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      Bukayo Saka reveals his role to help secure major Arsenal transfer as he tells fans ‘the future is exciting’

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      BUKAYO SAKA reportedly played a large role in convincing Arsenal’s record signing Declan Rice to join the club.The former West Ham captain moved to the Emirates in a deal worth £105million this summer – a record fee for a British player.
      Bukayo Saka has revealed his role in convincing Declan Rice to join ArsenalCredit: PA
      Rice signed for Arsenal for a record breaking £105mCredit: Getty
      But Gunners fans may owe another of their star players some thanks for his role in the transfer after he put in a good word for the club.
      Saka, 22, revealed he used his close bond with ex-Hammer Rice to lure the midfielder into Mikel Arteta’s squad.
      Saka told talkSPORT: “Obviously he’d ask a few questions and I’d answer them.
      “But yeah, I’d just try to give him the reassurance that he’d be coming to the right club and that the future is exciting for us.”
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      “If he joined us, he’d make us better and that yeah, we can definitely achieve things.”
      During the summer Saka had been working as Arteta’s secret weapon to try and convince Rice to make the switch across the capital.
      Saka and Rice, 24, are both key men in Gareth Southgate’s England squad.
      Earlier this year fans started to spot the growing bond between the pair during Three Lions training sessions.
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      And Arsenal fans were convinced they were getting their man in March when Saka and Rice were spotted joking about the latter’s future with Gunners legend Ian Wright.
      Then, following Arsenal’s dramatic 3-2 victory over Manchester United last season, Rice appeared to “like” a post on Bukayo Saka’s Instagram page.
      The England midfielder has gone on to make a remarkable start for Arteta’s side.
      Rice swung Arsenal’s game against Manchester United in the Gunners’ favour in added time on Sunday.
      He scored his first goal for Arsenal from the edge of the box to put them 2-1 up, before Gabriel Jesus netted too to seal a 3-1 win.
      An over-the-moon said after the game: “That was amazing, I think I’ve watched his goal back 20 times.
      “It was an unbelievable moment for him and his family. Even the stadium, he said it was crazy when he felt the atmosphere.
      “He’s right though, it’s really special to play there. I’m just happy he’s happy and that he’s performing, and he’s got his first goal as well.
      “I don’t think there’s a better moment for him to get his first goal. So yeah, I’m happy for him.”
      The pairs close bond begun at their time training for the England teamCredit: Getty More

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      Arsenal fans beg Arteta to start Aaron Ramsdale in MIDFIELD over Havertz after ‘next level’ skill in England training

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      ARSENAL fans have joked that Aaron Ramsdale should start in MIDFIELD after footage of his outfield skills emerged in England training.England’s Twitter account posted a video of Marcus Rashford drop kicking a ball at Ramsdale, who controls the ball with a flourish and proceeds to exhibit his impressive skill at juggling the ball.
      Ramsdale controlled the ball drop kicked at him by Rashford with aplombCredit: Twitter @ENGLAND
      The footage caused fans to joke that Ramsdale should be pushed into the midfield – particularly after reports emerged that new signing David Raya is close to moving ahead of him in the pecking order.
      The Daily Mail reported yesterday that manager Mikel Arteta has been “deeply impressed” with the Spanish goalkeeper’s performances in training since he joined the club.
      Raya’s ability to play out from the back is said to have really caught the eye of Arteta.
      It’s led the manager to “give serious consideration” to giving the Spaniard a “prolonged run in the team” over the coming weeks.
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      Fans on Twitter claimed to have come up with a solution if Ramdale is to be dropped, saying: “Might move him into the midfield uno.”
      Another replied: “Rammers in that Havertz role” alongside a video of Pep Guardiola saying “We’ll be there”.
      A third wrote: “Should swap him and Havertz, would concede the same but score more.”
      While a fourth added: “OMG, Ramsdale’s touch is next level.”
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      Kai Havertz has struggled to make a real impact in the Arsenal side following his £65million move from rivals Chelsea.
      The midfielder is yet to register a goal or an assist in his four Premier League appearances so far this season.
      An embarrassing air-kick when through on goal against United was the latest example of his struggles in an Arsenal shirt this season.
      But Arteta leapt to the defence of his midfielder in the post-match press-conference, bizarrely comparing the midfielder’s struggle for goals to how he met his wife.
      Arteta said: “I said to him yesterday, things are hard in the beginning.
      “When I met my wife, in the beginning it was hard to conquer her and I had to try and keep messaging.
      “In the end, she said yes, she wanted to be together and it was beautiful.
      “If it is a yes on the first day, it is not that great.
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      Top 10 most overvalued summer transfers revealed with Man Utd, Arsenal and Chelsea all losing millions

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      THE top ten most overvalued transfers have been revealed and it is not good reading for Premier League clubs.Experts at Spin Genie UK have crunched the numbers to work out which clubs around the world spent too heavily during the summer window.
      Chelsea supposedly overpaid for Moises CaicedoCredit: Alamy
      Man Utd forked out £72m on Rasmus HojlundCredit: Getty
      They have compared the amount the buying club paid to their market value at the time of the move.
      Chelsea signed Brighton star Moises Caicedo for a staggering £115million as they smashed the British transfer record.
      The Blues beat Liverpool to bring in the midfielder and handed him an eight-year deal at Stamford Bridge.
      However, the study claims that Chelsea overpaid by a huge £50m.
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      They believe he is worth just £64m.
      Saudi Arabian clubs also splashed the cash this summer, especially Al-Hilal, who overpaid by £26m each in the deals for Malcolm and Neymar.
      The top ten additionally shows Manchester United overspent in their moves for Rasmus Hojlund and Andre Onana.
      Erik ten Hag signed the Danish striker for a whopping £72m from Italian side Atalanta despite his inexperience, with him having only scored 27 goals in his club career.
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      Numbers from Spin Genie UK
      The statisticians think United paid £26m too much for Hojlund and £15m for goalkeeper Onana.
      Arsenal bolstered their squad by spending over £210m to sign Declan Rice, Kai Havertz and Jurrien Timber.
      The Gunners’ £105m deal for the ex-West Ham captain was £23m too high compared to his market value and Chelsea pocketed £17m more than they should have for Havertz.
      RB Leipzig were the big winners of the summer window despite losing key players Dominik Szoboszlai and Josko Gvardiol to Liverpool and Man City respectively.
      The German side received a combined £30m more than expected for the duo.
      And another transfer that was overvalued saw Matheus Cunha making his initial loan move from Atletico Madrid to Wolves permanent. More

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      Arsenal £72m signing Nicolas Pepe warned he will NEVER play for Gunners again if he refuses to agree transfer

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      NICOLAS PEPE has been told to leave Arsenal while he still can or spend the rest of the season sitting on his hands.The 28-year-old Ivorian international has resisted all the club’s efforts to get rid of him without a lucrative pay-off.
      Nicolas Pepe has been warned he will never play for Arsenal againCredit: Rex
      But now he has just days to sort out a move before his last escape routes slam shut in his face.
      Turkish title contenders Besiktas are still keen to sign Pepe despite being turned down by the player earlier in the summer.
      And his representatives are also trying to raise a last-ditch offer from  Al Shabab before the Saudi transfer window closes on Thursday.
      But Pepe still has ten months remaining on his £150,000-a-week Arsenal contract which will net him around £6.5million if he stays at the Emirates.
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      And he is reluctant to take a pay cut just so Arsenal can get him off their wage bill.
      Gunners boss Mikel Arteta has already washed his hands of the player who cost what was then a club record £72million when he was signed from Lille by Unai Emery in 2019.

      He has been ordered to train alone since returning from an unsuccessful loan spell at Nice and doesn’t even have a squad number after his number 19 shirt was handed to Leandro Trossard at the beginning of the year.
      It has been made clear to him that he has no future at the club and will not play another game for them if he declines to leave.
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      His lack of activity has already cost him his place in the Ivory Coast squad for their forthcoming games against Lesotho and Mali.
      And with his home country hosting the African Cup of Nations in January, Pepe knows his international career is in jeopardy unless he finds another club.
      But Arsenal are still asking for a nominal transfer fee in the region of £4million and Besiktas want to sign him for nothing.
      The Turkish transfer window closes on September 15 and it could be a case of which club blinks first.
      That could all change if Al Shabab follow up their interest with a firm bid but Arsenal have not yet received any offers.
      Pepe has been unable to agree a move away from ArsenalCredit: Getty More

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      I’m an Arsenal U21 star who was making six figures as a 16 year old… but not from football

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      REUELL WALTERS is a whizkid on the pitch and online – after raking in £10,000 a night from Fortnite aged just 16.The Arsenal Under-21 star found an incredible way to help his friends AND his bank balance.
      Reuell Walters made a small fortune thanks to Fortnite after joining ArsenalCredit: Getty
      The ex-Tottenham schoolboy, now 18, devised a map for the popular video game during the coronavirus lockdown.
      And it was so lucrative that the England Under-19 defender’s first tax bill was into SIX FIGURES!
      It’s also estimated his map was used 250million times in one week.
      And as the Londoner gets a royalty fee every time it’s played, that meant his nightly earnings peaked at 10,000 to 15,000 dollars (£8k to £12k).
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      In a video posted by 101GreatGoals, linking to UnderArmour, Walters said: “Obviously we weren’t allowed to leave our homes so I picked up a different hobby where everyone loves the game.
      I think as a teenage boy I was playing Fortnite with my friends and they were talking to me about how they just wanted to play this game mode and how it hadn’t been made before.
      “So I just decided, you know, I’ll make something for them to play.”
      He added: “It was probably one of the first things that was made in lockdown.
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      “It was not viral but you know people started to play with other people and you know it started to take off from there.”
      Now the right-back is hoping for the same lift-off for his football career – as he dreams of nearing the first-team squad this season. More

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      Arsenal record transfer Nicolas Pepe ‘in advanced talks with Besiktas’ with Gunners set to avoid losing flop for free

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      ARSENAL outcast Nicolas Pepe is closing in on a move to Besiktas, according to reports.The 28-year-old winger has not made a competitive appearance for the Gunners since May 2022.
      Pepe is set to join BesiktasCredit: Getty
      He fell out of favour at the Emirates Stadium last summer and was subsequently loaned to OGC Nice, where made 28 appearances across all competitions.
      Pepe returned to North London earlier this summer, but trained alone while Arsenal officials considered terminating his contract.
      The Gunners allegedly prepared to end Pepe’s deal one year early in a bid to get him off the wage bill.
      However, Besiktas are now on the verge of signing him in a permanent transfer.
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      According to L’Equipe, Pepe agreed a deal with the Turkish Super Lig side on Monday morning.
      The Ivory Coast international has already completed a medical ahead of his proposed transfer.
      TalkSPORT claim that Arsenal are prepared to accept a ‘nominal fee’ in order to facilitate the move.
      Pepe joined Arsenal in a then-club-record £72million transfer from Lille in August 2019.
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      He has since scored 27 goals and provided 21 assists in 112 first team appearances for the Gunners.
      Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta previously admitted he was underwhelmed with Pepe’s performances for Nice last season.
      He said: “He had a spell on loan and obviously we wanted to get much more than we got from that loan spell.” More

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      Fans demand Arsenal are DOCKED POINTS after fans all sing along to cheesy 90s hit after dramatic late win vs Man Utd

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      ARSENAL have been slammed for playing Vanilla Ice after their dramatic Premier League victory over Manchester United.The Gunners beat United 3-1 at the Emirates thanks to a stunning comeback following Marcus Rashford’s opener on 27 minutes.
      Arsenal defeated Manchester United 3-1 thanks to a late comebackCredit: Rex
      Arsenal were slammed after the win for playing Vanilla Ice’s hit song Ice Ice BabyCredit: Reuters
      The North Londoners’ captain Martin Odegaard equalised just a minute later and Mikel Arteta’s side sealed the win with two goals during stoppage time.
      Arsenal’s £104million record signing Declan Rice scored his first goal in the sixth minute before Gabriel Jesus secured the three points five minutes later.
      However, the triumphing hosts picked a peculiar way to celebrate beating United as they played Vanilla Ice’s cheesy hit song from the 90s Ice Ice Baby.
      Of course, this song is now associated with a popular chant the fans sing to praise Rice.
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      However that wasn’t enough to win over other supporters who were so put off they quipped a points deduction is in order, especially after the home crowd sang along.
      One fan tweeted: “Arsenal need docking the points they’ve just won for playing Vanilla Ice and all their fans singing along to it.”
      Another commented: “That’s not enough, Straight to the Hague.”
      A third posted: “Arsenal should get docked points for playing Vanilla Ice there.
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      “And they should get docked more points for f*****g singing it.”
      This fan said: “The @premierleague must deduct points from Arsenal for playing Vanilla Ice.”
      And that one stated: “Arsenal should be disqualified from the league for playing Vanilla Ice.” More

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      Arsenal fans brutally trolled after being caught on camera leaving BEFORE Rice & Jesus’ last-gasp goals vs Man Utd

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      ARSENAL fans have been brutally trolled after some fans left The Emirates early during their 3-1 victory over Manchester United.The Gunners left it late to secure all three points with Declan Rice striking to make it 2-1 in the 96th minute.
      The camera picked up fans who had left the game earlyCredit: Sky Sports

      Gabriel Jesus then scored another to add insult to injury for United with a 111th minute goal, making it 3-1 to Arsenal.
      But a number of Arsenal fans weren’t in the stadium to join in with the pandemonium of the late win.
      After Rice’s last gasp winner, a camera above the Emirates picked up a number of fans who had already left the game.
      A few of them threw their arms up in celebration having heard the roar from The Emirates but most were too embarrassed to join in.
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      Sky Sports posted a still of the image on Twitter with the caption: “Reminder: Never leave a game early.”
      One fan replied to the tweet saying: “Especially when Maguire and Evans are in defence.”
      A rival fan trolled the Arsenal fans that had left, saying: “Shocking fan base.”
      A third said: “People like this don’t deserve a ticket, if you’re comfortably losing it’s understandable but at 1-1 it’s embarrassing.”
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      A fourth wrote: “Always stay to the last minute. Same thing happened at Community Shield. Believe in your team man.”
      While a fifth added: “Everyone in that photo should have their season ticket taken off them by the club.”
      Arsenal’s late victory sees them enter the international break in fifth – but level on points with Liverpool, West Ham and Tottenham who all have a superior goal difference. More