Hello and welcome to Mirror Football’s transfer blog for Wednesday, July 8.<\/p>\n
Arsenal<\/a> have reportedly booked in a medical for Illan Meslier, as they look for a new back-up goalkeeper to David Raya<\/a>. Kepa Arrizabalaga found himself limited to cup competitions in 2025\/26 and is said to be heading for the exit door to play more consistent first-team football.<\/p>\n As a result, the Gunners are in hot pursuit of Meslier, who is a free agent after leaving Leeds United<\/a> upon the expiry of his contract. The 26-year-old failed to make a single senior appearance for the Peacocks last season, shipping six goals in two games for the reserves.<\/p>\n Manchester United<\/a>, meanwhile, are said to be eyeing a move for Real Madrid’s Aurelien Tchouameni. Having missed out on Elliot Anderson and Mateus Fernandes to Manchester City<\/a> and Spurs, respectively, the Red Devils are still on the hunt for midfield reinforcement.<\/p>\n While Ederson’s arrival from Atalanta is all but guaranteed, Michael Carrick is clearly looking for a number of stars to fill the void left by Casemiro. As a result, United have started discussions over a move for Tchouameni, although a deal will not come cheaply.<\/p>\n It is suggested that any successful transfer will come for a minimum of \u00a368m, showing the importance of the 26-year-old Frenchman to Los Blancos.<\/p>\n Elsewhere, Liverpool<\/a> have made initial enquiries over the possibility of signing Gilberto Mora from Club Tijuana, following an outstanding World Cup run with Mexico<\/a>. It is understood that the 17-year-old attacking midfielder has a release clause of around \u00a318m in his current contract, which runs until 2029.<\/p>\n Stay with us throughout the day as we bring you the latest transfer updates…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hello and welcome to Mirror Football’s transfer blog for Wednesday, July 8. Arsenal have reportedly booked in a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":680303,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[1111,324,218,134,1767,1441,1465,221,101,2297,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-680302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-arsenal-fc","tag-arsenal-transfer-news","tag-football","tag-liverpool-fc","tag-liverpool-transfer-news","tag-manchester-united-fc","tag-manchester-united-transfer-news","tag-premier-league","tag-sports","tag-summer-transfer-window","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=680302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680302\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/680303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=680302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=680302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=680302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}