{"id":1665,"date":"2026-03-21T13:58:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T13:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/?p=1665"},"modified":"2026-03-21T13:58:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T13:58:02","slug":"gunners-planning-superb-146m-double-newcastle-raid-with-interest-confirmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/?p=1665","title":{"rendered":"Gunners planning superb \u00a3146m double Newcastle raid with interest &#8216;confirmed&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Arsenal are \u2018confirmed admirers\u2019 of one Newcastle United star, while a reputable outlet also suggests the Gunners want to land one of his team-mates.<\/p>\n<p>The Gunners look on the road to finally ending their Premier League trophy drought. Not since 2003\/04 have they won the title, while they\u2019ve finished second in each of the last three seasons.<\/p>\n<p>But Mikel Arteta has his side in pole position, nine points clear \u2013 which will still be six if Manchester City win their game in hand \u2013 with just seven games to go.<\/p>\n<p>Whether or not they win the title, <strong>Arsenal<\/strong> will want to improve their squad, either to make the final push or to extend their advantage over rival clubs.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019ve done a good job recruiting from fellow Premier League sides in the past, with David Raya and Declan Rice notable examples of stars who have joined from elsewhere in the top flight, and Newcastle could now be in trouble of feeling the Gunners\u2019 wrath.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>READ<\/strong><\/em>: <strong>Tuchel criticised for Arsenal snub as actual child \u2018protected\u2019 from unknown England dangers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Multiple outlets, including <em>The i<\/em>suggest Arsenal are one of the clubs hopeful of landing Sandro Tonali in the summer, with the Magpies under a lot of pressure in terms of his potential exit.<\/p>\n<p>Manchester City and United are both said to be in the mix for the Italian midfielder.<\/p>\n<p>Along with Tonali, <em>The i<\/em> reports Arsenal are \u2018confirmed admirers\u2019 of his team-mate, Tino Livramento \u2013 whose contract situation and the lack of progress on agreeing a new one means he could become available.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>READ<\/strong><\/em>: <strong>Arsenal star reveals he came \u2018very close\u2019 to signing for Euro giants before Gunners completed hijack<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><smartframe-embed customer-id=\"b0c95bc04383cef69c6b47df872135cf\" image-id=\"WmOBvsjIdT41\" style=\"width: 100%; display: inline-flex; max-width: 100%;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Both of those players would cost in the region of \u00a3146million together, according to reports.<\/p>\n<p>Bruno Guimaraes, Lewis Hall and Anthony Gordon all also have big clubs interested in them, and as put by the i, prices will be \u2018sky high\u2019 and not all of them will be sold.<\/p>\n<p>Livramento\u2019s contract situation makes him one of the most intriguing potential exits, especially as it\u2019s said he\u2019s <strong>aware of interest from the Premier League\u2019s top two clubs<\/strong> \u2013 Arsenal and City.<\/p>\n<p>Reports have also suggested that Tonali and Guimaraes are \u2018fighting against each other\u2019 for a transfer, as Newcastle have made it clear only one is going to leave.<\/p>\n<p>There are a number of clubs in for each one, though the i states suggestions that it was news to the Magpies that it was reported Guimaraes was close to leaving for United.<\/p>\n<p>If Tonali is the man allowed to leave, that could be beneficial for Arsenal.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>READ MORE<\/strong><\/em>: <strong>Arsenal \u2018intend to buy\u2019 Rashford as Barcelona plans won\u2019t please Man Utd<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n        !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n        {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n        n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n        if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n        n.queue=();t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n        t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)(0);\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n        'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n        fbq('init', '1399787394855675');\n        fbq('track', 'PageView');\n    <\/script><script>\n        !function(e,n,t){var o=e.getElementsByTagName(n)(0);e.getElementById\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal are \u2018confirmed admirers\u2019 of one Newcastle United star, while a reputable outlet also suggests<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1666,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1665\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}