After a strong 2025/2026 season, some of Arsenal’s key stars are attracting interest from some of the biggest clubs around the world.

Attracting players away from the Gunners is never going to be easy, however, as there’s no doubt Arsenal are one of the best clubs to play for in the world at the moment.

The north London club came close to lifting the Champions League trophy, while also, of course, winning the Premier League last season.

Arsenal will likely want to bring in reinforcements over the coming weeks and months, so as a result, players will have to leave the club.

Leandro Trossard appears to be one player who is being sacrificed, with a deal agreed for him to join Turkish side Besiktas.

Three clubs eyeing Arsenal man

According to a report from Caught Offside, Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid, and Barcelona are all showing an interest in signing Arsenal star William Saliba in the summer transfer window.

The Gunners would only be willing to consider entering talks for the French international if an offer arrives at the table in the region of £128m.

In a roundabout way, Arsenal are telling the interested parties that he’s not for sale, as it’s hard to imagine a club being willing to pay that much for Saliba.

Although the French defender is undoubtedly one of the best in the world in his position, it’s a lot of money for a club to pay for a centre-back.

Arsenal shouldn’t sell Saliba at any price

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Although £128m is almost telling clubs that Saliba isn’t for sale, Arsenal shouldn’t be considering offloading him for any price in the summer transfer window.

The ‘world-class‘ defender has been imperative to Arsenal’s success over the last few years, so it makes little sense to offload him this summer.

Arsenal would struggle to replace Saliba with a defender capable of replicating what he’s produced for the Gunners, even with a £128m budget.

Mikel Arteta’s side need to be doing everything they can to keep Saliba at the Emirates Stadium, and hopefully for their sake, he isn’t tempted by a move to PSG, Barcelona, or Real Madrid.

Mauricio Pochettino’s USA side bowed out of their World Cup campaign embarrassingly, being on the receiving end of a 4-1 thrashing by Belgium. The host nation had a promising start to the tournament, finishing top of their group and beating Bosnia & Herzegovina in the Round of 32, but that soon changed in the next game.

There was controversy before the game, with Folarin Balogun’s red card being suspended after intervention from USA President Donald Trump, meaning that the ex-Arsenal striker was allowed to feature, much to the benefit of the USA, as the Monaco man had already scored three in four games.

As much as it frustrated Belgium, it didn’t matter as they went on to dominate from start to finish. Pochettino’s side looked a shadow of themselves in previous games, and they became the final host nation to be knocked out of the tournament, as well as missing out on the chance to make it to their first quarter-final since 2002.

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Christian Pulisic is one of the biggest stars in the USA national team, but he has failed to show the expected performance levels throughout the tournament, only managing to register one assist.

The Milan winger was subbed off in the 59th minute of the 4-1 loss, and many are arguing his American legacy has been tainted. Despite being the leader of the national team for some time, Pulisic has failed to lead the side to glory or even to the latter stages of any tournament, and his performance against Belgium hasn’t helped his case.

American-based website Sports Illustrated hit out at Pulisic following the disappointing game. They said: “The USMNT needed its talisman to step up and be the difference-maker, and he failed the task. Even before his premature exit, the star winger struggled to generate anything offensively. He had just one touch in Belgium’s box and didn’t get a single shot off.”

They weren’t the only ones to give their verdict on Captain America, as former USA women’s star Carli Loyd told Fox Sports: “You wanted some of those big-time players to step up in a big moment. I gotta be honest, I was a bit disappointed with Christian Pulisic.

FOX Sports Radio’s Jamie Fox also said: “It’s an uncomfortable conversation because for the longest time it was, ‘Pulisic’s gonna do it. Pulisic’s gonna do it. He’s our guy; he’s Captain America.’ And now you’re looking at Christian Pulisic, where his World Cup career is just about done.

“When you say, OK, his legacy, Christian Pulisic, the golden era, it’s not what we thought it would be or not what we needed it to be. The hype for him and what we thought he could do … he’s just been OK and he’s been injured. The whole Christian Pulisic era is underachieving.”

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Pulisic has led the team for many years now, and there still isn’t a lot to show for his efforts. The furthest the team has reached in the World Cup is the round of 16, and Pulisic failed to step up to the plate in this tournament.

In fairness to the former Chelsea attacker, he did pick up an injury against Paraguay in the group stages, and has been trying to manage the injury since, which makes it no surprise he was subbed off in the 59th minute against Belgium.

Pulisic registered 36 touches during the game, completing only 2 of his 6 attempted dribbles, whilst losing six out of his 8 duels. It doesn’t come as a surprise that he was subbed off during the game, and many would’ve expected more from ‘the LeBron James of Soccer’.

Hossam Hassan could be in serious trouble with FIFA after shocking footage emerged appearing to show him taking part in disgusting actions towards Argentina fans. Egypt were just 11 minutes away from reaching the World Cup quarter-finals after goals from Yasser Ibrahim and Mostafa Ziko put the Pharaohs two goals to the good.

But strikes from Cristian Romero, Lionel Messi and Enzo Fernandez completed a dramatic turnaround for the world champions, who moved one step closer to a second shot at immortality after a devastating 14-minute onslaught. During that spell, however, several contentious decisions added fuel to the fire. A number of Egypt players vented their frustrations at the referee after two penalty appeals were waved away, with a VAR expert later claiming one of those decisions were incorrect.

While a bit of needle is part and parcel of a World Cup tournament, emotions were clearly running high in the aftermath. Footage appears to show the Egypt manager letting his frustrations get the better of him as he became involved in a heated altercation with Argentina supporters while heading down the tunnel, just minutes after being shown a yellow card and drawing backlash for an apparent ‘X’ gesture.

Hassan is a vocal supporter of the Palestinian cause and has used the World Cup stage to make political statements on several occasions throughout the tournament. As a result, the sight of an Israeli flag being waved in front of him by supporters of the nation that had just inflicted such a cruel elimination appeared to be the final straw.

However, as footage appears to show, he may have crossed a line during his fury. A video circulating on social media allegedly shows Hassan spitting in the direction of Argentina fans as tensions boiled over in the immediate aftermath of the dramatic defeat (watch the incident below):

Under FIFA rules, spitting at another person is treated as a serious offence and can lead to a significant suspension. FIFA’s Disciplinary Code lists spitting as a form of assault, alongside actions such as hitting, kicking, biting or punching. As such, the code states there should be at least three matches’ suspension or an appropriate period of time.

He was later asked if his comments on Palestine were the reason Egypt were punished. “I don’t want to talk about that. We were speaking about a humanitarian cause. Does anyone feel for the one who lost his sight, or the one whose hand was cut off? We want football to help spread humanity,” he reacted.

“They must support this cause because it is a humanitarian one. In that country, children are dying while wearing Argentina, City, Real Madrid and Barcelona shirts. These people love you and they love football, but you are still killing them.”

Hossam Hassan Accuses FIFA of Favouring Lionel Messi For Marketing

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During his post-match interview, he also stunningly claimed that FIFA are working with Argentina and Lionel Messi for ‘marketing purposes. He told media (watch his untranslated interview below):

He added: “I will boycott watching the remaining matches of the tournament as a form of protest. I told the players that I thank them and that they can face the biggest teams in the world, provided there is fairness. FIFA promotes fair play, but we don’t see it on the pitch.”

“I’m not convinced with this outcome. I’m not convinced with the way things unfolded during this match. I do not want ‌to try to put it nicely here with beautiful wording, selective wording, and saying hard luck, and so on and so forth. We ⁠have been treated unfairly today. We have suffered injustice.”