Raphinha blow, how do Arsenal react?
Arsenal lose out on Raphinha, what next? So as expected Arsenal transfer window has taken it's first blow with Chelsea hijacking the sought after target of Raphinha. While a fee was never agreed between Leeds and Arsenal and also the player never had Arsenal as his number one target, considering Arsenal by the looks of reports were in the driving seat for this transfer this does feel a huge blow for Mikel Arteta transfer plans. However saying that Raphinha isn't the only winger in the world and with the reported fee of £65 million pounds I have feeling Arsenal would of never bided that high for a player who plays in the same position as their best player in being Bukayo Saka. Let's have a look at potential options Arsenal could do to soften the blow of missing out on Raphinha. Break the wage structure to bring back Serge Gnabry If the ability of time travel was possible I think nearly every Arsenal fan would go back to stop the transfer of Serge Gnabry to Werder Bremen. ...