Gabriel Martinelli has been officially confirmed as an Al-Hilal player following the completion of his £60 million ($81.2 million) move from ****** nal.
The 25-year-old Brazilian winger departs the Emirates for a club-record transfer fee after the Premier League champions opted to revamp their attack during the transfer window. The £60 million figure comfortably surpasses the previous record for an ****** nal sale, which was established by Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain's £35 million ($45.3 million) move to Liverpool back in 2017.
Martinelli's future had been uncertain for months, with speculation connecting ****** nal to some exceptionally talented and high-priced left-wing options, including Morgan Rogers and Vinicius Junior, as per The Mirror.
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LONDON (AP) — Brazil forward Gabriel Martinelli ended a seven-year spell at ***** nal by joining Saudi Pro League team Al-Hilal on Thursday.
Arsenal announced the deal on X, saying: "Thank you for everything and best of luck, Gabi."
No fee was disclosed but media reports put it at 60 million pounds ($81.2 million), which would make the 25-year-old Martinelli the English Premier League champion's most lucrative transfer departure.
It eclipses former midfielder Alex Oxlade Chamberlain's 35 million pounds ($46.3 million) exit to Liverpool in 2017.
Martinelli's move to the Saudi Pro League comes after fellow left-sided forward Leandro Trossard was sold to Besiktas last month.

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Arsenal forward Gabriel Martinelli has joined Saudi side Al-Hilal, the Premier League champions announced Thursday.
No fee was disclosed but British media reports said the deal was worth a guaranteed £60 million ($81 million).
That would make 25-year-old Brazil international Martinelli the most expensive player to leave the London club, following Alex Oxlade Chamberlain's £35 million exit to Liverpool in 2017.
Martinelli has signed a four-year deal with Al-Hilal, who are currently joint-top of the Saudi Pro League with Cristiano Ronaldo's Al-Nassr.
"Gabriel Martinelli has joined Saudi Pro League side Al-Hilal on a permanent transfer," said a statement on **** nal's website.

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The Celtic manager will be looking for a positive reaction from the players who will still be hurting having had their Champions League dream torn from them. They will know that the Celtic supporters who travelled to Linz were angry at the end and that was the same emotion for the rest of us watching on Amazon Prime.
Martin O'Neill has made three changes to his starting XI for today's match against Falkirk with Liam Scales replacing Auston Trusty, Alex Oxlade Chamberlain coming in for the Celtic captain Callum McGregor, who is suffering from a sickness bug while Haissem Hassan gets his first start for Celtic with Yang and Camilo Duran the other two forwards.
Duran will play as the striker with Kasper Hogh out with a knock picked up in Austria.
On the bench for Celtic this afternoon are Doohan, Trusty, McCowan, Tounekti, Osmand, Kenny, Murray, Forrest and Kennedy.
Kick-off is at 3pm and the match is live on Celtic Player for subscribers based outside of Britain and Ireland.

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1st March 2026; Ibrox; Scottish Premiership , Rangers versus Celtic; Alex Oxlade Chamberlain of Celtic. Photo Vagelis Georgariou Celtic Shorts
The midfielder extended his stay at the Hoops over the summer after making an important contribution under Martin O'Neill last season, but will now have to wait for his European debut in a Celtic shirt.
Credit to John McGinley from TCW for his reporting on this, Oxlade-Chamberlain is still serving a three-match UEFA suspension dating back to his final European appearance for Besiktas.
The former Liverpool and **** nal midfielder was shown a straight red card against Lugano in the UEFA Conference League after lashing out at opposition winger Renato Steffen, who was also dismissed.
The incident resulted in a three-match ban which carries over to his time at Celtic.

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Celtic manager Martin O'Neill has named his team for this evening's Premier Sports Cup clash with Dundee United. The Scottish Champions are in the City of Discovery as they look to rectify two defeats in their last two visits to face Jim Goodwin's side.
The manager returns to the dugout after missing the emphatic 5-1 victory against Kilmarnock last weekend.
Vil Sinisalo starts in goals. In front of the Finnish stopper is a back four comprising of Liam Scales at left back, Auston Trusty and Cameron Carter-Vickers as the central pairing and Colby Donovan at right back.
Callum McGregor skippers the side in the centre of midfield. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain makes his first appearance of the season, starting in the midfield alongside McGregor and Benji Nygren.
In attack, Sebastian Tounekti starts with Camilo Duran and Kasper Hogh.

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Martin O'Neill returns to the dugout today for Celtic's League Cup opener against Dundee United at Tannadice and has made four changes to last weekend's 5-1 SPFL win at Kilmarnock.
In come Liam Scales, Sebastian Tounekti, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Colby Donovan for this evening's game with Arne Engels, Alistair Johnston, Kieran Tierney and Yang all missing from last week's starters.
There are places on the bench for new Bhoys Haissem and Hassan and Mika Baur who joined the Champions during the week.
The full team:
CELTIC: Sinisalo, Donovan, Trusty, Carter-Vickers, Scales, McGregor, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Nygren, Durán, Tounekti, Høgh.

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Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain says the Celtic "pressure cooker" is the ideal environment for him to thrive.
The England international signed a short-term deal with the Parkhead club in February and helped them win a league and Scottish Cup double last season.
The 32-year-old signed a new deal earlier this summer and is hungry for more success, starting with Monday's Scottish Premiership opener against Dundee.
"When the opportunity to come here last year came up, the fact that it was going to be a challenge, I really enjoyed that," he said.
"The idea of just trying to do whatever I could to give some experience or, at times, a few moments of quality that could help the lads go on to achieve what we did. The way it ended up was like dreamland stuff.

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If a recent transfer update from Sky Sports journalist Anthony Joseph is accurate, Celtic have offered Kelechi Iheanacho a new contract, with the Nigerian now training on his own after his Parkhead deal expired a couple of weeks ago. However, the in-demand centre-forward has yet to accept the offer, as he is ***** sing all the proposals before committing his future.
The 29-year-old Nigerian international completed a Bosman switch, reuniting with Brendan Rodgers back in September. But the Northern Irishman stepped down from his role in less than two months following a series of disappointing outcomes. Iheanacho, who was supposed to spearhead the attack, had a stop-start season due to persistent injury problems. Nevertheless, he shook it off late in the campaign and netted some decisive goals as a ‘super sub’ en route to conquering the ‘domestic double’.
MOTHERWELL, SCOTLAND – MAY 13: Stephen O’Donnell of Motherwell passes the ball while under pressure from Kelechi Iheanacho of Celtic during the William Hill Premiership match between Motherwell and Celtic at Fir Park on May 13, 2026 in Motherwell, Scotland. (Photo by Zak Mauger/Getty Images)
Although the deadline for triggering the one-year extension of his previous contract had already expired, Martin O’Neill has confirmed that a concrete offer has been made for the hitman. The veteran Northern Irish boss reiterated his desire to keep hold of the ‘number 9’, and it is now up to Iheanacho whether he prefers a return or a fresh challenge elsewhere.
Despite a slow start to the window, Celtic have lately stepped up their transfer business. O’Neill has convinced Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain to stay for at least one more season. Also, a fee of around £6m has been splashed to secure Camilo Duran’s services from Qarabağ. Meanwhile, Daizen Maeda is seeking an exit to pursue his Premier League dreams, and Duran, known for his high work ethic and flexibility up top, could emerge as a like-for-like replacement for the ***** anese striker.

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That’s correct, the upcoming season is only three weeks away, and rather worryingly, we have still to improve the overall quality of our fragile squad.
It’s like Groundhog Day, in that we always proclaim to improve on our failures, learn our lessons and so on but here we are yet again, guilty of the same old incompetence on the recruitment front.
Camilo Duran, Celtic new summer signing. Image Celtic FC
Camilo Duran is our one and only signing to date, and of course there is the recent capture of Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, who was part of last season’s squad, so he’s not what you would class as a new signing.

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The Ivorian midfielder was rumoured to be a potential candidate for a transfer to Paradise this summer window, after Foot Mercato claimed that the Bhoys, along with West Ham United and Turkish outfit Trabzonspor were "concretely interested" in him.
There are numerous links emerging every day now with players coming into Celtic Park this close season, however, **** ody knows for certain who will arrive until it actually happens.
In the meantime, speculation and conjecture fills the rumourmill about who Martin O'Neill will decide to turn to, as he sets about rebuilding the club's reputation at home and abroad this season.
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has signed on for another year, whilst Camilo Duran has been signed from Azerbaijani outift Qarabag on a five-year deal, for a record-breaking £5.5 million.

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain says he is relishing the prospect of a "proper season" at Celtic after agreeing to stay on with the Scottish champions.
The 32-year-old former **** nal and Liverpool midfielder initially joined Martin O'Neill's side on a short-term deal in February.
Having been out of action for nine months, Oxlade-Chamberlain played 550 minutes over 12 appearances, scoring twice.
"I'm just delighted that it's been able to get done and excited to come in at the start of this season to feel like I've got a proper season with the boys and a pre-season," he said in a club media interview.
Oxlade-Chamberlain enjoyed league and Scottish Cup celebrations in May, with Celtic overhauling long-time leaders Hearts on the final day to defend their Premiership **** le before beating Dunfermline Athletic at Hampden.

When Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain arrived in Glasgow in February of this year, he brought along heaps of experience of operating at the top level, and his reputation as a winner preceded him.
Just 12 minutes in to his debut substitute appearance in the Hoops, the Celtic faithful were treated to an emphatic example of the quality that the man, affectionately nicknamed The Ox, has at his disposal.
With the scoreline between Celtic and Livingston locked at 1-1 in stoppage time, the Englishman sent a curling effort in to the bottom corner of the net from outside the box to grab the win for Martin O'Neill's men and spark sensational celebrations in the stands at Celtic Park.
It is hard to know exactly how vital any given goal or victory is going to be over the course of a season, but given the drama that accompanied Celtic's Scottish Premiership triumph last season, and the fact that a fifth consecutive **** le was secured by a margin of just two points, it's safe to say that Oxlade-Chamberlain's winner on that cold February night at Paradise was a vital step towards the silverware.
It was announced on Saturday (July 4) that the former **** nal and Liverpool man had signed a new one-year-deal with the Champions of Scotland, and, yesterday (Wednesday, July 8), he joined up with the Celts at their pre-season base in Portugal.

Former England midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has signed a new one-year contract with Celtic.
The 32-year-old had joined the Glasgow club in February following six months out of football after Besiktas terminated his contract.
He made a goalscoring debut with a last-minute winner against Livingston and went on to make 12 Celtic appearances.
Seven of them were as a substitute, but Oxlade-Chamberlain played his part in their revival under then-interim manager Martin O'Neill.
Celtic retained the ***** le with a final-day victory over long-time leaders Heart of Midlothian and also lifted the Scottish Cup.

Celtic fans' patience is being tested to the limit as new signings remain conspicuous by their absence this summer.
The club released another new strip on Thursday morning - the 'stadium range' is their third kit release of the summer - and the comments from supporters on social media were predictably pointed in clamouring for fresh faces.
Interim chairman Brian Wilson's vow three weeks ago, shortly after Martin O'Neill's confirmation as permanent boss, that Celtic were primed to be "very active" with their recruitment has yet to come to pass.
There have been plenty of outgoings. All six of last season's loan recruits have left, so have out-of-contract players Kasper Schmeichel, Kelechi Iheanacho and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, while Luis Palma, Stephen Welsh and Hayato Inamura have found new clubs.
Vital players - the likes of Daizen Maeda, Arne Engels and possibly even captain Callum McGregor - could well go too.

Congratulations are in order for Little Mix alum Perrie Edwards, who has tied the knot with her long-time partner, footballer Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, in Portugal after a four-year engagement.
According to the Daily Mail, the couple, both 32, who share two children together and got engaged in June 2022, said "I do" on Saturday afternoon in a small church ceremony in the quaint village of Estoi.
In pictures obtained by the publication, the bride stunned in an intricate white lace gown that trailed to the floor and featured a corset bodice and long sleeves. Perrie had her blonde tresses fashioned up in a slicked-back bun for her big day and carried a bunch of white calla lilies down the aisle. Meanwhile, Alex looked dapper in a black suit and bowtie with a matching lily boutonnière.
The couple had a limited number of close family and friends at the overseas ceremony, which reportedly totalled around 70 guests. Perrie's Little Mix bandmate Jade Thirwall was absent due to work commitments as she performing at the Primavera Sound festival in Porto.
It's not known whether her other Little Mix bandmate Leigh-Anne Pinnock was present.

Team’s Up Schmeichel retains place, Oxlade-Chamberlain starts

Martin O’Neill has named his Celtic team for this afternoon’s Scottish Premiership clash with Hibernian. The Irishman was left disappointed by a poor midweek defeat to Stuttgart in the Europa League but the legendary boss will be hoping to return to winning ways.
Kasper Schmeichel had a shocking game midweek being at fault for two of the Stuttgart goals but he keeps his place ahead of Vil Sinisalo.
In defence, Kieran Tierney continues at left back with Julian Araujo at right back and the central pairing of Liam Scales a