Arsenal and Newcastle dealt blow as transfer target confirms decision to stay

Each Newcastle United and Arsenal have been dealt a blow as Bayer Leverkusen winger Moussa Diaby has confirmed his determination to stay in Germany this summer season regardless of Premier League curiosity.

The 23-year-old was in spectacular type for Leverkusen final marketing campaign, with 13 objectives and 12 assists in 32 Bundesliga video games, in addition to an extra 4 objectives and a pair of assists in 8 Europa League outings.

Leverkusen’s French ahead Moussa Diaby celebrates scoring the opening purpose in the course of the German first division Bundesliga soccer match Bayer 04 Leverkusen v BVB Borussia Dortmund  (Picture by MARTIN MEISSNER/POOL/AFP by way of Getty Photographs)

And, the ahead has been closely linked with a transfer to St James’ Park, with Newcastle United seeking to bolster their frontline as they give the impression of being to take a position vital funds into their squad following the PIF takeover of the membership in 2021.

Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal have been one other aspect credited with an interest, much more so following their failure to finish a deal for Leeds United winger Raphinha, who finally joined Barcelona.

Now, nevertheless, it has emerged that either side will likely be compelled to look elsewhere, with Diaby confirming that he will likely be remaining in Germany subsequent season.

“I’ve made my determination and I’ll be taking part in for Bayer Leverkusen once more subsequent season”, the Frenchman informed outlet RP on-line.

Moussa Diaby says he’ll stay at Leverkusen subsequent season.

He tells RP On-line: “I’ve made my determination and I’ll be taking part in for Bayer Leverkusen once more subsequent season.”

Newcastle did discover signing Diaby however by no means ready to overpay.

— Ben Jacobs (@JacobsBen) July 19, 2022

Such information will pressure each Newcastle and the Gunners to look elsewhere for ahead reinforcements, and with simply 3 weeks till the start of yet one more Premier League season, they are going to have to take action shortly.

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Premier League desk

#	Group	MP	D	P
1	AFC Bournemouth	0	0	0
2	Arsenal FC	0	0	0
3	Aston Villa	0	0	0
4	Brentford FC	0	0	0
5	Brighton & Hove Albion	0	0	0
6	Chelsea FC	0	0	0
7	Crystal Palace	0	0	0
8	Everton FC	0	0	0
9	Fulham FC	0	0	0
10	Leeds United	0	0	0
11	Leicester Metropolis	0	0	0
12	Liverpool FC	0	0	0
13	Manchester Metropolis	0	0	0
14	Manchester United	0	0	0
15	Newcastle United	0	0	0
16	Nottingham Forest	0	0	0
17	Southampton FC	0	0	0
18	Tottenham Hotspur	0	0	0
19	West Ham United	0	0	0
20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0	0	0

Participant	Group	Targets
Salah, Mohamed	Liverpool FC	23
Son, Heung Min	Tottenham Hotspur	23
Ronaldo, Cristiano	Manchester United	18
Kane, Harry	Tottenham Hotspur	17
Mane, Sadio	Liverpool FC	16
De Bruyne, Kevin	Manchester Metropolis	15
Jota, Diogo	Liverpool FC	15
Vardy, Jamie	Leicester Metropolis	15
Zaha, Wilfried	Crystal Palace	14
Sterling, Raheem	Manchester Metropolis	13
Bowen, Jarrod	West Ham United	12
Maddison, James	Leicester Metropolis	12
Toney, Ivan	Brentford FC	12
Mount, Mason	Chelsea FC	11
Saka, Bukayo	Arsenal FC	11
Mahrez, Riyad	Manchester Metropolis	11
Richarlison	Everton FC	11
Pukki, Teemu	Norwich Metropolis	11
Raphinha	Leeds United	11
Watkins, Ollie	Aston Villa	11

Participant	Group	Purple Playing cards	Yellow Playing cards
Mings, Tyrone	Aston Villa	0	11
Xhaka, Granit	Arsenal FC	1	10
Tarkowski, James	Burnley FC	0	11
Firpo, Junior	Leeds United	0	11
Fernandes, Bruno	Manchester United	0	10
Gallagher, Conor	Crystal Palace	0	10
Brownhill, Josh	Burnley FC	0	10
Bednarek, Jan	Southampton FC	0	10
Bissouma, Yves	Brighton & Hove Albion	0	10
Moreno, Rodrigo	Leeds United	0	9
Neves, Ruben	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0	9
Romeu, Oriol	Southampton FC	0	9
Rudiger, Antonio	Chelsea FC	0	9
Mctominay, Scott	Manchester United	0	9
Salisu, Mohammed	Southampton FC	0	8
Ronaldo, Cristiano	Manchester United	0	8
Toney, Ivan	Brentford FC	0	8
Dennis, Emmanuel	Watford FC	0	7
Richarlison	Everton FC	0	8
Pogba, Paul	Manchester United	1	7

Participant	Group	Assists
Salah, Mohamed	Liverpool FC	13
Alexander-Arnold, Trent	Liverpool FC	12
Barnes, Harvey	Leicester Metropolis	11
Kane, Harry	Tottenham Hotspur	10
Bowen, Jarrod	West Ham United	10
Mount, Mason	Chelsea FC	10
Robertson, Andy	Liverpool FC	10
Maddison, James	Leicester Metropolis	9
James, Reece	Chelsea FC	9
Pogba, Paul	Manchester United	9
Cancelo, Joao	Manchester Metropolis	9
De Bruyne, Kevin	Manchester Metropolis	8
Jesus, Gabriel	Manchester Metropolis	8
Kulusevski, Dejan	Tottenham Hotspur	8
Son, Heung Min	Tottenham Hotspur	7
Saka, Bukayo	Arsenal FC	7
Antonio, Michail	West Ham United	7
Lacazette, Alexandre	Arsenal FC	7
Mbeumo, Bryan	Brentford FC	7
Fernandes, Bruno	Manchester United	6