3<\/p>\n Rashford wanted to join Barcelona permanently, but the LaLiga giants signed Anthony Gordon insteadCredit: Getty<\/p>\n However, Keown<\/a> does believe that the Gunners need a new left winger with Leandro Trossard<\/a> departing north London to join Besiktas<\/a>. <\/p>\n This leaves just Gabriel Martinelli<\/a> as Arsenal’s only natural left forward, though Eberechi Eze<\/a> can play there having done so regularly at former club Crystal Palace.<\/p>\n The former centre-back would also like to see a central midfielder added and possibly a striker.<\/p>\n Newcastle United<\/a>‘s captain Bruno Guimaraes has informed the club that he would like to join the Gunners.<\/p>\n Read more on football<\/p>\n However, talkSPORT understands the Magpies are looking for \u00a3100million<\/a> to part ways with the Brazilian.<\/p>\n The Gunners are also interested in Julian Alvarez<\/a>, who is seeing a potential move to Barcelona being blocked by Atletico Madrid<\/a>.<\/p>\n Speaking with Alex Crook on talkSPORT, Keown said: “I think Arsenal need another midfield player, someone who can control things.<\/p>\n “I think they need a left winger. You could say, they might go into the transfer market for a striker – I wouldn’t put it past them.<\/p>\n “Most players will want to sign for Arsenal<\/a>, but the most important thing is to get the people who are successful to re-sign their contracts.<\/p>\n “Keep them on board, build what you have got, and then, add real quality to it. It has to be quality because we are talking about the champions.”<\/p>\n 3<\/p>\n Trossard leaves an Arsenal cult hero, but he needs replacingCredit: AFP<\/p>\n Crook then read out some messages from people who suggested Rashford, but it was put to bed by Keown.<\/p>\n “I don’t see that. I’d be surprised if that happened,” Keown said when asked about Rashford potentially joining Arsenal.<\/p>\n “I thought Rashford did well for Aston Villa. They didn’t have the money to buy him.”<\/p>\n When asked if he didn’t want Rashford because of attitude, Keown responded: “I just think he went off the rails. Lots of talk behind the scenes of potential issues.<\/p>\n “I think he’s back on track now, and it is an interesting one when he goes back to Manchester United with Carrick.<\/p>\n “Does he welcome him back in? There is talk of him living in the city again. Is that a problem?<\/p>\n 3<\/p>\n Rashford is an option on the left but Keown doesn’t see him in an Arsenal jerseyCredit: Getty<\/p>\n “But I think he’s back on keel, and you really want to see these players play at their best. It is a short career, so get out there and play.”<\/p>\n No go<\/p>\n It is increasingly likely that Rashford will start the season as a Manchester United player.<\/p>\n The \u00a340m clause in his deal has expired, with Barcelona<\/a> choosing not to activate the option to buy in the loan.<\/p>\n Read More on talkSPORT<\/p>\n Instead, they signed Anthony Gordon from Newcastle<\/a> as well as Karim Adeyemi<\/a>.<\/p>\n Rashford not going back to the Camp Nou leaves a potentially awkward reunion with the Man United fans on the cards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Martin Keown believes that Arsenal have three positions they need to fill this summer, but Marcus Rashford shouldn’t…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":775332,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[463,330714,330713,16340,330715,59993,403,99],"class_list":["post-775331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-arsenal","tag-arsenal-positions-to-target","tag-arsenal-transfer-targets","tag-marcus-rashford","tag-marcus-rashfords-future","tag-martin-keown","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=775331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/775332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=775331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=775331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=775331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Marcus](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/crop-4402199.jpg\")
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