Arsenal transfer news LIVE: Deadline day latest from the Emirates as the window shuts
A striker! A striker! My kingdom for a striker! We have all the latest transfer news on deadline day from the Emirates
9:33 am
Jim Daly
Busy morning already! I need a coffee. Ooh, wait, no a chai latte. Boom!
While I'm waiting four hours at Starbucks, here's a song to tide you over.
The clever chaps at Gunnerblog - famed for their deadline day songs about the Gunners - have penned this little beaut.
Can't say I'm a massive fan of Lady Gaga* but this parody is aces.
*lies
9:22 am
Jim Daly
You know what we haven't done yet? We haven't had a look at the newspaper's Arsenal transfer rumours and news overnight!
Sozzlecakes! Unacceptable from me and I will have a long hard look at myself in the mirror as a result.
Here's all the transfer stores you need to eat up (not literally) ahead of today's happenings on the most Deadline of Deadline Days.
Some of the names you can expect to see: William Carvalho, Falcao (obvs), Marco Reus.
9:18 am
Jim Daly
Jim White? Pah! Here's who I'd like to see hosting Deadline Day instead today...
*dream sequence*......
9:09 am
John Cross
Campbell's keen to go!
Portuguese media are reporting that Joel Campbell has told Arsenal that he wants to join Benfica because he is fed-up of not getting first team chances.
As reported earlier, Benfica have offered Arsenal a £600,000 loan fee or £10m to make the Campbell deal permanent.
Arsenal are unlikely to let Campbell go unless they get another forward in.
9:07 am
John Cross
Arsenal have made a check on Aston Villa's Dutch centre half Ron Vlaar as a solution to their defensive problems.
Gunners boss Arsene Wenger wants another defender to bolster his squad and they have spied on Vlaar and made discreet enquiries.
It is by no means certain that Arsenal will sign a defender but that is a priority before the transfer deadline.
Arsenal have gone for Borussia Dortmund's Sokratis Papastathopoulos but the deal has stalled because of his wage demands and wrangle over transfer fee.
They have also looked at Manchester City's unsettled Matija Nastasic but that is unlikely to happen unless they lower their price.
9:05 am
Jim Daly
All you need is love. De dedede
You know who need a bit of love?
Jack Wilshere need a bit of love.
That's what our man Robbie Savage (with new haircut) reckons.
"Ever since Wilshere was pictured on holiday in Las Vegas, smoking as he lounged around by the pool, it has been open season on one of English football’s brightest talents," says Sav.
"Sorry. I’m not having that."
He is NOT having it.
8:52 am
Jim Daly
If Falcao doesn't arrive who else should Wenger be getting on the blower to?
A striker? ANY striker!
Loic Remy went to Chelsea yesterday and Arsenal fans made their thoughts known at Leicester singing "sign a f***ing striker". Bit rude!
Here are seven forwards that have been linked with a move to the Gunners (and a couple already there that could maybe do the job) and the probability of Wenger and said striker posing with a shirt at the training ground.
8:43 am
John Cross
A signing that could be Rad!
Arsenal have explored the possibility of signing Colombian superstar Radamel Falcao.
The Monaco striker is being hawked around in a remarkable £18m one-year loan deal.
That would cost £10m in wages and an £8m loan deal and it is believed the 28-year-old wants to go out on loan rather than make a permanent switch.
Arsenal have been sounded out but the deal is very complex and Manchester City remain favourites to land Falcao.
City need to offload Alvaro Negredo with Valencia keen while Real Madrid look set to sign Javier Hernandez from Manchester United.
Falcao suffered a serious knee injury last season and it would be something of a gamble on his fitness.
8:37 am
John Cross
One on the way out...
Arsenal defender Ignasi Miquel is set to join Norwich after completing a medical.
Spanish defender Miquel, 21, has seen his move to Carrow Road get held up until Arsenal got another centre half in.
But they appear to be ready to let Miquel go even if they don't make a signing.
Who on earth will play at centre half in the League Cup?
8:33 am
John Cross
Some news already!
Portuguese giants Benfica have made a fresh enquiry for Arsenal's Costa Rican forward Joel Campbell.
They are prepared to pay a £600,000 loan fee or £10m to make it a permanent switch for Campbell.
But Arsenal have told them no-go - unless they get a striker in.
Intriguingly, Arsenal are believed to have offered Campbell in a player-plus-cash deal for QPR striker Loic Remy.
They made a phone call on Remy but QPR clearly didn't fancy Campbell and so the buy-out clause wasn't activated and Chelsea got their man.
8:26 am
Morning, morning, morning. Here we are with the first transfer deadline day of the new season.
And for Arsenal fans, it certainly has a familiar feel - with the club just one or two players short of a genuine title-winning squad, as they always seem to be.
What are the chances that this is the year Arsene Wenger throws caution to the wind?
It’s easy to forget they’ve already spent big this summer, bringing in Alexis Sanchez and Mathieu Debuchy, as well as the impressive Calum Chambers and David Ospina - who’s yet to play.
Wenger's certainly a fan of nabbing himself a deadline day bargain or two and he’ll no doubt be hanging around the discounted aisle, ready to pounce as soon as the yellow ‘reduced’ stickers come out.
Most Gunners would say that a centre-back, defensive midfielder and striker wouldn’t go amiss, but Le Prof's only got so much room in his handbasket. Don’t be greedy!
Follow Arsenal's transfer travails throughout the day right here.
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