{"id":40847,"date":"2026-02-02T16:03:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T21:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/02\/02\/from-what-ive-heard-journalist-reveals-chelseas-interest-in-a-yet-to-be-confirmed-arsenal-deal\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T16:03:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T21:03:29","slug":"from-what-ive-heard-journalist-reveals-chelseas-interest-in-a-yet-to-be-confirmed-arsenal-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/02\/02\/from-what-ive-heard-journalist-reveals-chelseas-interest-in-a-yet-to-be-confirmed-arsenal-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cFrom what I\u2019ve heard\u2026\u201d \u2013 Journalist reveals Chelsea\u2019s interest in a yet-to-be-confirmed Arsenal deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Arsenal have reportedly won the race to sign Stoke City&#8217;s Jayden Dixon, with Chelsea also interested in the 18-year-old defender.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This comes from the Telegraph&#8217;s Sam Dean, who posted on X his understanding of the Gunners&#8217; pursuit of Dixon.<\/p>\n<p>It was reported on Deadline Day that Arsenal had agreed a deal for Dixon, and Dean said Chelsea were also fans of the England youth international.<\/p>\n<p>Dean also revealed the player&#8217;s transfer fee, although the signing has not yet been officially confirmed by the club, so please see below for further details.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have heard that Jayden Dixon will join Arsenal from Stoke City for a fee of around \u00a3500,000. Chelsea were also interested in signing the 18-year-old England youth international,&#8221; Dean wrote.<\/p>\n<h2>Arsenal delay in signing as Chelsea miss out on top prospect<\/h2>\n<p>Arsenal fans will no doubt be pleased with this smart business of bringing Dixon in at such a cheap price, even though he looks like a player whose value will surely increase significantly over the next few years.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jayden Dixon at Stoke City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The teenager has shown great potential at Stoke and it&#8217;s no surprise that this was a deal that Chelsea were very keen on as well.<\/p>\n<p>The Blues have a policy of recruiting the best young players from English football and around the world, and Dixon appears to be a good fit.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal fans will now be hoping that Dixon&#8217;s signing will be made official soon and that he can make an impact for the first team in the near future.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve seen Mikel Arteta give a lot of chances to top young players recently, even if they&#8217;re unlikely to become regulars right away.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End -->\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal have reportedly won the race to sign Stoke City&#8217;s Jayden Dixon, with Chelsea also interested in the 18-year-old defender. This comes from the Telegraph&#8217;s Sam Dean, who posted on X his understanding of the Gunners&#8217; pursuit of Dixon. It was reported on Deadline Day that Arsenal had agreed a deal for Dixon, and Dean [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40848,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[40],"class_list":{"0":"post-40847","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40847\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}