{"id":5655,"date":"2026-05-08T02:46:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T02:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=5655"},"modified":"2026-05-08T02:46:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T02:46:14","slug":"arsenal-chelsea-want-to-sign-ex-forest-midfielder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=5655","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal &#038; Chelsea want to sign ex-Forest 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\">May 7, 2026 21:15 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\/largestDanilo_Botafogo.jpg\" title=\"Arsenal &#038; Chelsea want to sign ex-Forest midfielder\" alt=\"Arsenal &#038; Chelsea want to sign ex-Forest midfielder\" itemprop=\"image\"\/><\/p><figcaption><em itemprop=\"articleSection\">Danilo 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 exploring a summer move for former Nottingham Forest midfielder Danilo, according to Globo in Brazil.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><!-- responsive_ad --><\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old joined Botafogo from Forest last summer and has managed to transform his career with them.<\/p>\n<p>He spent much of the time on the sidelines in the back end of last year, but has been brilliant for Botafogo since the start of the new campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Danilo has 10 goals and three assists from just 22 appearances this season, and his performances have grabbed attention from Europe too.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal have made direct contact with his agents, while Chelsea are also in the mix. The midfielder could be allowed to leave for\u00a0\u20ac40 million.<\/p>\n<p>Danilo is open to securing a return to Premier League football, having previously struggled to become a regular with the Tricky Trees.<\/p>\n<p>The Brazilian arrived at Forest in 2023 when they were battling relegation and lost his starting spot in the previous campaign before a summer sale.<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 May 7, 2026 21:15 GMT (UK), by&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5656,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5655","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\/5655","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=5655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5655\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}