Transfer news: Arsenal star linked with Chelsea, Mbappe Real Madrid fee, Man Utd ace’s future & more

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Arsenal thrash Newcastle – but questions remain over Ramsdale and Howe

It was another big win for Arsenal against Newcastle last night, with the Gunners bouncing back from their defeat at Porto to thrash the Magpies 4-1 at the Emirates Stadium, making it six wins in a row in the Premier League.

As well as that, we continue to have transfer speculation away from the pitch, with Arsenal goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale again being linked with Chelsea. Still, despite more Ramsdale to Chelsea stories, there is nothing to report at this point, to be honest.

In January when we had rumours on Ramsdale and Chelsea I was told: no interest. We will see what happens in the summer but Chelsea are not working on Ramsdale or any other goalkeeper deal right now.

As for Newcastle, the feeling at the club is that they’ve had a really unlucky season. Things were moving in a very positive direction last term, but now they’ve had many injuries, and it was not possible to bring in new players in January due to Financial Fair Play issues.

For sure it’s not going well, but I’m not aware of contacts with other managers in this moment. They know it’s been a complicated season for all parties involved, not only for the manager.

Mbappe saga entering final stages, but was he ever on Man Utd’s list of striker targets?

We are at the final stages of the Kylian Mbappe to Real Madrid story – the player’s mother, his camp, his lawyers are all working on final small important points and then it will