{"id":2840,"date":"2026-05-01T16:11:45","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T16:11:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=2840"},"modified":"2026-05-01T16:11:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T16:11:45","slug":"arsenal-chelsea-want-junior-kroupi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=2840","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal &#038; Chelsea want Junior Kroupi"},"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\">April 28, 2026 21:18 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\/largestJunior_Kroupi.jpg\" title=\"Junior Kroupi news\" alt=\"Junior Kroupi news\" itemprop=\"image\"\/><\/p><figcaption><em itemprop=\"articleSection\">Kroupi to Arsenal or Chelsea?<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><span itemprop=\"articleBody\"><br \/>\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-size:16px\">\n<strong>Arsenal and Chelsea are keen on landing the signature of Bournemouth striker <span itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Junior Croup<\/span><\/span>  during the summer transfer window, according to TalkSPORT.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><!-- responsive_ad --><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:16px; padding-top:10px\">\n<p>The Frenchman signed for the Cherries from Lorient in February last year, but he was loaned back to the Ligue 1 outfit for the remainder of the campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Hence, the current season is his maiden one with the Cherries, and he has made a huge impression with 11 Premier League goals to his name.<\/p>\n<p>Kroupi started the campaign as a regular substitute, but he has become an integral part of the starting XI since <span itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Antoine Semenyo<\/span><\/span>  left in January.<\/p>\n<p>The 19-year-old has shown his big-game pedigree by scoring against the likes of Arsenal and Manchester United at home as well as on the road.<\/p>\n<p>The Cherries signed him for just 10 million pounds from their sister club Lorient, but are expected to demand at least 80 million pounds to sell.<\/p>\n<p>Kroupi is open to pursuing a bigger challenge away from Bournemouth.<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 April 28, 2026 21:18 GMT (UK), by&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2841,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2840","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\/2840","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=2840"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2840\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}