.
The Gunners do the cleaning
The Swedish Viktor Gyökeres is also tracked, but to attract all these people, we will have to degrease. Expected in terms of reinforcements, Andrea Berta will also have to roll up her sleeves with regard to departures. THE Mirror announces that no less than eleven players could be affected by this XXL broom. Starting with Raheem Sterling. Aged 30, English was not very decisive this season (1 goal, 4 offerings). Loaned by Chelsea, he should return to Stamford Bridge. Ditto with regard to the replacement goalkeeper Neto (35), soon back in Bournemouth. Then come the stars whose contract will expire on June 30: Thomas Partey (31 years old), Jorginho (33 years old), Kieran Tierney (27 years old). The second is desired by Flamengo, as for the third, a return to Celtic is announced. And that's not all.
The English tabloid specifies that the London management expressly asked its new sports director to provide acceptable sales if team stars must be sold. Clearly, avoid any situation forcing the club to see one of its players leaving at low prices. This is the case of Oleksandr Zinchenko (28 years old). The Ukrainian side has only one year of contract (2026). Out of the question of letting this file drag. A sale will surely be concluded, especially since Borussia Dortmund would be interested. Linked to the Gunners until 2028, the Polish defender Jakub Kawior (25) is pushed towards the exit. Tracks in Italy and OM are cited. The Nuno Tavares side (24 years old) should be bought by Lazio in exchange for around € 9 million and Seville has a € 12 million purchase option for the Lokonga (24) midfielder, but will try to negotiate a downward price. Finally, Reiss Nelson (24, loaned to Fulham) and Fabio Vieira (24, loaned to Porto) will undoubtedly return from their loan, but will be invited to fold up.
