[英超]里爾中堅Gabriel Magalhaes以2,600萬歐元加盟阿仙奴 [復制鏈接]

Arsenal close in on Lille's Gabriel Magalhães as Freddie Ljungberg departs
Club believe Brazilian defender will sign despite Napoli interest
Coach Ljungberg leaves to pursue management role

Arsenal are increasingly confident that they have beaten Napoli to the signing of Gabriel Magalhães, the coveted Lille centre-back, and feel optimistic of completing a deal quickly.

The 22-year-old has been the subject of intense interest in recent weeks after an excellent season in Ligue 1, with Manchester City and Manchester United also among those watching developments. But Arsenal and Napoli emerged as frontrunners last week, with the Premier League side having a ?24m (£21.6m) bid accepted and waiting to see whether the Brazil under-20 international would warm to their interest.

An agreement between player and club is now close and Arsenal believe the transfer could be completed soon. Nonetheless there will remain doubts until Gabriel has signed, given the number of clubs in the picture. Napoli would view him as a replacement for Kalidou Koulibaly, who has been linked with City, but Arsenal’s interest and ability to complete the deal are clearer-cut given its lack of dependence on other developments.

While Arsenal hope to welcome Gabriel in the near future, they have said goodbye to one of their assistant coaches, Freddie Ljungberg. The Swede wants to fulfil his long-held ambition of a role in management and all parties have amicably agreed it is in his best interests to move on.

Ljungberg enjoyed a glittering nine-year spell as a player under Arsène Wenger and went on to coach their under-15s. After a spell at Wolfsburg in 2017 he returned to Arsenal the following year. His brief was initially to oversee the under-23s but last summer he became a first-team coach and in November stepped up as caretaker manager for six games after Unai Emery’s dismissal.

While he has remained part of the senior setup under Mikel Arteta, the new manager brought in Steve Round and Albert Stuivenberg to supplement his coaching staff in December. Ljungberg, who is highly rated and has attracted interest from elsewhere, will now seek to exert greater influence as the number one at another club..

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/aug/22/arsenal-close-in-on-lilles-gabriel-magalhaes-as-freddie-ljungberg-departs?CMP=share_btn_tw

Gabriel Magalhães to Arsenal, here we go! Total agreement just completed: he will fly on Monday to London to sign his contract until June 2025, ?30M to Lille (add ons included), official statement on next week. The deal is finally done.

Gabriel Magalhães to sign five-year deal with Arsenal for £27m next week
Gunners to beat Napoli and both Manchester clubs to Lille player
Mikel Arteta still wants to add a forward and midfielder to squad

The Lille centre-back Gabriel Magalhães has agreed to join Arsenal and will fly to London on Monday to complete a move worth up to ?30m (£27m).

Arsenal had been confident of securing Gabriel’s signature after seeing the Ligue 1 side accept their bid last week. Other clubs had been circling, with Napoli showing firm interest while Manchester United and Manchester City monitored the situation, but talks on Saturday brought a decisive breakthrough and Gabriel will sign a five-year deal early this week.

It is Arsenal’s second deal with Lille in consecutive summers, last year’s purchase seeing the forward Nicolas Pépé arrive for a club-record £72m. Gabriel, however, is a 22-year-old defender who joined Lille from the Brazilian club Avai in 2017. After spell on loan at Troyes and Dinamo Zagreb he enjoyed an excellent season in 2019-20, albeit truncated due to Covid-19, and became Arsenal’s top defensive target. He will join William Saliba, the 19-year-old who has returned from his loan back to Saint-Etienne, at the Emirates next season as Mikel Arteta looks to revamp a notoriously unreliable back line.

Arteta still wants to add a midfielder and a forward to Arsenal’s ranks, while he would like Dani Ceballos to join on at least an extra year’s loan from Real Madrid. But Arsenal may have to move players on in order to strengthen further. When Gabriel’s arrival is confirmed, an already swollen set of centre-back options will reach bursting point with Saliba, David Luiz, Pablo Marí, Shkodran Mustafi, Rob Holding and Sokratis Papastathopoulos all considered first-team players when fit. The latter three all look vulnerable, while Ainsley Maitland-Niles and out-of-favour Matteo Guendouzi are among particularly tradable fringe options in other areas.

The addition of Gabriel will continue an expensive pre-season for Arsenal, who recently completed the signing of Willian and are likely to confirm that Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has signed a new contract in the near future. Earlier this month the club proposed 55 redundancies in non-football areas due to drops in revenue associated with Covid-19.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/aug/23/gabriel-magalhaes-five-year-deal-arsenal-27m-lille-transfer-window?CMP=share_btn_tw

Gabriel Magalhães has completed his medicals with Arsenal today in London. He’s with his agents now ready to sign his contract until June 2025 and finally going to be announced as new Arsenal player. Here-we-go confirmed.

Gabriel Magalhães has completed his medicals with Arsenal today in London. He’s with his agents now ready to sign his contract until June 2025 and finally going to be announced as new Arsenal player. Here-we-go confirmed.

Arsenal are planning to announce Gabriel Magalhães signing on this week. Contracts have been signed until June 2025 also with his agents.

今次官宣有D搞笑
David luiz先facetime willian
傾左3分鐘左右
話有人join conference
就彈左Gabriel出嚟

Gabriel Magalhaes: Arsenal sign Brazilian defender from Lille

Arsenal have completed the signing of Brazilian defender Gabriel Magalhaes from Lille for 26m euros (£23.14m).

The 22-year-old, a left-footed centre back, made 34 appearances in all competitions for Lille last season as they finished fourth in Ligue 1.

He joins the Gunners on a long-term contract.

"He is a player we have been studying for a while and he was in demand from many clubs," said Arsenal technical director Edu.

"Gabriel is a player of high quality and Mikel (Arteta) and his coaches are looking forward to integrating him into the club."

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta said: "We welcome Gabriel to Arsenal. He has many qualities which will make us stronger as a defensive unit and as a team.

"He has proved with Lille he is a defender with many outstanding attributes and we are looking forward to watching him grow as an Arsenal player."

Gabriel said he considered offers from a number of clubs before deciding to join Arsenal.

"It was a very surreal experience, there were offers coming from a few different clubs," he said.

"I spoke a lot with my family and my agents, I also spoke with some of Lille's directors but, as I said, this club's history and traditions and the team project for the next few years were very motivational for my decision to come here.

"So here I am, wearing the Arsenal shirt - I will give my best for it."

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/53990363