£105k-per-week captain in contact with Arsenal over joining via his agent

Arteta faces a very realistic imminent future without midfield veterans Thomas Partey and Jorginho, who are both out of contract at the end of this season as things stPartey, after a very difficult 2023/2024 campaign at N5, has battled his way back into the Arsenal first team – starting the vast majority of Premier League games as either a midfielder or makeshift right-back.and.The £200,000-per-week Ghanaian could be in his final months as a Gunners mainstay, though, with Jorginho potentially about to join him out of the Emirates Stadium exit door when their current deals expire on June 30.Unless Arsenal decide to agree fresh terms with either player, Arteta faces being left very short in midfield for the 2025/2026 campaign, prompting reports that they’re looking at alternative midfield options.There are even some suggestions that Juventus midfielder Douglas Luiz is back on Arsenal’s radar, after the club failed with an array of bids to try and prise him away from Aston Villa in 2022.More interesting names will likely emerge throughout January, with Roma captain Lorenzo Pellegrini in their thinking.

The £105,000-per-week Italy international has been linked with a move to the Emirates as far back as nearly six years ago, as reports in 2019 claimed Arsenal were targeting Pellegrini as a replacement for Aaron Ramsey.

The midfielder can play both in the centre and further forward as a CAM, akin to Martin Odegaard, so he could potentially bolster two key positions in one fell swoop. Pellegrini is also out of contract in 2026, and Roma are open to selling the 28-year-old despite his status as captain.According to Italian newspaper La Repubblica, via Giallorossi.net, Pellegrini is in contact with Arsenal over potentially joining them via his agent.