{"id":49692,"date":"2026-07-05T06:38:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T10:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/07\/05\/arsenals-hopes-rise-as-rival-clubs-fail-to-meet-target-of-e80-million\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T06:38:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T10:38:09","slug":"arsenals-hopes-rise-as-rival-clubs-fail-to-meet-target-of-e80-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/07\/05\/arsenals-hopes-rise-as-rival-clubs-fail-to-meet-target-of-e80-million\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal&#8217;s hopes rise as rival clubs fail to meet target of \u20ac80 million"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>Mikel Arteta applauds Arsenal fans (Photo by Justin Setterfield\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Morten Hjurmand has been linked with a move to the Premier League in recent months. Arsenal have been mentioned as a potential transfer destination.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Atletico Madrid also wanted to sign the 26-year-old Denmark international midfielder, but their offer for the player was rejected. According to a report in Sport Witness, this development gives Arsenal new hopes of signing the player.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">They need more physicality and defensive cover in the center of the park, and the Denmark international could be an upgrade to Christian Norgaard. The former Brentford man hasn&#8217;t been given too many minutes at Arsenal and is not a key figure in their plans. It would make sense for Arsenal to introduce an upgrade.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Sporting CP captain would be a great addition. He proved his quality in Portugal and in the UEFA Champions League. He has the quality to succeed in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Arsenal signed Victor Gokeres from Sporting CP last summer, but it remains to be seen whether they will be able to sign their captain this time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Yurmand has been an Arsenal fan since he was a boy and the opportunity to play for Arsenal will be an exciting one for the player. It would be a big step up in his career.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">On the other hand, the Portuguese club has already decided on his valuation and has no intention of letting the player be released easily. His contract has a release clause of \u20ac80 million, so it remains to be seen whether Arsenal will be able to sign him for a reasonable fee.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">They need to continue to improve their squad to compete against elite clubs and the Denmark international could be a useful option with his ability to protect the back four and control the tempo of the game.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End -->\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mikel Arteta applauds Arsenal fans (Photo by Justin Setterfield\/Getty Images) Morten Hjurmand has been linked with a move to the Premier League in recent months. Arsenal have been mentioned as a potential transfer destination. Atletico Madrid also wanted to sign the 26-year-old Denmark international midfielder, but their offer for the player was rejected. According to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49693,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[40],"class_list":["post-49692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49692","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=49692"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49692\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}