Following Arsenal’s pre-season friendly win against Newcastle United, manager Mikel Arteta acknowledged the club’s openness to further squad additions. This comes amid mounting reports of Arsenal’s increased interest in Crystal Palace’s talented playmaker Eberechi Eze. <\/p>\n
Arsenal are close to surpassing their record summer expenditure, having already spent \u00a3205 million in 2022, with Declan Rice accounting for nearly half of that. The club is reportedly trying to negotiate Eze’s \u00a368 million release clause down to around \u00a360 million, potentially including Reiss Nelson in the deal to sweeten terms, though Fulham are also interested in Nelson.<\/p>\n
Eze, 27, is said to be receptive to a move this summer, reportedly favouring Arsenal over Tottenham Hotspur and Bayern Munich, who have also shown interest. The Independent reports Arsenal are accelerating their efforts to finalize a deal.<\/p>\n
Discussing the possibility of more transfers, Arteta said, “Let’s see. The market is still going on and we’ll have to balance that out with the squad as well. I think we’ll be open to see what happens.”<\/p>\n
Arsenal also recently unveiled Viktor Gy\u00f6keres before the friendly in Singapore, a move that generated great excitement among both fans and players. Arteta praised Gy\u00f6keres’ passion and clear intentions from the start, adding, “You can see the boys, you can see the environment as well, very excited with his arrival.”<\/p>\n
However, Gy\u00f6keres has yet to train with the team since his last game with Sporting when they secured the championship, noted Arteta, who said, “Well I think he hasn’t had a single training session with the team since the last game with Sporting when they became champions.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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