{"id":15339,"date":"2026-07-08T10:39:32","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T10:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=15339"},"modified":"2026-07-08T10:39:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T10:39:32","slug":"arsenal-enter-talks-with-agent-of-chelsea-midfielder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=15339","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal enter talks with agent of Chelsea midfielder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/NewsArticle\">\n<!-- google_ad_section_start --><\/p>\n<h6>News<span> \u00bb <\/span>Premier League news<span> \u00bb <\/span>Arsenal news<\/h6>\n<p class=\"articletimestamp\">July 6, 2026 20:21 GMT (UK), by <!-- Author Start -->Sri Aswin<!-- Author End -->\n<\/p>\n<h6>View Arsenal summer 2026 transfer targets<\/h6>\n<div style=\"float:right\">\n<figure>\n<p class=\"article_image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eyefootball.com\/imghold\/largestAndreySantosChelsea.jpg\" title=\"Andrey Santos news\" alt=\"Andrey Santos news\" itemprop=\"image\"\/><\/p><figcaption><em itemprop=\"articleSection\">Arsenal enter Santos pursuit<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><span itemprop=\"articleBody\"><br \/>\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-size:16px\">\n<strong>Arsenal have joined Manchester United in the race to sign Chelsea midfielder <span itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Andrey Santos<\/span><\/span>  this summer.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><!-- responsive_ad --><\/p>\n<p>The Brazilian had his breakout campaign with the Blues last term, making 43 appearances in all competitions.<\/p>\n<p>However, he averaged only 43 minutes per game and now has his sights set on regular playing time elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea have opened the door to selling him for around 50 million pounds and there could be plenty of offers.<\/p>\n<p>United made contact with his entourage earlier this summer, and reports claim that Arsenal are also in the mix for him.<\/p>\n<p>Santos was closely monitored during his loan spell at Strasbourg, and Arsenal thought about an approach last summer.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea were not keen on parting ways with the 22-year-old at that point, but have now opened the door to sanction his sale.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from the Premier League, Bayern Munich and Inter Milan are also keeping tabs on the ex-Vasco de Gama youngster.<\/p>\n<p>Santos will want the guarantee of regular minutes at his next club.<br \/><!-- Article End --><\/p>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_end --><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <!-- newadv --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {\nvar js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)(0);\nif (d.getElementById(id)) return;\njs = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\njs.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\";\nfjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News \u00bb Premier League news \u00bb Arsenal news July 6, 2026 20:21 GMT (UK), by&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15319,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15339\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}