Houssem Aouar
Arsenal prioritising move for €50m-rated attacker with Houssem Aouar being the alternative – report
Arsenal have earmarked Real Madrid’s Martin Odegaard as their top attacking target with Houssem Aouar being the alternative, The Athletic’s James Nicholas reports. The Gunners are keen on pursuing a creative midfielder this summer, and they have heavily linked with Leicester City’s James Maddison in recent weeks. However, it appears that the club have not made any approach for the Foxes ace, and their priority remains on re-signing Odegaard, who was on loan earlier this year. In case they fail to recruit him, it is reported that Aouar is the alternative. The Lyon midfielder could be available for a reduced fee of €25 million. Sportslens view: Odegaard spent the back end of last season with the Gunners, registering two goals and two assists from 20 appearances in all competitions. He d...
Report: Liverpool have joined the race to sign £21m Spurs target
Liverpool have joined the race to sign Houssem Aouar from Lyon this summer. According to Le10Sport, the Reds are keen to sign the midfielder as a replacement for Georginio Wijnaldum. Arsenal were heavily linked with a move for the 23-year-old last year but couldn’t reach an agreement with the Ligue 1 club. His value has dropped to £21 million, and the Gunners have reignited their interest in the player. They have already submitted a bid, although they are yet to meet Lyon’s revised asking price. Tottenham Hotspur sensed an opportunity and joined the race, but both London clubs could be blown out of the water by the Premier League’s big hitters. Liverpool and Manchester United have entered the race, and the Reds may be a viable option for the talented playmaker. The...
Journalist: Arsenal keen to sign 23 y/o star who ‘could leave’ club for £24m
According to reliable journalist, Rudy Galetti, Arsenal have a growing interest in French international Houssem Aouar. The Gunners were heavily interested in signing Aouar last summer. They were prepared to bid €35m for him, but Lyon were adamant that they wouldn’t sell the 23-year-old for less than €60m. This summer, Les Gones are more flexible with Aouar’s situation. Galetti claims that the 23-year-old could leave the club in the summer transfer window. The midfielder has a contract at the French club till 2023, and that Arsenal now have a strong interest in signing him. He would be available for around €28-30m (£24-26m). ⚠️👀 #Arsenal‘s interest in Houssem #Aouar grows. The 🇫🇷 midfielder (expiring in 2023) could leave #...
Arsenal launch transfer bid for Lyon star Houssem Aouar
Arsenal have reportedly made an offer to Ligue 1 outfit Lyon for midfielder Houssem Aouar following a drop in the asking price for the player. According to Le 10 Sport, Aouar could cost the Gunners under a third of the £54 million fee club officials hoped to get in 2020. The 23-year-old had been heavily linked with a move to the Emirates before the start of the 2020-21 season. Gunners boss Mikel Arteta is thought to be keen on the versatile attacker who can play centrally or on the wing. In September reports in France claimed Lyon had turned their noses up at two separate bids from the North London giants of £31m and £34.5m. However, Le 10 Sport says the Gunners have returned with a fresh offer for the midfielder whose current contract with the French outfit runs out in 2023. And it is tho...
Spurs eye move for £20m star…but Arsenal readying a contract worth £100k-per-week
Tottenham Hotspur, who are still without a manager, are set to rival Arsenal for the signing of Houssem Aouar in the summer transfer window. Aouar was heavily linked with a move to Arsenal last year, but the deal failed to materialised and he remained a Lyon player. The 22-year-old was in sparkling form last season. He made 33 appearances across all competitions, scoring eight times and providing four assists. However, with Lyon failing to secure Champions League qualification, Aouar is now looking to leave the club. According to a recent report from The Sun, Arsenal are ready to bid for him again and feel they’ve got a good chance of getting him. The report further claimed that the Frenchman could be available for only £20 million, and the Gunners are readying a contra...
Arsenal ready to bid for 22-year-old after £35m price slashed down – report
Arsenal are ready to bid for Houssem Aouar once again this summer, but they have a good chance of snapping him up this time. The Gunners registered an interest in signing the 22-year-old midfielder, and they backed off after Lyon demanded £55 million. The Ligue 1 club failed to qualify for the Champions League last season, and Aouar could be available for only £20m – a £35m drop from last summer’s valuation. The figure is well within Arsenal’s price range, and they are confident of sealing a deal for him this time around. According to reports from The Sun, the Gunners are readying a contract worth £100k-a-week to lure the midfielder to the Emirates Stadium. Mikel Arteta signed a midfielder on deadline day last summer, with Thomas Partey joining the club for £45m fr...
Mikel Arteta expects difficult January transfer window
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta says the club do not have much room to manoeuvre in the January transfer window and may have to offload players before they can add to the first-team squad. Arsenal are reportedly looking for a creative midfielder, with RB Salzburg’s Dominik Szoboszlai and Olympique Lyonnais’ Houssem Aouar among the options being considered, while Arteta would also like to improve his defensive options. “We are planning, talking with (technical director) Edu and with the club about the things we can do in January,” Arteta told reporters. “But at the moment it’s pretty difficult, unpredictable as well. In terms of places, we are very restricted in the moment. “We will need to do something knowing the limitations of that market in January and the limitations we have as well to si...
Lyon set deadline for Memphis Depay’s departure
Olympique Lyonnais have set Barcelona an ultimatum on signing their forward Memphis Depay this transfer window, as per Diario AS. The report cites how Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas has told French media outlet Telefoot: “I think I will tell the players that all those who did not leave on Friday will remain at Lyon. As of Friday there will be no more departures.” It is reported how he is referencing both Memphis and midfielder Houssem Aouar – who has been linked with a switch to Arsenal. The Blaugrana are keen on a move for Memphis but it remains unlikely that they will be able to finance a deal, despite clearing Arturo Vidal, Ivan Rakitic and Luis Suarez from their wage bill. Memphis, 26, netted 11 goals across his last 18 matches for the Dutch national side and has also developed into ...
Lyon president reacts to Arsenal transfer offer for Houssem Aouar
Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas has said that Arsenal’s transfer offer for midfielder Houssem Aouar is far from their valuation. A recent report from RMC Sport revealed that the Gunners had entered a concrete phase in negotiations for Aouar and they had made a bid of £32m (€35m) for his services. However, it appears that the offer has been immediately turned down by Les Gones and the same has been confirmed by Aulas through his official Twitter account. Aulas revealed that the Gunners are too far from the player’s value and backed the playmaker to lead Les Gones back to the Champions League next term. “For Houssem, Arsenal is too far from his value: we are counting on him to play a great match in Lorient and lead OL in CL next year,” He tweeted. The Gunners have lacked the presence o...
Lyon return empty-handed with prospect of losing key players
Had Olympique Lyonnais’ Memphis Depay and Karl Toko Ekambi found the back of the net in the opening 16 minutes against Bayern Munich on Wednesday, the Champions League may have had its first ever all-French final. Instead, Paris St Germain will now face the German champions while Lyon return home empty-handed and without the opportunity of righting those wrongs next season after they failed to qualify for Europe’s premier club competition. Ligue 1 was the only top-flight league from the ‘Big Five’ to prematurely end its season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving Lyon in seventh place on a points-per-game basis — thereby missing out on the Europa League as well. The 3-0 scoreline flatters Bayern as Lyon had their chances but playing in only their second semi-final on the big stage, their ...
