{"id":21925,"date":"2022-06-25T09:00:35","date_gmt":"2022-06-25T13:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/06\/25\/arsenal-in-pole-position-for-raphinha-as-they-intensify-efforts-for-brazilian\/"},"modified":"2022-06-25T09:00:35","modified_gmt":"2022-06-25T13:00:35","slug":"arsenal-in-pole-position-for-raphinha-as-they-intensify-efforts-for-brazilian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/06\/25\/arsenal-in-pole-position-for-raphinha-as-they-intensify-efforts-for-brazilian\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal in pole position for Raphinha as they \u2018intensify efforts\u2019 for Brazilian"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<hr>\n<p>Arsenal are in pole position to land Leeds United winger Raphinha this summer, with Mikel Arteta\u2019s side expected to intensify their efforts to land the Brazilian next week.<\/p>\n<p>The Gunners have already signed Marquinhos and Fabio Vieira this summer, while a deal has been agreed to bring Gabriel Jesus from Manchester City to north London for a fee of around \u00a345m.<\/p>\n<p>Raphinha was thought to be holding out for a move to Barcelona, but their interest has not translated into a concrete offer and, hamstrung financially, they seem to be out of the race.<\/p>\n<p>This has left Arsenal in pole position, with the reliable David Ornstein revealing that Raphinha is \u2018open to joining\u2019 Arsenal this summer, and that Arsenal are expected to submit a new improved bid, having already seen an inital offer turned down.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">? Arsenal to intensify efforts next week to sign Raphinha from Leeds. More talks planned with 25yo\u2019s camp &amp; increased offer expected. Feeling among other suitors is <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AFC<\/a> now leading &amp; he\u2019s said to be open to joining them. W\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PhilHay_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PhilHay_<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheAthleticUK?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TheAthleticUK<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LUFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LUFC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FDYluxP0zx\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/FDYluxP0zx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David Ornstein (@David_Ornstein) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/David_Ornstein\/status\/1540668647592538114?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 25, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Tottenham and Chelsea look elsewhere<\/h2>\n<p>Arsenal\u2019s London rivals Tottenham and Chelsea were both thought to have enquired about Raphinha, but are now set to look elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>The Athletic report that \u2018there is a sense around the situation, and among the other teams interested in Raphinha, that Arsenal are now firm favourites for his signature\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Tottenham, meanwhile, have instead made Everton forward Richarlison their no.1 attacking target to provide cover for Harry Kane and Heung-Min Son.<\/p>\n<p>They could have an ace up their sleeve in any potential deal, with Harry Winks wanted by the Goodison Park outfit. The midfielder could potentially be used as a sweetener in any deal for Richarlison.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1714664\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1714664\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1714664\" src=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/GettyImages-1394786792-1024x656.jpg\" alt=\"Arsenal in pole position for Raphinha as they \u2018intensify efforts\u2019 for Brazilian\" width=\"1024\" height=\"656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/GettyImages-1394786792-1024x656.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/GettyImages-1394786792-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/GettyImages-1394786792-768x492.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/GettyImages-1394786792-1536x985.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/GettyImages-1394786792-2048x1313.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/GettyImages-1394786792-910x583.jpg 910w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1714664\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Everton forward Richarlison has emerged as Tottenham\u2019s no.1 target this transfer window. (Photo by Jan Kruger\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>And Chelsea, who are keen to strengthen in the wide areas, are targetting Manchester City winger Raheem Sterling, with the 27 year old thought to be open to the move should the Blues be able to agree a fee with Pep Guardiola\u2019s side, who are thought to be holding out for around \u00a355m.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>If you liked this, you\u2019ll love:<\/h3>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"page-top-info col-xs-12 \">\n<h3 id=\"breadcrumbs\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/arsenal-issue-transfer-response-to-william-saliba-interest\/\" rel=\"v:url\">Arsenal issue transfer response to William Saliba interest<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/transfers\/saturdays-transfer-rumours-jesus-raphinha-salah-de-ligt-wijnaldum-and-more\/\" rel=\"v:url\">Saturday\u2019s transfer rumours: Jesus, Raphinha, Salah, De Ligt, Wijnaldum and more<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal are in pole position to land Leeds United winger Raphinha this summer, with Mikel Arteta\u2019s side expected to intensify their efforts to land the Brazilian next week. The Gunners have already signed Marquinhos and Fabio Vieira this summer, while a deal has been agreed to bring Gabriel Jesus from Manchester City to north London [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-21925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21925\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}