Plenty of Arsenal news doing the rounds today (4th January 2021) so I've done a quick thread to keep you guys up to date just in case you missed any Arsenal news today.

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CONFIRMED: William Saliba has joined French Ligue 1 side Nice on loan for the remainder of the season. The move is designed to give the 19-year-old French youth international defender the chance for more competitive playing time.

Technical director Edu said: “William Saliba is a player with a huge amount of talent and potential. We’re confident he will have a great career with us but we must remember that he is still only 19 years old and has a lot of time ahead of him."

Edu: "William experienced a very challenging time last year, with his playing time limited by injury and the early ending of the Ligue 1 season due to the pandemic."

Edu: "We have decided that spending the rest of the season on loan with Nice is the best way for him to develop. We will be keeping in close contact with William during his time with Nice and look forward to seeing him make good progress until the end of the season.”

Nice will pay all of Saliba's wages, which are believed to be in the region of £40,000-a-week, but no loan fee. ( @standardsport)

Arsenal are sounding out the possibility of getting a permanent deal for Julian Brandt done this month, with the Dortmund setting a €25million price tag for the 24-year-old who would be willing to join the Gunners this month. ( @Football_LDN)

Emiliano Buendia is prepared to push for a move should Arsenal formalize their interest in the Norwich playmaker.
The Gunners have held informal talks over a possible deal for Buendia for a January move. ( @jamesbenge)

Emi Buendia welcomes interest from Arsenal and should that materialize into a formal move it is understood he would inform Norwich of his desire to join the north London side. ( @jamesbenge)

Arsenal are investigating a possible player-plus-cash deal for Emiliano Buendia, to try and persuade Norwich City to sell the Argentinian. Joe Willock and Reiss Nelson are among the players Arsenal are willing to offer Norwich. ( @Independent)

Emiliano Buendia is ‘one of the options’ into Arsenal list. No official talks started yet with Norwich - Arsenal will decide their strategy soon. ( @FabrizioRomano)

The Arsenal board are now focused on selling/loaning out players [Sokratis, Özil after Kolasinac] and then they’ll work to new signings. ( @FabrizioRomano)

Arsenal have no plans to sell Mohamed Elneny in the January transfer window amid reported interest in the Egyptian midfielder from Besiktas. Reports in Turkey had claimed that Besiktas want to make a permanent move for Elneny and are readying a bid of €7m. ( @Football_LDN)

Shkodran Mustafi, who rejected a contract extension offer last year, is for sale but the club have struggled to find a buyer for the centre back. Like Sokratis, his deal is up in the summer and he is keen to return to mainland Europe. ( @MirrorFootball)

Calum Chambers is down the pecking order and can depart this month, potentially on loan with a view to a permanent exit at a later date. ( @MirrorSport)

David Luiz, who has also fallen from first-team favour, will be allowed to exit in the summer when his own big-money contract expires. ( @MirrorSport)

Mikel Arteta on Alexandre Lacazette's contract: "We have not talked about anything related to his contract. We will talk in the summer and make a decision then"

Rio Ferdinand on Aubameyang: "The biggest thing Arteta needs to do right now is to get him playing again.‘He’s got all these young, exciting prospects, you just want Aubameyang there around doing his stuff as well."

(Rio Ferdinand Presents FIVE)

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