Arsenal News Show: Bologna director CONFIRMS Calafiori offer! - Viktor Gyökeres deal not dead!

Thank you very much for tuning back in each and every time. Now, Arsenal fans, we have technically signed some players. It's just not the central midfielder, the right winger, the striker, or anything that we feel is game-changing. We're Arsenal's fortunes in the pursuit of ending our now 20-plus-year wait. Some Arsenal fans ain't seen us win the league. But yeah, wait for the Premier League trophy, man. Hopefully, it's third time lucky next season. Obviously, Pep Guardiola might leave. I'm sure he wants to win five in a row. And I mean, Pep, come on, man. You've bullied the league. It's got boring. You're seeing your protégé in Arteta challenging you. Go away, people. But on a serious note, 99.9% of the rumours that we hear are BS, especially now that Mikel Arteta and Edu and Arsenal have kept a lot of the transfer stuff under wraps. Nonetheless, it makes for good talking points nonetheless because what else have we got to discuss? So yeah, get tucked in, people. Get comfortable. And let's see all the news, rumours and reports. Now, if you give me a second, I'm looking to the left. I'll share my screen for you guys. Why is it not shared? And we'll get into it. Can you not see it? Okay. Oh, because I haven't pressed the button. Tells you everything, people. Now, Ricardo Californi. We've seen what he did at Bologna. Obviously, we've seen what he's done for Italy in the Euros. He's one of the bright sparks in a disappointing campaign for Italy at the Euros where, you know, can you really say Switzerland pulled off an upset? Maybe on paper, but just based on what we saw prior to the game, it was probably expected. Now, Bologna. It's difficult being Bologna. As an Arsenal fan seeing the Emirates error, I can understand. Just when you're building a decent team and it feels like you can achieve stuff, your players are cherry-picked and going elsewhere. They've lost their manager to Juventus. You know, Josh Rzeszewski has been linked with a move away, their star striker and Ricardo Californi off the back of what he'd done for Bologna and obviously, once again, what he's done for Italy. Now, there's been some rumours that he's set on joining Juventus. Apparently, the director has spoken and they're quite, you know, pessimistic on wanting to sell him to an Italian side. But let's go over everything. Arsenal interested in Euro 2024 Italy star Ricardo Californi of the young defenders. Impressive performances as they move ahead of Juventus to sign the 22-year-old. We have been taken around the houses where Italian links have been concerned people, but we have to be scouting everywhere. Considering we bought Kyrgios and Tomi Asu, the Italian place is something that we'd like to do where it comes to young defenders. And he's versatile. He's 22. He's obviously a great player. There's so much to like about his adaptables played in Basel as well. Arsenal reportedly keen on adding some Italian spice to their backline in the form of Ricardo Californi. The Italy centre-back has been one of the standout defenders at Euro 2024 and is coming off a breakthrough season with Bologna, who, as we know, qualified for the Champions League. Allegedly, he's being targeted by multiple clubs, including Juventus and several Premier League sides. Arsenal's interest is seen as the most concrete, according to Italian journalist Gianluca Di Marzio. Now, where Fabrizio Romano is concerned, he has said Arsenal have explored the conditions of a deal reached out to Bologna. Di Marzio, I'm sure, is very credible, but this was a man that said we weren't going to get Declan Rice and Osserman would be an Arsenal player by now. So take it with a pinch of salt. Apparently, their technical director told Sky Sport Italia, we will try to keep California, but if important offers arrive, we have to take them into consideration. Naturally, people. I don't think he'll go to Juventus. He'll probably go to a different market. Now, you wouldn't want to keep him in the Italian division, whether he wants to stay or not, ideally. And naturally, you know, Juventus will probably be paying off his transfer for 40 years. The Premier League clubs have money in comparison to some of their, in fact, the majority of their counterparts in Europe, people. So naturally, if you're Bologna, you want the best of both worlds, which is selling him to a different market and selling him for a premium or as high as you can get people, essentially people. So I'm all for his signature. I mean, I've spoken about him at lengths before people carrying on the theme with him, people. He has also said the Bologna director that Josh Ryszardzki will 99% leave. He has said he has a clause. So he would 99% leave provided it's activated. There has been rumours, you know, that the commission demanded by his agent is holding up any deal to Juventus, Manchester United, Arsenal or AC Milan. They have said they're eager to keep California and we do need to remember they've only had him for a year. We only signed California 12 months ago. So we'll see what happens. But in our minds, we want to keep him. There has been talk of Juventus, but also many other clubs. If we were to receive big offers, we'd have to think about it. I don't think he'll go to Juventus. It will probably be abroad. But I repeat, we will try to keep him. So make of that what you will. Apparently Juventus are seen as the favourites to sign him. But other clubs, including Liverpool, Spurs, Real Madrid, Arsenal and Chelsea have also been credited with an interest. Yesterday, it was apparently Arsenal the most concrete on his case, which we've seen before. So you've got to take it with a pinch of salt. We've gone over this already. But yeah, Josh Ryszardzki is still linked with Arsenal, Juventus, Manchester United and obviously AC Milan. Apparently both English clubs in Man United and Arsenal are leading the race. Again, leading the race is one thing. But if we're doing 100 metres and I'm ahead of you lot, people, and then at some point you overtake me and you cross the finishing line before me, does it matter about winning the race or does it matter about actually winning it, really? So we'll have to see. But for what it's worth, we'd love him at the carpet, people. So yeah, I can confirm we'll consider proposals for Ricardo California. It'd be fantastic to keep him, but we have to be realistic. In case of a good proposal, we'll discuss about that and we anticipate clubs from abroad to move. So what does that tell you? Obviously, I do think clubs are interested. I do think they're fielding offers. I do think they're trying to explore California's willingness, you know, the make-up of a deal, personal terms and things like that. But Bologna's job is to say, do you know what? We want to keep him. If he's going, we need to drive up the price. So when they're talking about big proposal moves from abroad, you have to take these things with a slight pinch of salt, people. In relation to Joshua Kimmich, you know, yesterday he's turning down a move to Arsenal. Apparently, he is ready to consider a transfer out of Bayern if no agreement is reached. The Premier League could be a destination for him. Many clubs have him on their list. If he decides to leave Bayern, it's a concrete possibility, adding fuel to the fire that a German international currently at the Euros will sign for Arsenal, probably Fulcher then. But that's what rumours on social media say. Whether that correlates is another thing. I'm sure we're all tired of speaking about Viktor Jokic, quality player, 100%. But Romano has said, Sporting will still want the release clause. They want a package of €100 million. This is an expensive deal. And this is why Arsenal have shown interest in recent months, but at the moment are still not advancing. We know that sometimes in the market, the price can change. In June, you have a price. Then in July and in August, it can change. So for both Jokic and Osman, the situation is quite interesting. Let's see what Arsenal will decide to do. And I'm pretty sure based on the Sevilla-Portugal game, people, many people are probably saying, you know what, Mikel Arteta, we dodged a bullet with Benjamin Sesco. Again, it comes down to the price tag, really. I personally think Arsenal will say, you know what, we'll sit on our hands owing to Kai Havertz's form and the options we have in the side and not go for a striker. But whether it was Osman, Toni, Jokic, you know, Sesco, I do think another attacker or attackers, when you consider wingers, is where we need to kind of go, or at least one of the two, you know, ideal world would be both. He then went on to say on Jokic-Romano, could be an interesting situation for all clubs looking for strikers around Europe, not only for Europe, maybe also with Saudi, for example. I still remember last summer, there was strong interest from Saudi for Victor Osman. So for both Jokic and Osman, the situation is quite interesting. Also, we've seen this, we've seen this already, really. But at the end of the day, man, who wouldn't want a player that's got 43 goals in 50 games in all comps? That would help us a lot, essentially. The Athletic have been speaking about a bunch of clubs, you know, remember when they said this guy was better than Bukayo Sakhoff? Well, Chelsea fans probably say me neither. Obviously, it looks like La Conga is moving closer to dotting Is and crossing Ts and signing for Sevilla in some capacity. Some say it's a straight loan. Some say it's a loan with a buy option. Some say it's a permanent deal. Some say it's a loan with an obligation to buy. So we'll have to watch that. Technically, we have signed a goalkeeper, Lucas Njordgaard, that's joined from New Zealand, people, the 18-year-old. Karl-Heinz signed a contract extension, as we know, and for him probably needs to go out on loan. So we're technically going to need three new keepers, in my opinion, for next season. Bit of a lie, Riyaz being made permanent. If Ramsdale stays, fair enough. But, you know, Ramsdale will probably move on, going to need a number two in that regard. And maybe this Njordgaard guy could be the third choice goalie or Karl-Heinz doesn't go on loan, but maybe could bring in someone in that regard. There's been little movement on Ramsdale. Obviously, the market has just started and he's obviously playing in the Euros. Well, he's part of the squad at the Euros. We're still being linked with Espanyol's Joan Garcia. I don't know too much about him, but I assume him being Spanish, he fits the philosophy of what's going on. And as it says here, we are likely to target somebody, you know, to need a recruitment in terms of competition for Riyaz. Obviously, in terms of Garcia, apparently he's 23 years of age, people, and he's back up to Fernando Pancho at Espanyol. Apparently he kept eight clean sheets in 14 appearances in all comps last season and is set to play for Spain in the Olympics next month. I wonder what that means. People apparently broke into the first team the year prior and helped them win promotion to La Liga while his ability on the ball makes him a suitable profile for Arsenal. As you'd expect, we need someone that can do that. In terms of areas we're looking at, we've been linked with Cesco. That didn't happen. It said we're looking at a midfielder if we can find one. Arteta did not settle on a midfield three last season as the left eight position was shared around several players. Kai Havert started there. Hopefully we see the back of that. Jorginho, in my opinion, played a lot more than, you know, Arteta would have liked with the greatest of respect to him. Thomas Partey finished the season strongly and helped us get some memorable wins, but in the meat pause of the season, didn't really play a part. So we know we'd like a striker. Ideally, we obviously need to sign a central midfielder and I don't think, you know, anyone wouldn't want a wide man. And it hasn't said it here so far, but we're consistently linked with a left-sided recruit. So whether that's California or someone, that's probably the areas, people. We've just spoken about Lokonga. Obviously, Reece Nelson, Eddie Nketiah and Smith-Rowe are linked with moves away, as is Aaron Ramsdell and Kieran Teeney. Although Kieran Teeney picked up a hamstring injury during the Euros. Don't know how long he'll be out for, but that could obviously throw a spanner in the works there. Big up the women's side. Apparently, we've confirmed the signing of Marona Kadently. Forgive me for mispronunciation, but big up her for joining Arsenal from Barcelona and she'll wear the number eight for our ladies' side. So yeah, hopefully she's a big play signing. Bayern Munich are set to rival Manchester United and Arsenal in the race for Dewey from Rennes. I would love to sign this guy. He's also been linked with PSG today as well, people, the 19-year-old. And apparently they won a record fee for him that eclipsed what they got for Jeremy Doku. I think he's a generational talent. It might be an exaggeration, but I genuinely think he is. And I think he's a quality player, people. We've been linked with keeping up the theme with France Koundé again, people. I don't know if Arsenal are going to be keen to spend 60-odd million. Barcelona have asked for time before giving an answer to Arsenal regarding their inquiry for Koundé. If Ronaldo Rojo stays at Barcelona, the club will open a negotiation with Arsenal. However, it's clear Koundé will not leave for less than 60 million euros. So that's about 50-odd million quid. If that's what Arteta wants, great. I'm very pessimistic because it seems like Barcelona have a delicate financial situation. And where you look at just Barcelona news, it seems like, you know, a couple of the La Masia lads are untouchable and to stay good. And it seems like they'll listen to offers for everybody else. So again, pinch of salt required people. We've gone over Dewey, apparently he's been linked with Bayern Munich as well as Manchester United, Arsenal and PSG people. In relation to Nico Williams, apparently Barcelona, Arsenal and Chelsea are still on the case. Apparently Chelsea are willing to, some reports said triple his wages. I mean, triple would be a madness because he's on like 200 grand a week. Again, Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea have all been linked with him. Apparently his preference is to remain in Spain, has been linked with Barcelona. You know, I'm sure Yalmao is doing all he can to convince him to join, but we'll have to see exactly how that develops. Nico Williams would be a great player for us people. Arsenal target response to dizzying proposal from Chelsea as priority emerges and mid-advice for Blues. They've made a crazy, a dizzying proposal to him. People probably mad money for the left winger. Obviously Arsenal and a bunch of other clubs are interested. His wage demands are in excess of 200 grand a week and it's seen as potentially problematic in that regard. Everybody knows about Barcelona's situation. So we'll have to see. But I personally think Arsenal, Liverpool and probably Chelsea will be attentive to the situation. Probably know where his head is at people. Mika Beref has been linked with a move to Stuttgart, as we know, returning their people. Apparently their sporting director has said Mika is in the last year of his contract and the club wants to sell him. Now we have to find a solution with Arsenal. Obviously he's got a year left on his deal. He's had a good season at Stuttgart. Unless he signs a new deal to protect his resale value and goals on loan again, doesn't make sense Arsenal loaning him out outright. Although, if you could get a decent fee for him, Charlie Paterno and a number of the players that have been linked with moves away, then we're doing all right as a football club. Moving on, all the information Barcelona have received so far is that Nico Williams wants to join the club. Chelsea offered a dizzying offer. They were willing to pay his €60m release clause and a salary of €15-20m. He currently receives €7.8m at Athletic. The answer was he only wants Barcelona. So it's probably another one bites the dust. And again, you're seeing several things there that kind of correlate such. Apparently St Johnson youth defender Callum Hamill is training at Arsenal's academy with a view to a potential transfer next summer. Hamill can only move cross-border at the end of his under-16 season, which would mean any compensation deal would take place next summer. I mean, find the best players from wherever really. And apparently, you know, we've completed the signing of Kadanch O'Neill people from Linfield on scholarship terms. You can play as a winger or as an attacking midfielder. He will sign a three-year professional contract when he turns 17 in April 2025. So next year was technically on trial played in Brazil with the youth side. So I'm sure he's a technical based footballer, whether it's from Ireland, Scotland, England, Brazil, wherever. Find these players that can progress to the first team or make us some money in profit people that can be reinvested. We were once upon a time linked with Turanov Nys. Apparently he's moving closer to signing for Juventus. You know, you can tell I'm excited about Nico Williams. Hello, Rumours. Apparently Barcelona prefer Onana over Mikel Moreno for the defensive midfield position. Done a tactical analysis video on both of those players. And again, we just have to look at them because they've been linked with us people. Apparently Arsenal are super happy with Mikel Arteta in charge and his new contract is only a matter of time, Romano has revealed. I think it's done. I just think the only things that are missing is probably getting our photography guy to take some pictures. Why would it not be done? You know, again, there should be question marks on Mikel Arteta if we rate him that much, but he's improved the side year in, year out. We're competitive again. Obviously, we finally got some stability. Anything can happen in football, but several new players have been brought in slash I assume going to be brought in. Existing key players have been given new deals. It makes sense to keep Mikel Arteta and apparently the conversations have been very positive. So that's what you expect to hear. So that seems to be all the news that I can find at this moment of making the vid. Let me know your thoughts on everything discussed people, any other emerging rumours, news, hopefully official confirmation around signings, you know, you'll get videos people. So yeah, don't forget to like, comment and subscribe. Stay blessed, stay safe. I know it's technically the 2nd of July at the time of making this video, but nonetheless, new month, new blessings. Hope you and your loved ones have a great end to July and then what's left of 2024. Thank you for tuning in. So yeah, people let me know your thoughts.