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Arsenal open talks with Spurs over audacious attacker swoop – report

By mac14 on June 28, 2016

According to Italian journalist Emanuele Giulianelli, Arsenal have made contact with Tottenham to discuss a shock deal to sign youngster Dele Alli this summer.

Arsene Wenger has been keen to get his transfer business done early this transfer window and has already splashed out on the signing of Swiss international Granit Xhaka while we’ve failed with a move for Jamie Vardy.

A number of players have been linked with a move to the Emirates in recent weeks, however, the latest is a fairly ridiculous rumour suggesting Spurs youngster Dele Alli is on Wenger’s radar.

Giulianelli – who works for Gazzetta dello Sport – made the claim on Twitter after saying that we’d contacted our bitter North London rivals to ask about the availability of Alli.

The Italian journo tweeted:

Arsenal have asked Tottenham info about Dele Alli.

— Emanuele Giulianelli (@EmaGiulianelli) June 27, 2016

Now I know there is always plenty of speculation flying around at this time of year but this has to be right up there with one of the worst rumours of the summer window so far.

Firstly, obviously Tottenham wouldn’t sell Alli to us! He’s one of their golden boys and it would be ludicrous for Daniel Levy to even entertain the thought of selling to any club, never mind to their rivals.

Secondly, we don’t even need him. Alli played in the same position as Mesut Ozil last season and there’s no way he’d get in ahead of our German super-star. Even in a deeper role we have plenty of cover with Xhaka, Wilshere, Cazorla, Ramsey, Elneny and Coquelin all fighting for two spots, so I fail to see why we’d even be interested in Alli.

Giulianelli has been making some big transfer claims this summer but he needs to check his ‘sources’ if he wants to enhance his reputation as Alli to Arsenal is one of the stupidest rumours I’ve read in months.

The 20-year-old only joined Tottenham from MK Dons last year and has been a huge hit at White Hart Lane having scored 10 goals and providing 11 assists to help them finish THIRD in the Premier League last season – behind champions Leicester and of course Arsenal.

The youngster earned a place in the England squad for Euro 2016 but despite his excellent form for Spurs, he, like most others, completely flopped on the big stage as the Three Lions crashed out in embarrassing fashion to Iceland last night.

8 Comments

Mark Munro

June 28, 2016 at 12:57 pm

Thanks for confirming that this is the worst transfer rumour so far.

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Aesene wenger

June 28, 2016 at 1:07 pm

Opening talks, what plank wrote this ctap.

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Davdi

June 28, 2016 at 1:22 pm

Why would Alli consider taking a step backwards at this early stage of his bright career?

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SP

June 28, 2016 at 1:30 pm

LoL The shortest transfer talks on record:

ArseAnal bods: ‘hi, is this Daniel Levy? Hi, this is the Goode folkes at the Scumerates Library…we are quite interested in acquiring one of your players, a certain Dele Alli. Could you give us an indication of your attitude in this matter?’

Daniel Levy: ‘pfffftttttt ey, Poch it’s the Goons, they say they want to buy Alli…ha ha ha…what do you say?’

Pochettino (in background): ‘LoL. Clowns! Okay, tell them is normal. He a very good player. Tell them we think about it and get back to them on August 31st. LoL…checking MUGS’!

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Spursjeff

June 28, 2016 at 1:32 pm

It is a ridiculous rumour of course but I am not sure that Ozil would be selected before Alli. Ozil is a supremely gifted footballer and has created many scoring opportunities but you could argue that he still doesn’t do enough. He doesn’t track back, tackle or work hard. Alli does. If the rest of the team can compensate for his shortcomings as his national team does, that’s fine. But I’m not so sure that’s the case with your team. A bit more fortitude in midfield last season might have seen the title arrive at the Emirates.

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Thecrimsonlegacy

June 28, 2016 at 2:44 pm

Transfer rumours for Arsenal have hit an all time low with this one.

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jay allenby

June 28, 2016 at 4:28 pm

Silly nonsense.

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