{"id":1244705,"date":"2022-01-31T19:03:31","date_gmt":"2022-01-31T19:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1244705"},"modified":"2022-01-31T19:03:31","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T19:03:31","slug":"arsenal-raul-de-tomas-transfer-rejected","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/arsenal-raul-de-tomas-transfer-rejected\/","title":{"rendered":"Espanyol chairman confirms he rejected an offer from Arsenal for star striker Raul de Tomas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src='\/\/asset.fwcdn2.com\/js\/storyblock.js'><\/script><br \/>\n<fw-storyblock channel=\"squawka\" playlist=\"5L00K5\" mode=\"pinned\" autoplay=\"autoplay\"><\/fw-storyblock><\/p>\n<p><strong>The chairman of Espanyol has confirmed Arsenal made an enquiry for Raul de Tomas but their advances were quickly pushed back.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mikel Arteta is thought to be in the market for a striker this January with uncertainties over the futures of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang &#8212; who has been frozen out due to disciplinary issues &#8212; Alexandre Lacazette &#8212; whose contract expires in the summer &#8212; and Eddie Nketiah, who appears un-fancied by the Spaniard.<\/p>\n<p>Aubameyang looked set to leave north London on deadline day and was even spotted in Spain ahead of a potential move to Barcelona on loan, but talks reportedly broke down after issues with the Gabon international&#8217;s salary, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/pierre-emerick-aubameyang-barcelona-arsenal-peter-odemwingie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">leading to Peter Odemwingie comparisons, who famously drove to QPR and failed to secure a move<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><\/p>\n<p>The Gunners have naturally been linked with a host of names, not least Dusan Vlahovic, who recently moved to Juventus for a fee just north of \u00a360m, and Alexander Isak, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/arsenal-twitter-alexander-isak-transfer-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">who was spotted in London over the weekend<\/a>, leading to heightened speculation that he was on the cusp of joining the club.<\/p>\n<p>However, neither player pitched up at the Emirates. And another name that can now be dismissed is De Tomas who, according to Espanyol chairman <span>Jose Maria Duran, was the subject of an enquiry by the London club, but the Catalan supremo was in no mood to entertain offers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Duran told <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/esport3\/status\/1488131756079423488\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Sport3<\/em><\/a>:\u00a0<\/span>&#8220;Arsenal<span> called for Raul de Tomas. 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We will not let Raul de Tomas go, especially not in the middle of the season.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old has been electric for the Catalan club this campaign, netting 11 goals in just 20 La Liga games, which also culminated in the Madrid-born marksman being handed his international debut last year.<\/p>\n<p>He featured twice for Spain in November&#8217;s World Cup Qualifiers, earning caps against Greece and Sweden as Luis Enrique&#8217;s <i lang=\"es\">La Roja <\/i>topped Group B to book their ticket to Qatar 2022.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/bet\/betting-sites\/livescore-bet-bonus-code\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>How to get a bet bonus code by signing up to Live Score\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/bet\/football-tips\/premier-league\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Premier League betting tips from expert tipsters<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/bet\/football-live-streaming\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>How to live stream today&#8217;s football matches<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The chairman of Espanyol has confirmed Arsenal made an enquiry for Raul de Tomas but their advances were quickly pushed back. Mikel Arteta is thought to be in the market for a striker this January with uncertainties over the futures of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang &#8212; who has been frozen out due to disciplinary issues &#8212; Alexandre&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":1244706,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_focuskw":"","_yoast_wpseo_title":"Arsenal transfer news: Espanyol chairman confirms club rejected Gunners offer for star striker","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"The chairman of Espanyol has confirmed Arsenal made an enquiry for Raul de Tomas but their advances were quickly pushed back.","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"news-category":[],"class_list":["post-1244705","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"external_featured_image_url":"","hide_featured_image_pattern":false},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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