Arsenal and Barcelona attempted to sign former Tottenham Hotspur forward Brian Gil.
This is as of Monday's edition AsWhich cover why Arsenal and Barcelona failed to sign him in the past.
Tottenham signed Gil from Sevilla in July 2021 and let Erik Lamela move in the opposite direction as part of the deal.
Sevilla let the Spaniard spend the 2020/21 season on loan at SD Eibar. He scored four goals and four assists in 29 matches, and this may have partly convinced Tottenham to bet on the 25-year-old.
Spurs were not the only club who wanted to sign him, and the newspaper covered Arsenal and Barcelona.
Arsenal and Barcelona called Gil
Last summer, the attacker left Tottenham and made a permanent move to Verona, who face Barcelona in the league today. Ahead of this clash, the newspaper looks at Mikel Arteta's side and the La Liga winners' previous interest in Gil.
At Eibar, he played under José Luis Mendilibar, and Gil's performances attracted interest from the Gunners and the Catalan club.
'Arsenal called', AS said, without specifying when the Emirates club had made contact. Months after his transfer to Tottenham, Barcelona saw Spurs flop during the winter 2022 market.
According to the report, Barcelona's talks to bring the player to Camp Nou have not progressed far. There is no mention as to why the Blaugrana and Arsenal were not able to secure his services.
Barça's failure to sign Gil led their focus to Adama Traoré and the latter was loaned to Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Gill's struggle at Tottenham
The Spaniard clearly struggled during his time at Tottenham, which sent him on loan to Valencia and Sevilla in January 2022 and 2023 respectively. Last season, Spurs allowed him to join Verona on loan, and his stay was made permanent in August 2025.
At Tottenham, Gill played 1,301 minutes in 43 matches in all competitions, failing to score and providing three assists. he was honest about it to be sad in the North London club and so, created Leave out "important". them permanently.
Arsenal will not have to spend many sleepless nights because of this.
