{"id":1596,"date":"2026-04-10T19:58:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T19:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/?p=1596"},"modified":"2026-04-10T19:58:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T19:58:14","slug":"arsenal-target-220m-newcastle-trio-as-havertz-needs-to-leave-for-most-desired-signing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/?p=1596","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal target \u00a3220m Newcastle trio as Havertz &#8216;needs to leave&#8217; for &#8216;most desired signing&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p>A \u00a3220m Newcastle trio are \u2018high\u2019 on Arsenal\u2019s transfer shortlist this summer as it\u2019s claimed either Kai Havertz or Viktor Gyokeres would \u2018need to leave\u2019 for the Gunners to land their \u2018most desired signing\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The Gunners are on course to win their first Premier League title since 2003 as <strong>they sit nine points clear of Manchester City at the top of the table<\/strong> and are well placed to reach the Champions League semi-finals after beating Sporting 1-0 in Portugal on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE: Big Weekend: Chelsea v Man City, Arsenal, Isak, De Zerbi and Spurs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Josh Kroenke, the son of owner Stan and co-chair of Arsenal, was in London at the end of February and was updated on the Gunners transfer plans, <strong><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/articles\/cn78kdymmvpo\" target=\"_blank\">according to <em>BBC Sport<\/em><\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal made seven permanent signings last summer for a combined \u00a3250m and there will be outgoings to ensure the club meets <strong>the Premier League\u2019s new squad cost ratio rules<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019re \u2018willing to listen to offers\u2019 for academy pair Myles Lewis-Skelly and Ethan Nwaneri, both of whom would represent \u2018pure profit\u2019 on the books, and have <strong>set an asking price for the pair<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>But sporting director Andrea Berta is also scouring the market for new additions alongside manager Mikel Arteta and <em>BBC Sport<\/em> claim three Newcastle stars have been identified as possible recruits.<\/p>\n<p>The Gunners are \u2018admirers\u2019 of right-back Tino Livramento and are \u2018monitoring his situation\u2019 in the knowledge that Newcastle are \u2018likely to sell at least one of their key players this summer\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>An injury-hit campaign for the 23-year-old which has seen him start just 17 games in all competitions \u2018will be a factor for the Gunners as they consider whether to solidify their interest\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Previous reports have claimed the Magpies will want \u00a360m for the former Chelsea man, while \u00a380m is thought to be the asking price for both midfielder Sandro Tonali and winger Anthony Gordon, whom Arsenal \u2018also hold some interest in\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><smartframe-embed customer-id=\"0fab81ce12e48a0794275e1d82449fb1\" image-id=\"1074548618\" style=\"width: 100%; display: inline-flex; max-width: 100%;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The report claims Arsenal have also been \u2018made aware\u2019 of Celta Vigo full-back Oscar Mingueza, who\u2019s out of contract at the end of the season, as an alternative to Livramento.<\/p>\n<p>The Gunners have been heavily linked with Atletico Madrid striker Julian Alvarez, who\u2019s <strong>reported to be their \u2018most desired signing\u2019<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona are also sniffing around the former Manchester City star, who transfer expert Fabrizio Romano claimed last month has \u2018not closed the door\u2019 to a possible exit this summer.<\/p>\n<p><em>BBC Sport<\/em> confirm Arsenal\u2019s interest is \u2018genuine\u2019 but add that \u2018either Viktor Gyokeres or Kai Havertz would need to leave for the Gunners to step-up their interest in the Argentina international\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT: Arsenal 3 Man City 3 in Premier League XI of season so far<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/div>\n<p><script>\n        !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n        {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n        n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n        if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n        n.queue=();t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n        t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)(0);\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n        '\n        fbq('init', '1399787394855675');\n        fbq('track', 'PageView');\n    <\/script><script>\n        !function(e,n,t){var o=e.getElementsByTagName(n)(0);e.getElementById\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A \u00a3220m Newcastle trio are \u2018high\u2019 on Arsenal\u2019s transfer shortlist this summer as it\u2019s claimed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1597,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1596\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}