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Sources: Arsenal lower their asking price for first-team star as transfer saga continues 24 June 2026 at 21:56

Sources: Arsenal lower their asking price for first-team star as transfer saga continues

24 June 2026 at 21:56

Arsenal are understood to have lowered their asking price for Gabriel Jesus to something more in the region of £20-25m.

Sources I’ve spoken to today, who’ve asked to remain anonymous to protect relationships, state that the Gunners are now open to slightly lower offers for Jesus, having initially wanted closer to £30m for the Brazilian forward.

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Jesus himself is not pushing to leave the Emirates Stadium this summer, but Arsenal are likely to make changes to their attack and there’s a willingness to get the injury-prone 29-year-old off the club’s wage bill.

Everton have a long-standing interest in Jesus, but have not yet come forward with an offer, while there’s also been some indication of interest from his former club Palmeiras.

For the time being, however, nothing has advanced with this deal due to concerns over Jesus’ asking price and his wage demands.

Arsenal trying to attract Gabriel Jesus suitors

“Arsenal are hoping to sell Gabriel Jesus this summer and there’s an awareness that that means being more realistic about their asking price,” one source said.

“At the moment the message is that clubs won’t pay big for him – there are understandable concerns about his fitness record.”

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This is likely to be one of a number of sales made by Arsenal this summer, as I’ve previously reported.

Positive talks held: Chelsea pounce for opportunity to discuss 18 G/A wide-man transfer

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By:Mark Brus

24 June 2026 at 15:32

Chelsea have reportedly recently had positive talks over a potential transfer for Sporting Lisbon wide-man Maxi Araujo.

According to Simon Phillips, this came due to Sporting asking Chelsea about Pedro Neto, who was a target for them, but who has no interest in the move.

So although any prospect of Neto joining Sporting seems to be off the table, it does at least mean that Chelsea used the opportunity to also hold talks over Araujo.

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Phillips states that this did lead to some positive conversations, so it will be interesting to see what this means for the Blues and a possible deal for the Uruguay international.

Araujo can play left-back or wing-back to a high standard, and even as a left-sided midfielder if need be, with the 24-year-old on a run of 11 goals and seven assists in all competitions for club and country this season.

Maxi Araujo looks a good fit for Xabi Alonso’s Chelsea

Araujo has impressed with Sporting and looks like the ideal candidate to come in and play wing-back in Xabi Alonso’s new-look Chelsea side next season.

Alonso is known for his use of three at the back and attack-minded wing-backs, with this tactical set-up delivering him a lot of success at former club Bayer Leverkusen.

It’s not a system we’ve seen a lot of in English football, but Chelsea could do well to adjust their playing style next season and make the kind of signings to fit that system.

Alonso will likely be keen on players like Araujo or similar, so it will be interesting to see if this particular deal ends up going anywhere more concrete.

Maxi Araujo to replace Marc Cucurella?

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CFC also need a signing at left-back anyway after the recent sale of Marc Cucurella to Real Madrid.