{"id":2760,"date":"2026-05-01T11:17:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T11:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=2760"},"modified":"2026-05-01T11:17:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T11:17:06","slug":"arsenal-plot-blockbuster-victor-osimhen-swoop-chelsea-rekindle-anthony-gordon-chase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=2760","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal plot blockbuster Victor Osimhen swoop; Chelsea rekindle Anthony Gordon chase"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-blocks\">\n<div style=\"word-break:break-word\" class=\"first:font-bold md:text-lg text-base paragraph-content\"><b>Wednesday&#8217;s pages are full of gossip, including Arsenal&#8217;s latest striker search and Chelsea reigniting interest in Anthony Gordon. Here are all the latest transfer rumours from the Premier League and beyond. <\/b><\/div>\n<p>Arsenal decided on <b>Viktor Gyokeres<\/b> as their statement signing last summer, but the Swedish striker hasn&#8217;t quite been the missing puzzle piece as hoped.<\/p>\n<div style=\"word-break:break-word\" class=\"first:font-bold md:text-lg text-base paragraph-content\">The Gunners are weighing up another marquee move this summer, with <b>Victor Osimhen<\/b> on their hit-list. AS have revealed that sporting director Andrea Berta was in Istanbul on Sunday to watch Galatasaray, amid ongoing speculation.<\/div>\n<div style=\"word-break:break-word\" class=\"first:font-bold md:text-lg text-base paragraph-content\">Barcelona are another side seeking firepower in the summer. The Catalans have made Atletico Madrid&#8217;s <b>Julian Alvarez<\/b> their priority, but have baulked at a fee in excess of \u00a3100m. Cadena SER have claimed that Barca have shortlisted Chelsea&#8217;s <b>Jo\u00e3o Pedro<\/b> as a potential alternative.<\/div>\n<p>Chelsea could reinvest those funds in <b>Anthony Gordon<\/b>. The Blues spent around \u00a395m on <b>Alejandro Garnacho<\/b> and <b>Jamie Gittens<\/b> last summer, though neither has solved a left-wing problem position.<\/p>\n<div style=\"word-break:break-word\" class=\"first:font-bold md:text-lg text-base paragraph-content\">Chelsea&#8217;s interest in Gordon dates back to when he was an Everton player in 2022, having had multiple bids turn down. The expectation is that Gordon leaves Newcastle this summer, and The Athletic are reporting that Chelsea are aiming to push past Arsenal and Bayern Munich to the front of the queue.<\/div>\n<div style=\"word-break:break-word\" class=\"first:font-bold md:text-lg text-base paragraph-content\">Another England winger in demand is <b>Marcus Rashford<\/b>. With Barcelona stalling on a permanent deal, Tottenham Hotspur have shown &#8216;genuine interest&#8217; in a deal, say Sport. Rashford, however, is doing all he can to remain in Catalonia.<\/div>\n<div style=\"word-break:break-word\" class=\"first:font-bold md:text-lg text-base paragraph-content\"><b>Nathan Ake <\/b>looks likely to follow <b>John Stones<\/b> out the Etihad exit door this summer, as Manchester City shuffle their pack. Football Insider inform us that Everton are open to adding the Dutch defender to their ranks<b>. <\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"word-break:break-word\" class=\"first:font-bold md:text-lg text-base paragraph-content\">The Toffees are also part of a Premier League battle for Feyenoord forward <b>Ayase Ueda<\/b>. The 27-year-old&#8217;s gone goal mad in the Eredivisie with 25 in 29 games. Leeds, Spurs and Brighton are also eyeing the Japan international, say TEAMtalk.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday&#8217;s pages are full of gossip, including Arsenal&#8217;s latest striker search and Chelsea reigniting interest&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2761,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2760","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\/2760","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=2760"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2760\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}