{"id":1316,"date":"2026-04-01T10:37:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T10:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/?p=1316"},"modified":"2026-04-01T10:37:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T10:37:02","slug":"arsenal-transfer-news-newcastle-set-asking-price-for-trio-of-arteta-targets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/?p=1316","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal transfer news: Newcastle set asking price for trio of Arteta targets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>At A Glance:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Arsenal are looking to strengthen their ranks in the summer.<\/li>\n<li>A trio of Newcastle United players are on their transfer shortlist.<\/li>\n<li>The Magpies have now reportedly set prices for all three.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p>With them top of the Premier League and in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup and the Champions League, Mikel Arteta\u2019s Arsenal could end the season with three trophies in their silverware cabinet \u2013 but they are still looking to strengthen.<\/p>\n<p>The Gunners will be looking to re-focus this weekend as the March international break comes to an end and they first lock horns with Southampton.<\/p>\n<p>Following that, a trip to Sporting CP is next on the agenda for Arteta and his men, who recently lost the Carabao Cup final 2-0 to Manchester City.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:<\/strong> Where Roberto De Zerbi will rank in comparison to Mikel Arteta in Premier League manager wage table<\/p>\n<p>It has the chance to be a monumental campaign for the capital club, who are required to sell at least one first-team player this summer to free up funds and space for further incomings. <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Newcastle trio admired by Arsenal as Magpies set hefty asking prices<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>As a means of strengthening their ranks, Julian Alvarez of Atletico Madrid has long been admired by the Gunners \u2013 but the club are also targeting players who are currently playing in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>A trio of Newcastle United players \u2013 Sandro Tonali, Anthony Gordon and Tino Livramento \u2013 are of interest to Arsenal it has been reported.<\/p>\n<p>Livramento is being eyed by Arteta and his staff amid growing uncertainty over his future at St James\u2019 Park and Tonali has attracted the interest of Arsenal alongside the likes of Manchester United.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, Sky Sports have reported that Arsenal have Gordon on their left-wing shortlist ahead of the summer transfer window opening.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/media.dave.sport\/readarsenal\/2026\/04\/esmeJaneE6cK-1024x683.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-134185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.dave.sport\/readarsenal\/2026\/04\/esmeJaneE6cK-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/media.dave.sport\/readarsenal\/2026\/04\/esmeJaneE6cK-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/media.dave.sport\/readarsenal\/2026\/04\/esmeJaneE6cK-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/media.dave.sport\/readarsenal\/2026\/04\/esmeJaneE6cK.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>According to <em>The Telegraph<\/em>the Magpies are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/football\/2026\/03\/31\/newcastle-transfer-news-tonali-gordon-livramento-man-utd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">set to be \u2018more pragmatic\u2019 in the market<\/a> but will only entertain offers if they reach their valuations.<\/p>\n<p>The report insists that Eddie Howe and his entourage will hold off for in excess of \u00a3100 million for Gordon and Tonali given their importance to the team.<\/p>\n<p>Tino Livramento \u2013 whose current deal expires in the summer of 2028 \u2013 will cost around the \u00a360 million mark, which is the going rate for a highly-talented full-back like the 23-year-old. <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Newcastle CEO speaks out about player sales this summer<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Scarred by Alexander Isak\u2019s move to Liverpool last summer, Newcastle\u2019s chief executive, David Hopkinson, has admitted that letting key players leave could be on the agenda in the months to come.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe haven\u2019t got an overall strategy with regards (moving) players out,\u201d Hopkinson claimed on the release of Newcastle\u2019s accounts for the last financial year. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe think through what players might or might not want to do this summer. But if an Isak-like scenario presents itself again, any player under contract is going to leave on our terms and we\u2019re going to maximise the opportunity that might represent for the club. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat absolutely does (mean extracting the maximum price). For me, Isak was a good sale (in terms of getting a British record fee). <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wasn\u2019t here for the Isak situation, so I don\u2019t want to comment on something I didn\u2019t see first-hand. What I do know is that players that leave this club will need to do so on our terms,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n<p>Hopkinson\u2019s remarks are a huge shift from the messaging from his predecessor, Darren Eales, who insisted that selling their top stars \u2013 Isak included \u2013 was entirely not in the club\u2019s plans.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At A Glance: Arsenal are looking to strengthen their ranks in the summer. A trio of Newcastle United players are on their transfer shortlist. The Magpies have now reportedly set prices for all three. With them top of the Premier League and in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup and the Champions League, Mikel Arteta\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1317,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1316\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}