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Arsenal have been dealt a massive transfer blow with reports that summer midfield target Ilkay Gundogan has agreed a deal with rival club Manchester United

Not exact matches

But it does appear that the Ox will be going and news of his availability has sparked interest at some other EPL clubs, most notably according to ESPN our big rivals Manchester United.

Spurs could be leapfrogged into the top four by either Manchester United or Allardyce's former club West Ham this weekend depending on results, while Sunderland will know that a win will take them out of the bottom three, at least provisionally before their relegation rivals Bournemouth and Swansea City play on Saturday afternoon and Monday evening respectively.

The 32 - year - old striker spent the best part of four years at the club after moving from rivals Manchester United in 2009, and won the FA Cup, the Premier League and the Charity Shield during his time at Eastlands.

With the news that Borussia Dortmund defender Mats Hummels has rejected the chance to sign for Manchester United this summer, here's a look at five other top class centre - backs the club could consider signing, including some big names from La Liga, an exciting Brazilian youngster and one of the Premier League's top prospects also wanted by rivals Chelsea...

Manchester City could be set to rival a host of top clubs for the exciting signing of Borussia Dortmund forward Marco Reus, according to German source Bild.

Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool, and Chelsea are all among the clubs to bring in the most tourists, but are rivalled by a surprise Championship outfit.

So even without the relaxing of the FFP rules, Arsene Wenger is still likely to have a smaller transfer budget than our big Premier League rivals and with Chelsea and the Manchester clubs also able to offer the lure of Champions League football, our manager will be hoping that his transfer targets are not the same.

Former Manchester United captain Gary Neville has predicted that his former club will fail to finish above bitter rivals City in the Premier League table this season.

The Scot suggested that Arsenal are being left behind by the likes of his former team, Chelsea, the Manchester clubs and our north London rivals Tottenham, so perhaps Wenger should use this to make sure the Gunners go to Watford and prove Dalglish wrong by going back above Liverpool on Saturday evening.

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It was announced on May 7 [via MUFC's official Twitter] that Manchester United had reached an agreement with PSV for the Netherlands international, as Louis van Gaal sent out a huge message of intent to the club's rivals by starting his business early.

The Red Devils have spent over # 200million on the likes of Angel Di Maria and Ander Herrera since the Dutch boss replaced David Moyes at the helm last summer in an attempt to restore the club as genuine title challengers to the likes of Chelsea and fierce rivals Manchester City.

ofcourse we can forget chelsea as epl rival cause we are not going to be in the title fight while chelsea along with the manchester clubs will

Shay Given has already started training with new club Manchester City, and now it appears as though Joe Kinnear has lost another of his best players to a Premier League rival.

However, the Star also claim that Begovic is being monitored by a host of top Premier League clubs: Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester United, Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur — that could rival Real Madrid for his signature.

So there is more bad news today for Arsenal fans hoping that Arsene Wenger is still going to come up with the goods in the last few days of the summer transfer window, according to the Evening Standard, which is reporting that Jose Mourinho is not going to allow the Manchester United defender Phil Jones to sign for the club managed by his rival manager.

Wanted by a whole host of top European clubs as well as Liverpool's Premier League rivals Manchester City and Arsenal, Raheem Sterling's exit would be a disaster for the Reds just one summer after losing Luis Suarez.

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His comments and coverage of bitter rivals Manchester United during his punditry roles hasn't gone down well with the Liverpool faithful, and it seems as though they would be much happier with Riise coming and Owen heading out if there is a chance the club are willing to listen.

Apart of Ozil and Sanchez, one could say Arsenal are still gribpling with the terms of to regularly be buying top class players as they have not been able to match or undo their 3 main title rivals of the 2 Manchester clubs and Chelsea when it comes to be buying world class players regularly in the transfer market to overhaul their teams which have seen Arsenal failed to win the PL and Ucl titles for more ten years or so even after they've repaid to a large extend the loans they took to build the Ems Stadium.

That is why I had to have a laugh about one of the latest Arsenal transfer rumours reported by Metro, suggesting that our EPL rivals Manchester United might be the club Sanchez signs for, with Jose Mourinho alleged to have called our player to sound him out.

A failed loan signing for Manchester United, Radamel Falcao is not likely to stay at the club permanently, and has been linked with a shock move to rivals Chelsea.

The club's 3 - 1 defeat against bitter rivals Manchester United last Saturday appears to have been the final straw among a selection of Reds supporters and they have decided to take drastic action in the hopes of seeing the Northern Irishman relieved of his duties as manager of the club.

All three are superb attack - minded players who are also attracting strong interest from other top clubs around Europe, including Arsenal's Premier League rivals Chelsea and Manchester United.

Chelsea boss Antonio Conte is reportedly after a new striker, with the club now in pole position to bring Gabon forward Aubameyang, having missed out on Romelu Lukaku to rivals Manchester United, and with a deal for Real Madrid forward Alvaro Morata proving difficult to secure, as reported by the Mirror.

And what is even worse than the reports that the Frenchman is set to miss out on two top class players from the Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund, is that both Mats Hummels and Ilkay Gundogan look set to sign for our Premier League rivals Manchester United instead.

Mourinho, who has already brought in Victor Lindelof, Nemanja Matic and Romelu Lukaku to the club this summer, is eager to spend more in order to improve his squad before the window shuts on August 31st, with United being second only to local rivals Manchester City in terms of money spent so far this summer, as per the Express.

Downing has since transferred to Villa and Johnson has joined Premier League rivals Manchester City, a club where he has blossomed.

The club has also been caught off - guard by the improvement of their closest rivals, with Liverpool, Chelsea, Manchester City and even bitter neighbours Tottenham now having arguably overtaken them in English football's pecking order this season.

First of all we had a report by Squawka.com in which his agent Mino Raiola talked up his clients wish to sign for our Premier League rivals Manchester United without mentioning Arsenal at all, although this could conceivably be because it was the Old Trafford club that was trying to sign him rather than Arsene Wenger.

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A recent loss to rivals Manchester United alongside dropping out of the Champions League have led to some calling for the Northern Irishman to be removed from his position at the club.

In turn, if the club are unable to convince him to pen a new agreement, then they would surely have to start considering offers for the Chilean international in a cut - price January deal rather than lose him for nothing six months later, and possibly to a direct rival in Manchester City, as per the report.

Less in fact as we all know that Mourinho and Arsene Wenger do not get on and his new club Manchester United are direct rivals with Arsenal for the EPL trophy.

How low can you get, why buy a player who has played 9 years for Manchester United who over almost his entire career sees both Mr Wenger as a Manager and Arsenal football club a long term rival and enemy to his formar club.

The combination of Andre Villas - Boas and Roberto Di Matteo have set the foundations for a squad which will rival the Manchester clubs for the domestic titles, it's now up to speculated manager Jose Mourinho to return them to domestic glory.

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Now although Chelsea and both Manchester clubs are also interested, I really do not see Arsenal selling to a direct rival this time around, or at least I hope!

The Chilean has been in astonishing form all season, and has been linked with a number of rival clubs including Chelsea, Manchester United, Man City, PSG, Juventus and even Bayern Munich.

There are reports all over the football media about Wilshere being a transfer target for our Premier League rivals Man City, with this one in the Daily Star claiming that the Manchester club will open up with a big bid of around # 40 million for the 23 - year old, if they fail to land their primary target Paul Pogba from Juventus that is.

Arsenal came up against fellow Premier League title rivals Manchester City in Sweden, in what was both club's final fixture of their respective pre-season campaigns.

However based on the run of form of both clubs and given that Arsenal already have an edge over their Manchester rivals in the league table, I fancy the Gunners to have the better chances going into the game.

So it was a huge blow to read in the Daily Star today that Hummels has declared that he would only join a club in another country if it was our Premier League rivals Manchester United.What a kick in the teeth!

Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford has been given some shock advice over his future and told he should consider leaving the club for one of their Premier League rivals.

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The good news about the EPL table, however, along with the fact that no club has more points than Arsenal, is the position of our big spending rivals Manchester United.

Manchester City could be confirmed as Premier League champions without playing on Sunday, but only if rivals Manchester United suffer a shock defeat at home to bottom club West Bromwich Albion.

Liverpool simply can not rival this level of power; over the Ferguson era, Manchester United developed into a truly global club, with it being traded on the NYSE, dominating English football during the growth of commercial football, and with a club value of the same calibre as Real Madrid and Barcelona.