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Kyran Thompson has turned down Tottenham Hotspur and a new Arsenal contract to sign for Newcastle United instead, according to a report.

Out-of-contract Arsenal youngster Kyran Thompson is set to join Newcastle United, with Fabrizio Romano reporting that the decision is made and a deal is in place.

Romano writes that Thompson picked Newcastle over many other offers, and he’ll soon undergo a medical and sign on the dotted line.

Amid claims last week that Thompson was set to join Tottenham Hotspur, we’d covered reports that the player had actually been pictured in Newcastle, and that he hadn’t made his final decision. It seems that decision has now been made.

Thompson’s Arsenal deal came to an end this summer, and the Gunners were keen to extend, but it seems the player wanted assurances over his position.

Thompson’s father Karl took to social media on Monday morning to say: “Future is so bright, and we can’t wait for him to get started and play in the position he’s best at – RW.”

The 16-year-old did spend time on the right with Arsenal this season, but he spent just as much time playing at centre-forward or (less frequently) on the left.

Arsenal reportedly signed Thompson from West Ham United for £1.1m, and they handed the player a full scholarship at St. John’s Senior School.

After that, the Gunners fast-tracked Thompson through the ranks, giving the 16-year-old 28 appearances in the u18s this season, as well as three appearances in the u19s and one for the u21s.

To go through all that only for the player to leave for a Premier League rival is undoubtedly a shame, but it seems he felt he was more likely to play in the position he wants to play in Newcastle.

Tottenham Hotspur defender Elijah Upson has chosen to join Arsenal, following in the footsteps of his father, according to a report.

Simon Jones reports for the Daily Mail that Matthew Upson’s son Elijah has decided to join Arsenal, having come to the end of his contract with Tottenham Hotspur this summer.

Elijah rejected a contract extension with Spurs and fielded offers from Chelsea, Manchester City, Everton, Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Bayer Leverkusen, and AS Monaco.

But Jones reports that Upson Jr. visited Arsenal’s training ground on Wednesday and held talks with his family, and he’s now decided to join the Gunners this summer.

Given Upson’s age, Arsenal will now need to agree a training compensation fee with Spurs, so the deal isn’t done yet. But the player’s mind is made up.

The Premier League recently confirmed in their retained lists that Spurs had made Upson a new contract offer, but the club themselves announced that he rejected it and will leave.

Upson had been a regular starter for the Spurs academy for much of the 2025/26 campaign. The centre-back appeared in six of Spurs’ seven UEFA Youth League games, and he started 13 of their first 16 u18 Premier League fixtures of the season.

Of the three games he didn’t start, one was due to injury, one was because he was starting for the u21s, and he came off the bench as a substitute in the third (against Arsenal).

But speculation around Upson’s future seemingly hurt his gametime, as he suddenly dropped out of the squad in mid-February and didn’t return to it.

As well as playing for Spurs, Upson is an England youth international, making a couple of appearances for the England u18s in October, and receiving a call-up for the u17 World Cup in November. Unfortunately, he had to pull out with the same injury mentioned above.

Arsenal youngster Kyran Thompson’s future is the subject of some confusion, with reports he’s signed for Tottenham Hotspur but images showing him in Newcastle.

Arsenal’s Kyran Thompson is set to leave the club this summer, coming to the end of his youth contract and seemingly turning down the chance to sign another.

Tottenham Hotspur had been heavily linked with a move, and reports now suggest they may have completed it.

Isaan Khan of the Daily Mail claims it’s a done deal, with Thompson signing a new contract to make the north London switch.

Yet the timing of the report is somewhat confusing, with Thompson pictured in Newcastle the previous day.

Newcastle United had also been pushing to sign Thompson on an initial scholarship deal, and the player’s presence up north would suggest they’d made some headway.

Spurs’ insider Paul O’Keefe claims that Tottenham sources are saying the youngster hasn’t given any club an answer yet, and the situation is up in the air. The player is still reportedly in talks with the various clubs involved.

Whether Thompson ends up at Spurs or Newcastle, Arsenal will be disappointed in his decision not to renew.

The club reportedly signed Thompson from West Ham United for £1.1m, and they handed the player a full scholarship at St. John’s Senior School.

After that, the Gunners fast-tracked Thompson through the ranks, giving the 16-year-old 28 appearances in the u18s this season, as well as three appearances in the u19s and one for the u21s.

To go through all that only for the player to leave for a Premier League rival is undoubtedly a shame.

Everton are still considering a move for Arsenal’s Ben White, but they’re also looking at Tottenham Hotspur’s Djed Spence, according to a report.

Jay Harris and Patrick Boyland report for The Athletic that Everton have Arsenal right-back Ben White on their summer shortlist, but they’re also interested in Tottenham Hotspur’s Djed Spence.

Guela Doue is another player drawing Everton’s interest, but the Strasbourg defender is reportedly likely to be too expensive, pushing the Toffees towards Spence or White instead.

White’s situation is a little unclear at the moment, with Gary Jacob reporting for The Times recently that the player’s future is “clouded by injury”.

Jacob added that White is drawing interest from fellow Premier League sides Everton and Crystal Palace, and that he’s “unlikely to take a drop in level” this summer.

Over the final few months of the 2025/26, it began to look increasingly likely that White would be on the way out in the summer. But we’re now almost in July, and if anything, reports are now much less certain about the defender’s fate.

White’s injury is obviously having a significant impact. A Premier League club that might have been willing to pay a good fee for a fully-fit White might now think twice or lower their offer in light of his knee injury.

Arsenal confirmed in May that White had suffered a significant medial knee ligament injury, and that they were aiming to have him back for their pre-season preparations later this year.

Perhaps that will lead to interested clubs firming up their interest as and when they see White back out on the pitch. If Arsenal do get any offers before then, they may not be the kind of offers the club are looking for.

Tottenham Hotspur submitted the same bid to sign Sandro Tonali twice, despite Newcastle United’s initial rejection, and the player still prefers to join Arsenal.

Tottenham Hotspur are keen on the signing of Sandro Tonali from Newcastle United, and they recently submitted an offer of £75m for the midfielder. Newcastle rejected the bid, hoping for a package of £100m instead.

Craig Hope reports for the Daily Mail that Spurs decided to go back in again, but rather than improving their offer, they simply asked Newcastle to reconsider the initial £75m bid.

Unsurprisingly, Newcastle swiftly rejected the second attempt too. With Tonali still having four years on his contract, any deal to sign him will be an expensive one.

To make matters worse from a Spurs perspective, Luke Edwards of The Telegraph reports that he doesn’t believe Tonali really wants to join Tottenham anyway.

The journalist claims he’s been informed the player would prefer Arsenal or Manchester City.

Edwards isn’t the first to make that claim, though it may not matter. Even before Spurs tested the water and unearthed just how much money Newcastle want, there were already reports from James McNicholas of The Athletic that the signing may prove prohibitively expensive to Arsenal.

If Arsenal wanted to sign Tonali at any cost, there’s really no reason why he should end up at Spurs. The Gunners have Champions League football, they’re the Premier League champions, and the alternative is a move to the back-to-back 17th-place finishers.

But if Arsenal think Spurs are bidding too much, and that bid still isn’t enough to convince Newcastle to sell, then it’s hard to see the player ending up at the Emirates Stadium next season.

Tottenham are ready to push again for the Newcastle midfielder, but Arsenal’s interest could change the shape of the race.

Sandro Tonali is open to joining Tottenham Hotspur this summer, but Arsenal are understood to be his preference if the Premier League champions firm up their interest in the Newcastle United midfielder.

Tottenham are expected to return with an improved offer after seeing an opening bid rejected, with Spurs ready to push hard for a deal and currently regarded as the most advanced club in the race.

The potential fee remains the obvious complication, with Newcastle under no immediate pressure to sell a player who is under contract at St James’ Park until 2029, with an option for a further year.

Tonali joined Newcastle from AC Milan three years ago in a £55m deal and has since become one of their key players. Despite Newcastle’s financial difficulties, which forced them to sell Anthony Gordon to Barcelona, the club are still likely to demand a substantial fee for the Italy midfielder.

Reports differ slightly on the size of Tottenham’s rejected opening bid, with one figure put at £75m and another in the region of £80m, but the direction of travel is clear.

Spurs are preparing to try again, and Roberto De Zerbi is central to their push.

Arsenal’s position is more complicated. James McNicholas has reported for The Athletic that Mikel Arteta remains a fan of Tonali, though the length of the midfielder’s contract means any deal may prove prohibitively expensive.

David Ornstein has also confirmed interest from Arsenal and Manchester City, adding that Andrea Berta contacted the player’s agent in the January transfer window.

Newcastle were unwilling to do business then, while the asking price was beyond Arsenal’s budget at that stage, anyway. The price does not appear to have come down, although Newcastle now seem open to a deal if a club meets their valuation.

That leaves Arsenal with a decision to make. Tonali’s preference, if Arsenal firm up their interest, gives the champions an obvious advantage over Tottenham, particularly with Champions League football.

Spurs, by contrast, may need to be more aggressive. Back-to-back 17th-place finishes have left them in a very different market position. If Newcastle’s valuation proves too high for Arsenal and City, Tottenham’s best/only chance may be to overpay where their rivals will not. The price of desperation.

Newcastle, meanwhile, are already following up their their long-standing interest in Kees Smit as they prepare for Tonali’s possible departure. The Netherlands midfielder, rated at £60m by AZ Alkmaar, is also attracting strong competition, which underlines the scale of the moving parts around all deals this summer.

Arsenal are interested in signing Elijah Upson this summer, with the player set to leave Tottenham Hotspur when his contract expires this month.

James McNicholas reports for The Athletic that Arsenal are interested in signing Elijah Upson of Tottenham Hotspur, the son of former Gunner Matthew Upson.

McNicholas adds that the teenage defender is set to leave Spurs on the expiry of his contract at the end of June, and it seems Arsenal are poised to take advantage.

For Spurs’ part, they wanted the player to stay. The Premier League recently confirmed in their retained lists that Spurs had made Upson a new contract offer, and the club themselves announced that he rejected it and will leave.

Upson had been a regular starter for the Spurs academy for much of the 2025/26 campaign. The centre-back appeared in six of Spurs’ seven UEFA Youth League games, and he started 13 of their first 16 u18 Premier League fixtures of the season.

Of the three games he didn’t start, one was due to injury, one was because he was starting for the u21s, and he came off the bench as a substitute in the third (against Arsenal).

But speculation around Upson’s future seemingly hurt his gametime, as he suddenly dropped out of the squad in mid-February and didn’t return to it.

As well as playing for Spurs, Upson is an England youth international, making a couple of appearances for the England u18s in October, and receiving a call-up for the u17 World Cup in November. Unfortunately, he had to pull out with the same injury mentioned above.

For what it’s worth, Arsenal wouldn’t simply be able to pick Upson up as a free agent. Spurs would be due training compensation for the time the player spent with their academy.

But with Spurs already resigned to losing Upson, it seems Arsenal are in a good position to make the transfer happen.

Eberechi Eze has fired a couple of shots at Tottenham Hotspur, joking that he made the right choice to join Arsenal and that his favourite moment of the season came against their local rivals.

As if watching Arsenal win the Premier League wasn’t bad enough for Spurs fans, they’ve also had to endure Eberechi Eze rubbing it in a bit over the last few days.

In the immediate aftermath of Arsenal’s final-day win over Crystal Palace and subsequent trophy lift, Eze was sarcastically asked by Lee Dixon whether he made the right decision joining the Gunners over 17th-placed Spurs.

Eze laughed in response, before composing himself to say: “I’m pretty sure. I’m pretty sure I did.”

To further rub salt in the wounds, Eze then said in an interview with Sky Sports that his favourite moment of the season actually came in a match against Spurs.

“The second game against Tottenham,” Eze responded. “The first game, of course, hat-trick’s incredible and I know that’s a special moment.

“But the second game, I think because of the lead-up into that, personally. What I was going through, the momentum, and the phase that I was in. For me, that game was like a big shift.

“I felt that in myself, in the team as well. For me, that’s probably my favourite moment.”

Though Eze could only manage a brace away at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, compared to his hat-trick at the Emirates, his answer nonetheless makes sense.

At the Emirates, Eze came into the game already holding a starting role in the Arsenal team. But before for the away game, Eze had only started one of the previous 11 league matches – and he’d been subbed off at half-time on that occasion.

So Eze went away to Spurs with a point to prove, in front of the home supporters who had so vehemently turned on him following his decision to reject them and his subsequent hat-trick against them.

With Arsenal winning 4-1 once again, and Eze winning back his spot in the lineup, it’s not hard to see why it felt so good.

Arsenal were marking their first league title in 22 years, while Tottenham’s players were out after avoiding relegation on the final day.

Arsenal and Tottenham players reportedly ended up partying together in central London after the final day of the Premier League season, with the two north London rivals marking very different ends to the campaign.

For Mikel Arteta’s side, the night followed the formal trophy lift at Selhurst Park, where Arsenal celebrated their first league title in 22 years.

For Tottenham, the emotion was relief rather than glory after they avoided relegation on the final day.

According to SunSport, Arsenal’s players began their celebrations at the Mediterranean restaurant Bacchanalia in Mayfair, where non-playing staff, backroom employees, training-ground staff, families and friends were invited to join the squad.

The venue was all-but closed to the public, allowing Arsenal’s players and staff to celebrate privately after a demanding season that ended with the club back at the top of English football.

Luis Dunford sang The Angel, while Declan Rice lead a sing-along to ‘Rice Rice Baby”, although it’s not clear at what ven’.

Some of the squad later moved on to Bagatelle, before heading to Tape nightclub, where they reportedly crossed paths with Tottenham players, who were also out after the final round of fixtures.

Despite the rivalry between the clubs, “SunSport was told both sets of players partied together into the early hours of the Bank Holiday morning.”

I’m sure the Spurs’ fans will love those images if they ever come out.

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Oliver Glasner has congratulated Arsenal, Mikel Arteta, and Eberechi Eze on their Premier League title success, but his comments might not make Spurs fans too happy.

Speaking ahead of Arsenal’s match away to Crystal Palace this weekend, Palace boss Oliver Glasner gave his congratulations to the club, manager Mikel Arteta, and former Palace player Eberechi Eze.

“I want to congratulate Arsenal, Mikel Arteta, his players & staff for winning the title after 22 years,” Glasner said. “It’s a fantastic job he’s done.

“A special congratulations to Eberechi Eze, he made the right decision to go to Arsenal and not another club.”

Though the comments sound innocent enough, they’re unlikely to go down well with Tottenham Hotspur supporters.

When Glasner mentions that Eze joined Arsenal rather than “another club”, the other club in question is very clearly Spurs. The Gunners midfielder was heavily linked with a move to Tottenham up until Kai Havertz’s injury pushed Arsenal into the market, at which point Spurs’ chances disappeared.

It’s pretty inarguable that Eze made the right choice to join Arsenal, given he already has a Premier League title under his belt, with a Champions League final coming up next weekend.

Spurs sit 17th, two points above the relegation zone and still at risk of the drop on the final day.

Eze undoubtedly would have helped Spurs avoid their current position, but there’s little chance his impact would have been sufficient to lift them above Arsenal.

There will be no regrets on Eze’s end, but perhaps Spurs fans will feel a little aggrieved that Glasner had to point that out.