TRANSFERS, WAGES & RUMOURS
Every confirmed Arsenal signing, sale and loan — with transfer fees. Total wage bill from official accounts. Tier-1 transfer rumours only, with sources.
📥 2025-26 SUMMER WINDOW · INS
The window that armed Arsenal for the title. Eight senior signings, ~£254m gross, headlined by Viktor Gyökeres as the missing No.9 and Eberechi Eze as a left-side creator.
| Player | Position | From | Fee | Contract |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viktor Gyökeres | ST | Sporting CP | ~£54.8mBBC, Romano · 26 Jul 2025 | 5 yrs |
| Eberechi Eze | AM / LW | Crystal Palace | ~£60mGuardian, Ornstein · Aug 2025 | 4 yrs + opt |
| Martín Zubimendi | DM | Real Sociedad | £56mAthletic, Daily Cannon | 5 yrs |
| Noni Madueke | RW | Chelsea | £52mSI, Romano · Jul 2025 | 5 yrs |
| Piero Hincapié | CB / LB | Bayer Leverkusen | Loan (2025) → £45m perm (2026)Daily Cannon · confirmed | 5 yrs |
| Cristhian Mosquera | CB | Valencia | £17mAthletic · Jul 2025 | 5 yrs |
| Christian Nørgaard | DM | Brentford | £10mDaily Cannon | 2 yrs |
| Kepa Arrizabalaga | GK | Chelsea | £5mAthletic · Jul 2025 | 3 yrs |
📤 2025-26 SUMMER WINDOW · OUTS
| Player | To | Fee | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jorginho | Flamengo | FreeEnd of contract | Free |
| Thomas Partey | Villarreal | FreeEnd of contract | Free |
| Kieran Tierney | Celtic | FreeEnd of contract · Aug 2025 | Free |
| Takehiro Tomiyasu | Released (trial at Crystal Palace) | FreeSI · Sep 2025 | Free |
| Nuno Tavares | Lazio | £4.35mSI | Sale |
| Marquinhos | Cruzeiro | £2.6mSI | Sale |
| Albert Sambi Lokonga | Hamburg | £261kSI | Sale |
| Oleksandr Zinchenko | Nottingham Forest | LoanDaily Cannon · Sep 2025 | Loan |
| Jakub Kiwior | Porto | Loan → €17m+€5m (May 2026)Daily Cannon | Loan→Perm |
| Reiss Nelson | Brentford | LoanDaily Cannon | Loan |
| Fabio Vieira | Hamburg | LoanSI | Loan |
| Karl Hein | Werder Bremen | Loan → £3m perm (May 2026)SI / Daily Cannon | Loan→Perm |
🗓️ 2026-27 SUMMER WINDOW · IN PROGRESS
Title-defence window. Hincapé's loan has been turned permanent. Meslier added as third goalkeeper. Tzolis arrived from Club Brugge. Most activity is still rumour-based — see below.
| Player | Position | From | Fee | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piero Hincapié | CB / LB | Bayer Leverkusen | £45mDaily Cannon · 2026 confirmed | Perm |
| Christos Tzolis | FW | Club Brugge | Reported ~£30mMultiple · medical Jul 2026 | In |
| Illan Meslier | GK | Leeds United | FreeDaily Cannon · Jul 2026 | Free |
| Jakub Kiwior | CB | Porto → Arsenal | €17m+€5mDaily Cannon · May 2026 | Sale |
💷 WAGES & FINANCIAL CONTEXT
Club wage bill — official
Arsenal publish an audited wage bill once a year in their statutory accounts. The figure is the total payroll across all staff and squads; individual player salaries are not officially disclosed.
Wages-to-revenue ratio 2024-25: 50.1% — among the healthiest in the Premier League. Source: The Athletic (Feb 2026) reading of the club's published accounts.
REPORTED KEY-CONTRACT WAGES
| Player | Reported weekly | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bukayo Saka | ~£300,000+Guardian · 9 Jan 2026 · "big wage increase" | The Guardian / Fox Sports / Athletic |
| Martin Ødegaard | ~£240,000Athletic · captain deal (2022, extended) | Athletic / Sport |
| Declan Rice | ~£240,000Athletic · 2023 signing | Athletic / BBC |
| Viktor Gyökeres | ~£200,000+Reported at signing · 2025 | Romano / Sport |
| William Saliba | ~£190,000Athletic · 2023 contract | Athletic |
| Gabriel Jesus | ~£165,000Spotrac · 2022 contract | Spotrac / Athletic |
| Eberechi Eze | ~£140,000Daily Mail · 2025 deal | Daily Mail / Romano |
| David Raya | ~£120,000Athletic · 2024 signing | Athletic |
📝 CONTRACTS & EXPIRIES
Key contractual positions. Saka's Feb 2026 extension locked him up until 2031; Saliba's extension runs through 2030. Rice, Timber and Ødegaard are on Arsenal's next-priority list per The Athletic.
Bukayo Saka
William Saliba
Martin Ødegaard
Declan Rice
Jurriën Timber
Gabriel Magalhães
Viktor Gyökeres
Gabriel Martinelli
Martín Zubimendi
Eberechi Eze
Noni Madueke
David Raya
Kai Havertz
Riccardo Calafiori
🔥 TIER-1 TRANSFER RUMOURS
Only rumours reported by Tier-1 outlets (Ornstein / The Athletic, Fabrizio Romano, Charles Watts, Tom Canton / Daily Cannon, BBC Sport). Each card is tagged HOT if talks are advanced or COOL if exploratory.
Bruno Guimarães
NEWCASTLE → ARSArsenal have reportedly reached a total agreement of £77m + add-ons for the Newcastle captain. Reported widely 30 Jul – 2 Aug 2026. Newcastle want replacement signed first.
Vinícius Júnior
REAL MADRID → ARSReal Madrid "open to the possibility" per Sky's Paper Talk. Arteta was asked directly about the rumour on 2 Aug 2026 and smiled but didn't deny. Saka's £300k/wk benchmark cited as a wage hurdle.
Crystal Palace late attacking bid
?Reports of a £70m-rated Premier League striker being lined up for a late Arsenal bid — vague sourcing, awaiting Tier-1 confirmation.
Squad refresh
ARSENAL → OUTReports that eight players are "under threat" as Arsenal look to complete a £256m rebuild. Names not yet confirmed at Tier-1 level.
⚠ RUMOURS CHANGE FAST. This page reflects verified reporting up to 2 Aug 2026. For the latest, follow David Ornstein (Athletic), Fabrizio Romano, Charles Watts, Tom Canton (Daily Cannon).
💰 HISTORIC BIG-MONEY DEALS
Arsenal's largest ever transfer fees. The 2019 Nicolas Pépé record stood for six years before Rice surpassed it in 2023.
| Player | From | Year | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Declan Rice | West Ham | 2023 | £105mClub record |
| Nicolas Pépé | Lille | 2019 | £72mRecord at the time |
| Kai Havertz | Chelsea | 2023 | £65m |
| Mesut Özil | Real Madrid | 2013 | £42.4mRecord at the time |
| Alexandre Lacazette | Lyon | 2017 | £46.5m |
| Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang | Borussia Dortmund | 2018 | £56m |
| Gabriel Jesus | Manchester City | 2022 | £45m |
| Thomas Partey | Atlético Madrid | 2020 | £45mActivated clause |
| Ben White | Brighton | 2021 | £50m |
| Aaron Ramsdale | Sheffield United | 2021 | £30m + add-ons |