{"id":8665,"date":"2025-06-18T16:55:42","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T20:55:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/06\/18\/150k-week-arsenal-ace-holds-a-positive-talk-to-join-atletico-madrid\/"},"modified":"2025-06-18T16:55:42","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T20:55:42","slug":"150k-week-arsenal-ace-holds-a-positive-talk-to-join-atletico-madrid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/06\/18\/150k-week-arsenal-ace-holds-a-positive-talk-to-join-atletico-madrid\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a3150k-week Arsenal Ace holds a &#8220;positive&#8221; talk to join Atletico Madrid"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_74 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-5' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-5'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-5' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-5'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-5' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/06\/18\/150k-week-arsenal-ace-holds-a-positive-talk-to-join-atletico-madrid\/#Arsenal_plan_51_million_Chelsea_hijacking_wakes_up_key_target_Barcelona_moves\" >Arsenal plan \u00a351 million Chelsea hijacking wakes up key target Barcelona moves<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/06\/18\/150k-week-arsenal-ace-holds-a-positive-talk-to-join-atletico-madrid\/#Oleksandr_Zinchenko_holds_%E2%80%9Cpositive%E2%80%9D_discussions_to_join_Atletico_Madrid\" >Oleksandr Zinchenko holds &#8220;positive&#8221; discussions to join Atl\u00e9tico Madrid<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Mikel Arteta&#8217;s team at Arsenal has now appeared to be quite different ahead of the 2025\/2026 Opening Premier League match.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- No AdsNinja v10 Client! -->        <\/p>\n<div class=\"display-card  article article-card small  no-badge  active-content                      \" data-include-community-rating=\"false\" id=\"a610-49bd-bce4014a68d8\" data-nosnippet=\"\">\n<div class=\"w-img \"><\/div>\n<p>                    <span data-field=\"label\" class=\"article-card-label\">Related<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"w-display-card-content regular article-block\">\n<h5 class=\"display-card-title \"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Arsenal_plan_51_million_Chelsea_hijacking_wakes_up_key_target_Barcelona_moves\"><\/span>\n<p>\t\t\tArsenal plan \u00a351 million Chelsea hijacking wakes up key target Barcelona moves<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<p class=\"display-card-excerpt\">Andrea Berta changed focus.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The gunners have repeatedly linked to new defenders, wingers and strikers last week, but sports director Andrea Berta is trying to fund the recruitment drive and offload some players to cut wage bills.<\/p>\n<div class=\"table-container\">\n<table border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"1\" cellspacing=\"1\" style=\"\" align=\"\" summary=\"\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"col\">\n<p>Arsenal relocation expenditure under Arteta (via) <em>Sky Sports<\/em>))<\/p>\n<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">\n<p>New Signature Money<\/p>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>19\/20-Winter<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>\u00a30<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>20\/21-Summer<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>\u00a381.5m<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>20\/21 &#8211; Winter<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>\u00a3900k<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>21\/22 &#8211; Summer<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>\u00a3156.8m<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>21\/22 &#8211; Winter<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>\u00a31.8 million<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>22\/23 &#8211; Summer<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>\u00a3121.5m<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>22\/23 &#8211; Winter<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>59m<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>23\/24-Summer<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>\u00a3208 million \u00a3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>23\/24 &#8211; Winter<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>\u00a30<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>24\/25-Summer<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>\u00a3101.5m<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>24\/25 &#8211; Winter<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>\u00a30<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<p>Markinhos, Kieran Tierney, Salah-Eddine Oulad M&#8217;hand and Jorginho have already officially left the club, with the latter ending their contracts early so they can play with new side flam\u00e9ngos at the Club World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the report is beginning to suggest that Arsenal hit a stumbling block in negotiations over a new deal for Thomas Partey (catch-offside), allowing Ghanaians to chase the aforementioned name through the club&#8217;s exit door if no resolution was found.<\/p>\n<p>Berta also makes some important decisions about the future of Jakub Kiwior and Oleksandr Zinchenko.<\/p>\n<p>    The former was impressed with William Saliba during Gabriel&#8217;s injury last season and played a key role in Poland at the international level.<\/p>\n<p>Kiwior simply needs to decide whether he wants to continue playing the second fiddle behind Arteta&#8217;s favorite centre-back pairing, but the writing seems to be on Zinchenko&#8217;s walls.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine International has been featured in the Premier League, which was barely featured last season, and mostly off the bench, and it is widely expected that he is already playing his final game in the Arsenal shirt.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- No AdsNinja v10 Client! 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The people of North London are ready to glow green at his exit for just \u00a313 million, with the sense that Diego Simeone&#8217;s side can move quickly into negotiations with Arsenal &#8211; they have other left-backs like Andy Robertson of Liverpool on their agenda.<\/p>\n<p>Atl\u00e9tico, Simeone appears to strengthen the left back area, so while Atl\u00e9tico has Zinchenko, Robertson, Robertson, Robertson, Crystal Palace Tyrick Mitchell and Aston Villa&#8217;s Lucas Digne, La Liga&#8217;s side will move from the Arsenal diplomat defender.<\/p>\n<p>Berta is keen to make some money from the \u00a330 million fees placed on Zinchenko&#8217;s signature in 2022, but more importantly, this interest gives Arsenal the opportunity to cut wages of \u00a3150,000 from the already massive wage bill.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mikel Arteta&#8217;s team at Arsenal has now appeared to be quite different ahead of the 2025\/2026 Opening Premier League match. 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