Arsenal has continued its drive to add more young players to its squad in this transfer window. The Gunners have bolstered their group with the likes of Fabio Vieira and Gabriel Jesus. They were very close to clinching a top-four spot last season before narrowly missing out on it. They have actively bolstered their squad in this transfer window, and they have started the campaign very We expect some of their players. Their 2-0 win against Crystal Palace for the first league match of the season makes them one of the early favourites to win the title. Yet they are not done on the transfer market. Some of their players are expected to leave, but their next transfer target is Tonali. The AC Milan midfielder is one of Italy’s best players, and he represents one player that the Euro 2020 winners hope will help them win even more trophies in the future. Milan has similarly been signing young players, and they will be keen to keep Tonali in their squad, but a fee of around 50m euros will make them sell him, Matchplug understands.

Manchester United is set to sign Juventus midfielder Adrien Rabiot in a deal worth £15m. The Frenchman has one more season left on his current deal at Juventus, and it doesn’t seem the Italians will offer him an extension. He is one of their key players, but they are cutting down on their wage bill, and he earns too much money. United wants a new midfielder, and they have been pursuing a move for Frenkie de Jong for much of this summer. However, the midfielder is not interested in joining a club that doesn’t play in the Champions League. Matchplug understands that they remain interested in buying him, but they are turning their attention towards Rabiot now. The Frenchman previously played for PSG, which he left for Juve as a free agent in 2019. He is now looking to come back to England after spending some time at the academy of Manchester City earlier in his career.

Arsenal has completed the sale of Lucas Torreira to Galatasaray for just £5.5m. The diminutive midfielder was one of the club’s first signings in the post-Arsene Wenger era. After doing very well at the FIFA 2018 World Cup, Unai Emery brought him to the Emirates. He did well in the 2018/2019 campaign and endeared himself to the Arsenal fans. However, he struggled to play in the next campaign and Mikel Arteta quickly made him surplus to requirements. He spent the last two seasons away from the Emirates on loan at Atletico de Madrid and Fiorentina. He did well for the latter, but they struggled to make his loan deal permanent. With almost no club interested in signing him, the former Sampdoria man has agreed to leave and join Galatasaray, Matchplug understands. The Turkish club is rebuilding its team and they have also signed Dries Mertens as a free agent in this window.

Chelsea has agreed the sale of Timo Werner back to RB Leipzig for £25.3million. The German striker joined the Blues in 2020 from the Bundesliga club for around £47.5m. The Blues believed they had signed one of the best strikers in the world, but he flopped in London. He misses the easiest of chances and after two seasons, both parties have decided the best option is probably to allow him to leave. Chelsea didn’t want to keep an unhappy player and Matchplug understands they agreed to take the financial hit to let him leave. Werner’s first spell at Leipzig was a fruitful one as he scored 95 goals in just 159 games. He would look to replicate that form on his return to the competition. Now that Robert Lewandowski has left, he could become one of its top scorers as well. Hopefully, he can rediscover the goal-scoring touch that made him such an amazing player for the club when he first played for them.

Pablo Mari has edge closer to a move to newly promoted Monza in the Italian top flight after his loan in the competition last season. The Spaniard was on the books of Udinese in the second half of the 2021/2022 campaign and he did very well. However, they did not have the option to make the transfer permanent and he has returned to the Emirates, where other clubs want to sign him. Monza is now set to win the race for his signature. Matchplug learns that they have reached an agreement over a loan with Obligation to buy with Arsenal. That clause will automatically be triggered if they survive relegation after their first ever campaign in the Italian top flight. With the arrival of William Saliba, Mari was set to play much less football in this campaign, but at Monza he will see more chances to play.