{"id":46453,"date":"2025-07-07T16:58:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T16:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/46453\/"},"modified":"2025-07-07T16:58:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T16:58:09","slug":"surprise-u-turn-as-gunners-star-could-leave-for-two-reasons-after-29-5m-offer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/46453\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Surprise&#8217; U-turn as Gunners star &#8216;could leave&#8217; for two &#8216;reasons&#8217; after \u00a329.5m offer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There has reportedly been a \u2018surprise\u2019 U-turn regarding one Arsenal star, who \u2018could leave\u2019 the Premier League giants during this summer\u2019s window.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/arsenal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Arsenal<\/strong> <\/a>are looking to overhaul their attack after they were toothless in forward positions during the 2024\/25 campaign amid their overreliance on Bukayo Saka and set pieces, while they lacked an elite striker.<\/p>\n<p>The Gunners are on track to make necessary changes, with Viktor Gyokeres looking increasingly likely to follow Martin Zubimendi and Kepa Arrizabalaga in joining the north London outfit.<\/p>\n<p>Once <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/tag\/mikel-arteta\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Mikel Arteta\u2019<\/strong><\/a>s side land Gyokeres, they will likely turn their attention to signing a winger and attacking midfielder, while a couple of exits are expected.<\/p>\n<p>Leandro Trossard is one player who could leave after<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/arsenal-shock-offer-saudi-arabia-trossard-romano\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> a Saudi Pro League club made a \u00a329.5m offer for the versatile forward at the end of 2024.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/gyokeres-arsenal-ranking-liga-portugal-to-premier-league-transfers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gyokeres to Arsenal: Bruno Fernandes second as Liga Portugal to Premier League signings ranked<\/a><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Gunners signed the 30-year-old as a cheaper alternative to Chelsea star Mykhaylo Mudryk during the 2023 winter transfer and the north London outfit certainly got the better deal.<\/p>\n<p>Trossard has been a very useful squad player for the Gunners, operating in various positions as he\u2019s grabbed 28 goals and 23 assists in 124 appearances.<\/p>\n<p>However, Trossard (like Arsenal\u2019s other forwards, barring Saka) was criticised for his performances last season and Arsenal could cash in on him this summer as he\u2019s entered the final year of his contract.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sky-sport.ch\/fr\/articles\/leandro-trossard-luis-diaz-ibou-konate-lookman-voici-les-infos-transferts-de-la-semaine\/\" target=\"_blank\">A report from journalist\u00a0 Sacha Tavolieri for Sky has provided<\/a> a \u2018real surprise update\u2019 on Trossard after talks over a new contract were \u2018fluid and were expected to lead to an extension\u2019 after \u2018initial discussions took place in October 2024\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE ARSENAL COVERAGE ON F365\u2026<\/strong><br \/>\ud83d\udc49\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/arsenal-four-reasons-signing-gyokeres-sesko-revealed-exception-favourable-deal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Arsenal: Four reasons for signing Gyokeres over Sesko revealed as \u2018exception\u2019 made in \u2018favourable\u2019 deal<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\ud83d\udc49<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/arsenal-madueke-chelsea-expected-join-willing-sell-formal-offer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>\u00a0Chelsea star \u2018expected to join Arsenal\u2019 with Blues \u2018willing\u2019 to sell amid \u2018formal offer\u2019 claim<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\ud83d\udc49\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/arsenal-transfer-blow-real-madrid-agree-sell-rodrygo-psg-one-condition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Arsenal receive transfer hammer blow as Real Madrid \u2018agree\u2019 to sell Rodrygo to PSG \u2018on one condition\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Despite this, Trossard \u2018could leave during this transfer window\u2019 and this is for two \u2018reasons\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Firstly, he has changed agents and\u00a0this \u2018reshuffles all the cards for his future, and the interest of Saudi clubs, which came at the end of the 2024 summer transfer window, could be considered more carefully\u2019 this summer.<\/p>\n<p>The other \u2018reason\u2019 reportedly concerns Andrea Berta replacing Edu as Arsenal\u2019s sporting director. The report adds:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u2018Leandro Trossard is happy with the Gunners, where he wants to stay and flourish. That said, the recent arrival of Andrea Berta, with new playing ideas, as well as a desire to attract new profiles to his position, could change the future of the 29-year-old Belgian.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018With his contract expiring in a year, Arsenal could consider a move for a transfer fee of around 20 million euros.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There has reportedly been a \u2018surprise\u2019 U-turn regarding one Arsenal star, who \u2018could leave\u2019 the Premier League giants&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":46454,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[5407,9655,36084,50,220,221,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-46453","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-arsenal","9":"tag-home-page","10":"tag-leandro-trossard","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-premier-league","13":"tag-soccer","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-unitedstates","17":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114813016788822909","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46453\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}