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Stays at AFC BournemouthNo move“Arsenal news: Three Prem stars on Gunners' shopping list as Mikel Arteta sends message. Arsenal are already looking ahead to the January transfer window, with three Premier League players said to be on their on shopping list when the window reopens…”
In the article“According to TeamTalk, Marcus Tavernier, Eli Junior Kroupi and Alex Scott are all currently being watched by the Gunners, reports the Mirror.”
“Bournemouth star Marcus Tavernier is generating significant Premier League interest following his hugely impressive start to the season, with Arsenal and Manchester United among the clubs keeping close tabs on his progress, @TEAMtalk can exclusively reveal…”
“Arsenal want TWO Bournemouth stars but Man Utd could snatch one – Exclusive. Arsenal are interested in signing a pair of Bournemouth attackers, though competition for one comes in the form of Man Utd…”
In the article“Bournemouth star Marcus Tavernier is generating significant Premier League interest following his hugely impressive start to the season, with Arsenal and Manchester United among the clubs keeping close tabs on his progress, TEAMtalk can exclusively reveal.”
Marcus Tavernier has caught the eye at Bournemouth this season, and his form has pulled in Premier League interest. The reports place Arsenal among the admirers, with Manchester United also watching. For now this is interest and nothing firmer: no bid, no approach, no talks. Tavernier has 30 months left on his Bournemouth deal, which runs to 30 June 2029, so the club hold every card. No Premier League window is open; the next runs from 1 January to 1 February 2027.
TEAMtalk first reported it on 5 November, framed as an exclusive, with Graeme Bailey adding that Arsenal and United are monitoring the 27-year-old. CaughtOffside then relayed the same TEAMtalk material the same day, so it is one voice carried twice rather than several outlets confirming each other. No trusted reporter has backed it, and every outlet carrying it is a tabloid or an aggregator.
The chance of this completing by the February deadline is slim. What exists is monitoring, not a move. For it to turn real, Arsenal would need to make an approach, agree a fee and prise a player with two and a half years left out of a club under no pressure to sell. None of that has happened yet.
The first concrete trigger would be an actual bid from Arsenal, or United firming up their own interest into one. Until a real offer lands and Bournemouth name a price, this is a watching brief and little more.
Bournemouth from Middlesbrough€12mMarcus Tavernier’s real transfer fees, for context, not a prediction.
Transfer Tracker rates Marcus Tavernier to Arsenal at 3%, a longshot on the current reporting from 2 reporters.
Besides Arsenal, Transfer Tracker's model rates Marcus Tavernier's other live options as Manchester United 2%.
