Gabriel Martinelli’s time at Arsenal could be entering a critical phase, with fresh reports linking the Brazilian winger to a summer move away.
According to GIVEMESPORT, European giants including AC Milan are tracking the 23-year-old, who has struggled for consistency in recent seasons. Once tipped to reach world-class status after his explosive arrival in 2019, Martinelli’s development has hit a plateau, though there’s still belief he can fulfil his early promise.
Milan eye Martinelli as Leão replacement
AC Milan are said to be stepping up their search for a new winger amid growing interest in Rafael Leão. With Bayern Munich keen on the Portuguese star, Milan are preparing contingency plans, and Martinelli is reportedly high on their shortlist, alongside Manchester City’s Jack Grealish.
Arsenal are believed to be open to letting Martinelli leave, but only for a fee north of £50 million. The club are not actively pushing him out the door, but his sale could help fund their summer transfer business.
Despite the speculation, Martinelli isn’t looking to force an exit. With two years left on his deal and wages around £180,000 per week, the Brazilian is said to be committed to fighting for his place, even if another winger arrives.
Rodrygo in, Martinelli out?
The challenge for Martinelli is clear: Arsenal are actively pursuing reinforcements on the left wing, and Real Madrid’s Rodrygo has emerged as a key target. A signing of that calibre would likely push Martinelli down the pecking order.
While that would strengthen the squad overall, it may also limit Martinelli’s minutes. With a crucial summer ahead, both club and player face a big decision.
Would a swap deal involving Rafael Leão make sense for Arsenal if Milan show serious intent?
Let us know what you think in the comments below.
Benjamin Kenneth
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Gabriel will stay forever…and next year will be a deamon
Would be a mistake in my opinion.
Name me a player who has had a good, consistent, productive season on the LW.
Every year we have a new LB, and Martinelli gets no overlapping support, and is isolated and double teamed because of Arteta’s obsession with inverted LB and possession over purpose.
Problem is the tactics, not the player. Martinelli was growing and improving under Emery, we saw the results.
However, he has been stagnant under Arteta, and he is not the only one. At what point do we question the tactics and style of play?
Spending 1.2 billion? Spending 1.5 billion?
How many new players need to be brought in before we focus on our insipid tactics?
Pls tell us were Emery tactice let us to? You don’t compare his tactice with Ateta……matineli performance is inconsistence …..Emery at Aston villa with his experience is not better than Ateta for now, may be with time. Don’t forget Ateta tactice outrun big teams .
I quite agree with Durand. Lack of overlapping support which B. Saks overwhelmingly enjoys (with the movement of Odegaard) is the main challenge of G. Martinelli. The lad is a good winger anytime. Whatever the case may be, Arteta should sign his ‘worldie’ Rodrigo before selling the fan fav Martinelli. I remain gutted to see K. Tierney leave and I couldn’t have predicted Arsenal’s lethargy in the current summer transfer. It is painful to wash us drag our foots this way. Whether Arsenal succeed or fail in 2025/2026, it will be decided in this current window
I love and will like Martinelli to remain in the club. He needs someone to really feed with passes and support in that left wing. His dribble runs are fantastic and defenders find him very troublesome and difficult to contend with. But with a New signing he will know that there is competitiveness in that position. My take.
If we sign a player now they won’t join the squad till the 16th July anyway as that’s when training starts again so have patience
Martelli to explode. Keep.
I’d be really sad to see Martinelli go, he gets little service but always gives his all, and not to mention him constantly challenging for the ball and dropping back to defend, plus he’s our best player to counter through. If we lose him I think we’ll regret it, and maybe big time.
If, and thats a big if, we had to get rid of one of our LW players I’d rather it was the aging Trossard, who for the first half of last season underperformed far more than Gabi.
My opinion is to keep Martinelli and let Trossard free,he has done it,while doing all the work to bring in Nico. That plater can make something from nothing and he has the strength. Nico is a better option now that we have Spanish players,the chemistry will be supper good. Thanks
I totally agree with you that we should sell Trossard. Mart fared better when Granit J was playing number 8. There is currently no much support for him unlike on the right. I hate to see him leave only to hit world class elsewhere
Arsenal always sells it’s prime performers for cheap, and then goes and buys underperforming rejects expensively.!!! What kind of heads are in that boardroom.
They chicken out of the Leao deal, want to sell Martinelli and get Sane in his place????. Just disgusting. Another Havertz deal.
He’s not good enough he must go
Arsenal should not Let Martinillis leave the team as they play lots of games, many injuries, at times he can play as a striker,premier league is very tough,don’t be surprised the striker failing to jell with the team,and Martin is there to help
Spot on Durand!!
I don’t know if a fit Tomiyasu would have helped Martinelli, but we had a fully fit Kieren Tierney sitting on the bench who definitely would have done.
Of course we have to support MA’s style of play, but it does seem talents such as Martinelli(?), Tierney, ESR and Martinez are to readily let go.
Ken1945,
I totally agree with your post. Arteta likes hard working player’s to track back. While that’s a good thing, I think the likes of Martinelli while still doing the tracking back at times, should get a little more leeway regards tracking back, and therefore could concentrate his energy’s in the attacking third more often. Let the defensive midfielder cover for the two wingers, and give them the little more freedom that they need to create at the attacking end of the pitch.👍
Am washing my hands from the proposed selling of the young Brazilian
Don’t believe would ever happen, none of those European sides would be willing to mstch his wages.
Which is good because I am convinced we would regret selling him!
Question is who would we buy as an upgrade on Martinelli? There’s not many players available in this position. Trossard sold and someone who can compete with Martinelli makes more sense. Martinelli is still 23 years old. And tbh, can Milan even afford him, doubt it. I dont see this happening and if an attacker goes it should be Leo.
If we really can sell martinelli for 50m and sign rodrygo, we obviously should – I don’t see the issue? Everyone likes martinelli (works extremely hard and is a very good talent), but he’s not been consistent and we can definitely improve that position. Milan would also be a good move for him imo, and could help him take his game on. Rodrygo would be a big improvement imo – we wouldn’t need to make excuses of not having the perfect overlapping LB to support him. (People love to forget that martinelli’s big breakout season where he scored 15, the only time he’s reached double figures, was the one where zinchenko was playing as an inverted fullback and Tierney started only 6 games – xhaka was great that year, but it wasn’t the overlapping fullback that made martinelli good!)
The main issue for me is that I really can’t see us getting rodrygo this summer as I think Alonso will want to keep him and will probably convince him to stay at Madrid for at least another season. With Williams also unlikely to join, the alternatives become less convincing.
What a dumb move were it to happen. In what sort of world would you keep Viera, Merino and Harvetz while getting rid of a 24 year old who still has room to grow.
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Iv no wish to see Martinelli#11 running out for a side against us. He is still young – we took him from BRA and essentially its the arsenal that made him. What occurs to me is this player is that the player doesn’t just want to take instead he seems eager to repay and give back.
We should entertain and immediately DISMISS the idea of selling Gabriel Martinelli. Better to bring in his (BRA) compatriot Joao Pedro who is his age to provide some healthy competition.
There’s some things you simply can’t buy and genuine loyalty has got to be one. Iv pointed out previous that he must be aware some fans see him as dispensable and its why I expect his response will be to step-up his goals tally. He is under scrutiny so he has to ‘deliver’ and that’s what I expect him to do.
Don’t expect Arteta to sell him – instead he’ll be provided competition. I trust martinelli to have a better 2026 especially under C. Ancelotti who will certainly help him rekindle his form.
Hi Arsenal fans, what we are missing is a left sided player with the ability to beat the opposing right back 1 v 1. If you’re good then the opponents will double up or even treble up. You’ve got to go past that with a combination of skill and pace or tactical awareness. So Raphael Leao is a significant upgrade on Martinelli and Trossard
Why should Arsenal sell Martinelli and not Troussard. Please keep Martinelli. Sell Troussard
I thought the plan was to add quality depth to our squad, not replace players…
If I am wrong ang we have to sell, then yes I would say probably Trossard.
However, I am of the opinion we don’t sell either.
Martinelli is a quality crosser, per FBRef 93rd percentile, but he has no one to aim at.
When commentators on a match talk about Arsenal needing a striker, it’s after he or Saka has pinged a dangerous cross in and no one is getting on the end of it.
Sesko/Gyokers/Anyone will improve Martinelli by providing an effective target. None of the other wingers linked cross as well as him.
A good striker occupying the centre-backs should also reduce doubling up on him too.
Imo, we should sell Trossard to help fund for a better winger, like Leão or Rodrygo. But we should keep Martinelli and hope that he can improve with better players around him. Maybe his value could go up.