Mikel Arteta will renew the midfield of Arsenal this summer with Jorginho and Thomas Partey on their way to the exit, but the next movement of the latter has been complicated
Arsenal will reform their midfield this summer with Jorginho and Thomas Partey, both of which would leave at the end of their contracts.
And Ghana International Partey has put Barcelona at the top of his wish list while the midfielder is investigating his next step. However, a potential Bosman relocation to the Catalan giants will only happen if they go on one of their current midfielders.
Mundo Deportivo reports that a deal could depend on whether another European giant offers big money for Frenkie de Jong, who had left almost last summer, but that it has recently been rumors that it has a new deal.
However, there is one added turn – Barca could still decide to hire Pedey as Back -Up back immediately. He presented this season on nine different occasions for Mikel Arteta's Gunners due to injuries, but there is little talk about a new deal for the former Atletico Madrid player.
Partey came to Arsenal in October 2020 after they had activated the release clause of £ 45 million £ 45 million. He has made more than 120 performances for the club, but fell in the pecking order after the arrival of Declan Rice for more than £ 100 million in the summer of 2024.
Jorginho will also say goodbye to the Emirates, with Arteta and new sports director Andrea Berta expected to add new options to the summer transfer window.
In recent months, the Gunners have been strongly connected to a deal for Martin Zubimendi from Real Sociedad. Left Back Kieran Tierney has agreed to come back to Celtic on 1 July, while Loanese Raheem Sterling and goalkeeper Neto will see at the end of June.
Arsenal then has three more players who entered the last 12 months of their contracts – winger Landro Trossard, utility man Oleksandr Zinchenko and injury belly defender Takehiro Tomiyasu. Arteta has already plagued that the coming summer is huge, with the aim of building depth to finally get a Premier League title.
“It will be a big one and we are very enthusiastic about it,” he explained earlier this month. “When you go again, we want to increase the depth of the team and the quality and skills we need to go to the next step.
“Every summer is high because it is a chance and especially because of the number of players we currently have in the team, that is necessary. But it is a big summer for many things because we first have to maintain the good basis that we have and then clearly how we can improve and evolve the team.”
Arsenal will take on Real Madrid on Tuesday evening in the first stage of their quarter -final of the Champions League with Bukayo Saka, who is expected to make his first start since he would injure a hamstring in December.
He made two replacement performances last week and admitted that this game will be the largest of his club career to date.
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