{"id":5084,"date":"2026-09-18T06:57:19","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T06:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/footballars.xyz\/?p=5084"},"modified":"2026-09-18T06:57:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T06:57:19","slug":"arsenal-transfer-news-eli-junior-kroupi-and-kevin-schade-on-mikel-artetas-target-list-ahead-of-january-paper-talk-football-news-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/?p=5084","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal transfer news: Eli Junior Kroupi and Kevin Schade on Mikel Arteta&#8217;s target list ahead of January &#8211; Paper Talk | Football News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component-name=\"ui-article-body\" data-testid=\"article-body\" data-highlight-intro=\"true\">\n<p>The top stories and transfer rumours from Friday&#8217;s newspapers&#8230;<\/p>\n<h3>PREMIER LEAGUE<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Eli Junior Kroupi <\/strong>and <strong>Kevin Schade <\/strong>are both on Arsenal&#8217;s list of targets ahead of the January transfer window &#8211; <em>football.london<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Free agent <strong>Mauro Icardi<\/strong> could reportedly be set for a move to <strong>Tottenham <\/strong>as Spurs continue the search for a Premier League goal. &#8211; <em>The Sun<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>JJ Gabriel<\/strong> and his family feel let down by <strong>Manchester United<\/strong>, arguing that promises around the pathway to the first team have not been kept. &#8211; <em>BBC Sport<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-site-video sdc-article-widget callfn\" data-account-id=\"6057984924001\" data-amp-iframe-embed=\"\" data-asset-id=\"bdd5f7d4-b8c2-4927-a294-351710e73769\" data-asset-path=\"\" data-asset-version=\"\" data-autoplay=\"false\" data-auth-config=\"{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/api.condatis.sky\\\/auth\\\/video\\\/token&quot;,&quot;tokenRequired&quot;:true,&quot;fetchMethod&quot;:&quot;url&quot;,&quot;fetchOptions&quot;:{&quot;encoded&quot;:true},&quot;headers&quot;:{&quot;X-SkyGDP-Proposition&quot;:&quot;sportweb&quot;,&quot;X-SkyGDP-Territory&quot;:&quot;GB&quot;,&quot;Authorization&quot;:&quot;OGY5ZDgxZjRhNzYwNGQ3MTljMjFhMDJlOGVmODRhYzA=&quot;}}\" data-caption=\"Michael Carrick has urged care in the handling of Manchester United teenager JJ Gabriel, after the 15-year-old requested to leave the club earlier this week.\" data-clip-type=\"\" data-component-name=\"sdc-site-video\" data-component-name-alias=\"ui-sitewide-video\" data-competition=\"\" data-copy-url-text=\"URL copied to clipboard\" data-fn=\"sdc-site-video\" data-id=\"id_bdd5f7d4-b8c2-4927-a294-351710e73769\" data-is-live-stream=\"false\" data-lite=\"true\" data-options=\"\" data-originator-id=\"-1\" data-originator-handle=\"brightcove-sport-gb\" data-package-name=\"\" data-provider=\"brightcove\" data-player-id=\"DESF5xFjJ\" data-playsinline=\"\" data-sensitive=\"\" data-sdc-id=\"7354189\" data-sdc-video-id=\"bdd5f7d4-b8c2-4927-a294-351710e73769\" data-sport-category=\"\" data-state=\"loading\" data-token-state=\"none\" data-video-ad-unit=\"videoplayer\" data-video-blacklisted-originator-ids=\"\" data-video-id=\"ref:bdd5f7d4-b8c2-4927-a294-351710e73769\" data-video-type=\"\" data-auto-pause-on-not-visible=\"\" data-defer-source=\"\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-closed-captions-position=\"\" data-show-closed-captions=\"true\" data-show-pip=\"\" data-show-live-stream-scrubber=\"\" data-autoload=\"\" data-testid=\"sitewide-video\">\n<div class=\"sdc-site-video__inner\">\n<div class=\"sdc-site-video__content\" data-role=\"bridge-controller\" style=\"padding-bottom: calc(100% \/ ());\">\n<p class=\"sdc-site-video__accessibility-message\" data-role=\"accessibility-message\">Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player<\/p>\n<p>          <span aria-hidden=\"true\" data-role=\"poster\" class=\"sdc-site-video__poster\"><br \/>\n            <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/26\/09\/768x432\/skysports-jj-gabriel_7354197.jpg?20260917072443\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/26\/09\/768x432\/skysports-jj-gabriel_7354197.jpg?20260917072443 600w,https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/26\/09\/1600x900\/skysports-jj-gabriel_7354197.jpg?20260917072443\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"sdc-site-video__poster-img excluded-image\" data-testid=\"sitewide-video-poster\"\/><br \/>\n          <span class=\"sdc-site-video__loader\" data-testid=\"sitewide-video-loader\"\/><\/p>\n<p>          <\/span><\/p>\n<p>          <video id=\"id_bdd5f7d4-b8c2-4927-a294-351710e73769\" data-embed=\"default\" data-application-id=\"\" class=\"video-js sdc-site-video__tag\" controls=\"\" playsinline=\"\" data-testid=\"sitewide-video-video\"\/>\n        <\/div><figcaption class=\"sdc-site-video__caption ui-media-caption\">\n<p>          <span class=\"ui-media-caption__caption-text\" data-role=\"caption-text\" data-testid=\"sitewide-video-caption\">Michael Carrick has urged care in the handling of Manchester United teenager JJ Gabriel, after the 15-year-old requested to leave the club earlier this week.<\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Michael Carrick<\/strong> still has the backing of <strong>Manchester United <\/strong>bosses despite the club&#8217;s poor start to the season &#8211; <em>The Sun<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cole Palmer <\/strong>is set to return to <strong>Thomas Tuchel&#8217;s England <\/strong>squad after starting the season well with <strong>Chelsea <\/strong>&#8211; <em>The Sun<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Alexis Mac Allister&#8217;s<\/strong> father has denied speculation that the Liverpool midfielder is looking to quit the club amid the impasse over a new contract &#8211; <em>The Mirror<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bayern Munich<\/strong> admire <strong>Liverpool <\/strong>playmaker <strong>Florian Wirtz<\/strong>, but are not actively pursuing a transfer at present. &#8211; <em>BILD<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Liverpool <\/strong>are showing interest in <strong>PSV <\/strong>midfielder <strong>Paul Wanner<\/strong> as they assess potential future additions to their squad. &#8211;<em>BILD<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Barcelona <\/strong>have set an asking price of \u20ac70m for <strong>Frenkie de Jong<\/strong>, who is a major figure of interest at <strong>Liverpool<\/strong>. &#8211;<em> El Nacional<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Chelsea<\/strong><strong> <\/strong>want to explore a \u00a369m deal for<strong> Athletic Club <\/strong>winger<strong> <\/strong><strong>Nico Williams &#8211; <\/strong><em>Fichajes<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Liverpool <\/strong>will have to pay \u00a3130m to sign <strong>Bournemouth <\/strong>winger <strong>Rayan <\/strong>despite <strong>Andoni Iraola&#8217;s<\/strong> relationship with the Cherries &#8211; <em>ESPN Brazil<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tyrell Malacia<\/strong> is training with <strong>FC Cincinatti<\/strong> for a trial period, reports in the Netherlands suggest. &#8211; <em>The Standard<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-article-factbox\" data-testid=\"article-factbox\">\n<div class=\"sdc-article-factbox__text-wrapper\">\n<p><h4 class=\"sdc-article-factbox__title\" data-testid=\"article-factbox-title\">Watch Paper Talk on Sky Sports News<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"sdc-article-factbox__text\" data-testid=\"article-factbox-text\">Paper Talk is a review of the sports headlines from the national newspapers, every Monday to Friday, live on Sky Sports News from 10.30pm.\n<\/p>\n<p>Missed the show? Catch up on the latest news with the Paper Talk podcast. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>SCOTTISH FOOTBALL<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Steve Evans <\/strong>is the early front-runner to be the next manager of <strong>Hibernian <\/strong>&#8211; <em>The Scottish Sun<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rangers <\/strong>have an option in place with <strong>AEK Athens <\/strong>to sign <strong>James Penrice <\/strong>permanently for less than \u00a31m &#8211; <em>The Daily Record<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>WORLD FOOTBALL<\/h3>\n<p><strong>AC Milan <\/strong>are holding crisis talks over the future of <strong>Ruben Amorim <\/strong>as head coach following the loss to <strong>Benfica <\/strong>&#8211; <em>The Mirror<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Former <strong>Manchester United<\/strong> forward <strong>Anthony Martial<\/strong> is set to move to <strong>Malaga <\/strong>as a free agent after snubbing a blockbuster \u00a313m deal from Saudi. &#8211; <em>The Sun<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>N&#8217;Golo Kant\u00e9&#8217;s<\/strong> international career with France looks to be over following the arrival of <strong>Zin\u00e9dine Zidane<\/strong> as manager. &#8211; <em>L&#8217;Equipe<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <em> <\/em>     <\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/news\/11095\/13589073\/arsenal-transfer-news-eli-junior-kroupi-and-kevin-schade-on-mikel-artetas-target-list-ahead-of-january-paper-talk\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The top stories and transfer rumours from Friday&#8217;s newspapers&#8230; PREMIER LEAGUE Eli Junior Kroupi and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":804,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5084\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}