Arsenal confirm Thomas Partey contract talks amid Barcelona transfer talk as Jorginho & Kieran Tierney headline long list of Gunners players released

First-team players like Jorginho, Kieran Tierney and Raheem Sterling will leave the Gunners on June 30 when their current contract expires. The Italian midfielder is poised to join Flamengo this summer, while Celtic had earlier shown interest in their former player Tierney. Sterling, on the other hand, will return to parent club Chelsea.

Arsenal further revealed that they will hold fresh contract talks with midfielder Partey, who also becomes a free agent on June 30. The Mirror reported earlier this week that Barcelona have shown interest in the Ghana international as Hansi Flick is known to be an admirer of the player.

Other than the three first-team stars and goalkeeper Neto, youth players like Nathan Butler-Oyedeji, Reece Clairmont, Khayon Edwards, Jakai Fisher, Romari Forde, Jimi Gower, Jack Henry-Francis, Max Kuczynski, Salah-Eddine Oulad M’Hand, Ismail Oulad M’Hand, Brian Okonkwo, Elian Quesada-Thorn and Zacariah Shuaib will also exit Emirates Stadium.

Mikel Arteta's side will reassemble in late July and are scheduled to travel to Singapore and Hong Kong on a pre-season tour.