{"id":754801,"date":"2026-08-30T18:02:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T18:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/754801\/"},"modified":"2026-08-30T18:02:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T18:02:16","slug":"arsenal-agree-55-7m-club-record-gabriel-martinelli-sale-to-al-hilal-with-deal-also-agreed-in-principle-with-barcelona-for-gabriel-jesus-football-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/754801\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal agree \u00a355.7m club-record Gabriel Martinelli sale to Al Hilal with deal also agreed in principle with Barcelona for Gabriel Jesus | Football News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arsenal have agreed a club-record \u00a355.7m fee with Al Hilal to sell Gabriel Martinelli, with a deal also agreed in principle for fellow Brazilian Gabriel Jesus to depart for Barcelona.<\/p>\n

Martinelli has now been granted permission to have a medical with the Saudi Pro League club and is set to become the biggest sale in Arsenal’s history.<\/p>\n

His move to Al Hilal will surpass the \u00a340m Arsenal received from Liverpool for Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain in the summer of 2017.<\/p>\n

Martinelli’s compatriot Gabriel Jesus is also set to leave after Arsenal agreed an \u00a38.6m deal in principle with Barcelona.<\/p>\n

All sides are now working on the details of the transfer and it is progressing towards a conclusion.<\/p>\n

Plans are therefore being made for the Brazil striker to travel to Spain, which could be as soon as Monday.<\/p>\n

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Jesus had also been linked with a move to Serie A side Napoli.<\/p>\n

The Jesus deal may not end Barcelona’s pursuit of Julian Alvarez. Sky Sports News has been told they are completely separate. <\/p>\n

Brazil forward Jesus joined Arsenal from Manchester City in a \u00a345m deal four years ago. He has scored 32 goals in123 appearances for Arsenal, but managed just three Premier League starts last season.<\/p>\n

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The 29-year-old missed most of last year after picking up a knee injury in a January 2025 FA Cup tie against Manchester United.<\/p>\n

Jesus has made 64 international appearances for Brazil but has not featured for the Selecao since November 2023.<\/p>\n

Flick: Barcelona on ‘a good path’ <\/p>\n

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Barcelona have been looking to bring in a striker this summer.<\/p>\n

Head coach Hansi Flick said Barcelona are “on a good path at the moment” when it comes to his squad and the club’s recruitment policy.<\/p>\n

“Of course I am happy with my team,” he said ahead of Barcelona’s game against Rayo Vallecano.<\/p>\n

“Deco [football dirctor] is working to strengthen the team. This is what he’s doing. But we don’t have the pressure.<\/p>\n

“Deco has done until now a fantastic job. It’s good to me, just to see the quality during trainings. As a coach this is the most important thing.<\/p>\n

“We are on a good path at the moment.”<\/p>\n

Vieira heading to Hamburg <\/p>\n

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Arsenal have also agreed a deal to sell Fabio Vieira to Hamburg.<\/p>\n

The transfer for the midfielder is expected to be worth around \u00a37.7m.<\/p>\n

Vieira is on his way to Germany to finalise the move.<\/p>\n

With the sales of Martinelli, Jesus and Vieira, Arsenal could bring in around \u00a372m in transfer fees.<\/p>\n

They have already made \u00a345m in sales this window.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arsenal have agreed a club-record \u00a355.7m fee with Al Hilal to sell Gabriel Martinelli, with a deal also…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":754802,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-754801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/754801","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=754801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/754801\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/754802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=754801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=754801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=754801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}