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Arsenal were rejected by League One player on transfer deadline day in huge blow to Mikel Arteta's transfer plans

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Published 10:57 1 Sep 2024 GMT+1

Arsenal were rejected by League One player on transfer deadline day in huge blow to Mikel Arteta's transfer plans

Arsenal suffered a blow on transfer deadline day.

Alex Brotherton

Alex Brotherton

Arsenal were rejected by a League One player on transfer deadline day in a blow to Mikel Arteta's plans.

Arsenal began the summer with several key transfer market objectives and, by and large, they achieved them.

Riccardo Calafiori arrived from Bologna to provide defensive reinforcement, before midfielder Mikel Merino joined from Real Sociedad and Raheem Sterling came in from Chelsea on loan.

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Though Arsenal weren't able to recruit a new striker, they did manage to bring in a new goalkeeper when time was beginning to run out.

It was an open secret that Aaron Ramsdale was going to leave the club this summer after he lost the No.1 spot to David Raya.

Ramsdale completed a deadline day £25 million move to Southampton, meaning the Gunners needed to bring in another goalkeeper to play understudy to Spain international Raya.

Bournemouth's Neto was eventually brought in on a season-long loan, although fans were left unhappy with one aspect of the deal.

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Arsenal made several attempts to sign Joan Garcia from Espanyol, but the La Liga side refused to budge from the 23-year-old's £25m release clause.

Earlier in the window Wolves rejected Arsenal's £50,000 offer for Daniel Bentley, before the Premier League giants failed in another bid to sign a home-grown goalkeeper.

Sam Tickle turned down the chance to join Arsenal on deadline day. [Getty]
Sam Tickle turned down the chance to join Arsenal on deadline day. [Getty]

According to The Sun, Wigan Athletic goalkeeper Sam Tickle turned down the chance to join Arsenal and become Arteta's third-choice goalkeeper.

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The 22-year-old was approached with the opportunity on deadline day, but he was not interested in spending his time on the bench and decided to remain Wigan's starting goalkeeper in League one.

Arsenal were keen to find a home-grown third option between the sticks, but in the end were unable to do so.

Arteta has conducted something of an overhaul of the club's goalkeeping department this summer, with 18-year-old England under-19 international Tommy Setford the only goalkeeper available to be named on the bench for Saturday's 1-1 draw with Brighton.

Featured Image Credit: Getty

Topics: Arsenal, Transfer News, Mikel Arteta, Wigan Athletic, Premier League, Football

Alex Brotherton
Alex Brotherton

Alex Brotherton is a journalist at SPORTbible. He has previously worked with publications including the Manchester Evening News, GOAL and BBC Sport. He is a football fanatic, but also dabbles in tennis and American football. He can often be found watching dreadful non-league football.

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