{"id":1021,"date":"2026-05-02T12:51:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T12:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esport.com.ng\/?p=1021"},"modified":"2026-05-02T12:51:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T12:51:19","slug":"70m-newcastle-star-convinced-he-is-joining-gunners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esport.com.ng\/?p=1021","title":{"rendered":"\u00a370m Newcastle star \u2018convinced he is joining\u2019 Gunners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p>Newcastle United full-back Tino Livramento believes that he will join Arsenal and play for the Gunners next season under manager Mikel Arteta, according to a report.<\/p>\n<p>Jurrien Timber and Ben White are the two recognised right-backs in the current <strong>Arsenal<\/strong> squad.<\/p>\n<p>Timber has established himself as the number one right-back for Arsenal, who could sell White in the summer transfer window.<\/p>\n<p>White\u2019s potential departure would leave Arsenal manager Arteta and sporting director Andrea Berta needing to sign a replacement.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tino Livramento<\/strong> could potentially be that replacement, with transfer journalist <em>Ben Jacobs <\/em>reporting this week that Arsenal and Manchester City are keen on the <strong>Newcastle United<\/strong> right-back.<\/p>\n<p>Jacobs said on <em>The United Stand<\/em>: \u201cThere are two Premier League clubs for Livramento in particular, in Arsenal and Manchester City, that are prepared to make offers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ: Arsenal compiling \u2018confidential report\u2019 on \u00a3130m superstar who has \u2018won everything\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Man City\u2019s interest in Livramento was reported by <em>TEAMtalk<\/em> on March 1, with the transfer news outlet claiming that \u2018Newcastle will hold out for \u00a370 million\u2019 for the 23-year-old England international.<\/p>\n<p>Livramento is a right-back by trade, but the 23-year-old is also able to play as a left-back.<\/p>\n<p><em>Hand of Arsenal<\/em>an Arsenal-centric account on <em>X <\/em>with almost 280,000 followers, is now reporting that the Newcastle star believes that he will make the move to the Emirates Stadium in the summer transfer window.<\/p>\n<p><smartframe-embed customer-id=\"1ffbae35d432d0d71911ca2a0b209fbb\" image-id=\"prsiIOB8W8Ns\" style=\"width: 100%; display: inline-flex; max-width: 100%;\"\/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Tino Livramento thinks he will leave Newcastle for Arsenal<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>In a long post on <em>X<\/em>published at 6:33pm on May 1, the account has also revealed that Arsenal believe that Timber will sign a new contract and, like Livramento, Ajax and Belgium international attacking player Mika Godts is also open to a move to the Emirates Stadium.<\/p>\n<p><em>Hand of Arsenal<\/em> has posted: \u201cArsenal are now confident Jurrien Timber will put pen to paper and sign a long-term extension this summer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE: Arsenal in \u2018full-blown bidding war\u2019 for record-breaking \u20ac150m star after Andrea Berta \u2018initiates discussions\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cTalks have progressed excellently with his new deal reflecting his status within the squad.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn terms of his current health status, groin injuries are very tricky to manage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs far as I know they have been trying to manage him back into playing condition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was told he was seeing a specialist but I need further confirmation \/ clarity on that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople around the club are still optimistic he features again this season but truthfully I check everyday (sic) waiting to give you the news he is back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cArsenal are tracking Mika Godts. My understanding is the Belgian would be very open to joining Arsenal should we step up our interest and make a serious play for him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs reported this week, Kai Havertz is pushing to return with Arteta saying he could make Atleti (H).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFinally, like last summer, multiple targets are being spoken to for each position.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of these players is Livramento who is convinced he is joining Arsenal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI must stress we have not made any contact with Newcastle so there is no current indication he is our top target.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery day there is a new \u2018link\u2019 and its (sic) probably just Berta doing basic checks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo need for \u2018major breaking\u2019 everyday. I hope this update provides some much needed clarity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT: Arsenal v Fulham: Prediction, team news, lineups and odds<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/div>\n<p><script>\n        !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n        {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n        n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n        if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n        n.queue=();t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n        t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)(0);\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n        'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n        fbq('init', '1399787394855675');\n        fbq('track', 'PageView');\n    <\/script><script>\n        !function(e,n,t){var o=e.getElementsByTagName(n)(0);e.getElementById\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newcastle United full-back Tino Livramento believes that he will join Arsenal and play for the Gunners next season under manager Mikel Arteta, according to a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1022,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/esport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1021\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}