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‘Tell me this is a lie’: Some Arsenal fans fume as club suffer blow in selling £100k-a-week player

Dylan Walsh

Sun 25 July 2021 20:15, UK

Arsenal have suffered a blow in their attempt to sell Granit Xhaka to AS Roma this summer.

According to il Tempo , negotiations between the two clubs over the Swiss international have come to an end.

Indeed, Roma have been in talks with Arsenal over a deal for Xhaka for most of the summer.

Moreover, , the Serie A side have agreed personal terms with Xhaka. However, Roma are yet to reach Arsenal’s matching price for the midfielder.

The Arsenal midfielder, who earns £100,000-a-week , is a player Mikel Arteta is eager to sell this summer. Albert Sambi Lokonga has already been signed to replace the 28-year-old maestro.

However, this update was met with fierce backlash from Arsenal fans on social media.

Supporters are keen to see Xhaka move on this window, and this news was a huge blow to this transfer actually happening.

Here’s what some Arsenal fans had to say on Twitter about Roma reportedly ending talks with Xhaka…

Someone tell me this is a lie

— Bena Slim (@bena_slim1)

Please can someone else take him? Im so tired of this…

— ArsenalStartingXI (@ArsenalStarting)

he’ll be here for this season won’t he, more fool me to think we were serious about taking steps forward

— Leonard (@LJB199)

?????????????????

— Cian🇮🇪 (@afccian)

— Hasan96 (@Hasan9619)

Oh man I don't want another year of this guy🤕

— Meltdown FC. (@BeastDaBest)

As well as Sambi, Arsenal have also signed Nuno Tavares. Ben White is also close to joining in a £50m deal.