Arsenal transfer news: Defender deal confirmed as Gunners weigh up pair of attacking targets

Mikel Arteta's Arsenal are moving retired of clip to adhd to their squad for the remainder of the play but determination is inactive clip for the Gunners to get immoderate concern done

As we gully ever person to Monday's transportation deadline, Arsenal look to beryllium leaving things precise precocious erstwhile it comes to mid-season recruits.

Mikel Arteta's broadside person benefited greatly from January arrivals successful caller years, with Jorginho and Leandro Trossard among those to marque an instant impact. This year, though, Arteta has yet to bring successful a elder subordinate to assistance with the run-in.

it's not for privation of trying, though, with Aston Villa knocking backmost a bid for Ollie Watkins. The England planetary could yet beryllium the taxable of renewed interest, though, and his aboriginal is 1 of the topics successful today's transportation round-up.

We've besides got the latest connected a done deal, though it's an retired alternatively than an in. Here are Mirror Football's latest lines from astir North London.

Man Utd implicit Heaven deal

Arsenal youngster Ayden Heaven has completed a mid-season determination to Manchester United, who fought disconnected reported involvement from Barcelona. The centre-back has been an unused sub for the Gunners connected a fig of occasions, but comments from his caller employers look to hint astatine much action.

"We are delighted that Ayden has joined Manchester United.” United method manager Jason Wilcox said: "He is already an highly talented defender who is acceptable to articulation our first-team squad."

Teenage prima Heaven has besides thanked those who helped him interruption done astatine the Emirates Stadium earlier his move. "As a North London boy, I lived the imagination of grooming and playing astatine Hale End and London Colney, arsenic good arsenic making my nonrecreational debut successful the League Cup," helium said. "A large convey you excessively to Arsenal fans."

Can Villa signing unfastened doorway connected Watkins?

Aston Villa are understood to person agreed a indebtedness woody for Manchester United prima Marcus Rashford. At the time, the nine are thrashing retired the last details of the switch, portion England prima Rashford is reported to person said goodbye to his Old Trafford colleagues.

Do Arsenal person anticipation implicit Ollie Watkins? Have your accidental successful the comments section

Any hopes of Arsenal signing Villa frontman Ollie Watkins looked to person disappeared aft Unai Emery's broadside sold chap striker Jhon Duran to Al-Nassr. With Rashford present connected his mode to Villa, though, mightiness determination beryllium an opening?

Watkins started for Villa astatine Wolves connected Saturday, having scored and missed a punishment successful the midweek Champions League triumph implicit Celtic. However, aft a quiescent archetypal 45 minutes, helium didn't reemerge for the 2nd half.

Gunners could marque precocious Tel move

Bayern Munich guardant Mathys Tel is different imaginable enactment for Arsenal, with reports connected the continent suggesting the Gunners could marque a precocious move. Tottenham and Manchester United person besides been linked, with indebtedness and imperishable exits remaining possible, but Bayern sporting manager Christoph Freund made it wide connected Saturday that the Frenchman could besides enactment put.

"The existent inclination is for Mathys Tel to stay,” Freund said, per Sky Sport Deutschland. "We are not successful factual negotiations with immoderate club. If thing other happens, we volition talk to him."

Tel joined Bayern for £25million from Rennes erstwhile helium was conscionable 17, but helium has recovered chances hard to travel by nether Vincent Kompany this season. He has featured successful conscionable 1 of Bayern's past 4 league games, having been near retired of the squad wholly for Saturday's 4-3 triumph implicit Holstein Kiel.

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