Arsenal fans tracked Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s plane, were begged to stop messaging Houssem Aouar’s friend, and used fir tree to plot Gabriel Magalhaes’ transfer as Mykhaylo Mudryk becomes latest target

It's an exciting time to be an Arsenal fan but inevitably that means some supporters getting a little bit carried away...

The Gunners are flying high at the top of the Premier League after a stunning start to the season that has them five points clear.

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Arsenal narrowly missed out on a spot in the top four last year after Mikel Arteta’s side were pipped to the post by rivals Tottenham.

But fast forward six months and the Gunners are a whopping 11 points ahead of their north London rivals down in fifth.

Arsenal's hopes coming into this campaign would have been to reclaim Champions League football.

But the position they are now in means that a first Premier League title since the Invincibles in the in 2003/04 season is on the cards.

A huge factor in whether they can go the distance will be whether they can make additions to their thread-bare squad in the January transfer market following a serious injury to star ma Gabriel Jesus.

And part of the club's sales pitch will have come from Arsenal's legions of fans playing their part persuading prospective signings to join.

They are unstoppable on social media and do whatever it takes to find out the latest transfer information.

Here, marvelbet369.com looks at what it's like to be a Gooner during the transfer window...

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Hotel hunting

Not since Arsene Wenger unveiled the signing of Sol Campbell have Arsenal fans been unaware a player is about to join their club.

And part of that might have to do with tracking every step during a transfer starting from when a report on any target is first released.

Shakhtar Donetsk winger Mykhaylo Mudryk has already been the subject of two bids from Arsenal with Arteta making him his No1 target.

It is understood that the 22-year-old has already agreed personal terms with Arsenal, with the player making no secret of his fondness for the club, recently sharing snaps of him watching them in action.

And Gooners have turned into Sherlock Holmes to determine when Mudryk could be arriving, having claimed he has been in London.

The evidence behind these claims? Pictures of him in the gym on his Instagram that included the make of the weights he was using...

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Analysing Instagram

Social media is as much a vital tool for Arsenal fans as it is for Fabrizio Romano in keeping on top of transfers.

Back in late August 2020, supporters went to extreme lengths to prove Gabriel Magalhaes was about to sign for the club from French side Lille.

The defender uploaded a selfie on Instagram and eagled-eyed fans noted that the Brazilian was seated on the left but wasn't driving, meaning he was in the United Kingdom.

The interior car design was also one of a Mercedes V-Class - a vehicle new signings are transported in.

Even further than that, one fan hopped on Google Street View and matched a distinctive fir tree outside Arsenal's training ground to one outside Gabriel's window during his video.

Ten days later Gabriel signed... not that fans waited for the club's confirmation however, instead coming across a post from Well Tended Gardens Ltd in Hertfordshire that spoiled the surprise!

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Phone a friend

It's not uncommon for fans of any club to bombard the comment section of transfer targets on Twitter or Instagram begging them to join.

Sometimes it works, as Gabriel said in 2020: “So many fans were sending me messages asking me to join Arsenal, and that played a big part in me signing for this club."

Other times it can become a bit unsettling as Odegaard revealed recently: "The fans were really pushing for me to come, they were messaging me all the time, messaging my family and everything!

"It was something new to me, sometimes it can be a bit much, but in general, I think it just shows the passion they have and how much they care."

However, on occasion, it can cause players like Houssem Aouar to tell Arsenal fans to stop bombarding his friends about a transfer.

Last summer, Gooners were convinced the Lyon star was finally set to make his move to the Emirates after believing his agent was in London.

Yet it turned out to be just a friend of Aouar’s visiting the capital after he was inundated with messages from Arsenal fans about a move.

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Plane sailing

Perhaps the most famous example came in 2018 when thousands of fans wasted an hour and a half of their lives watching a plane journey from Dortmund to London.

Of course, that was when Arsenal were closing in on the arrival of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang a day before deadline day in January.

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And 32,000 supporters came across a private jet, named 'Flight C25A', making the route from Germany to England.

Since then, tracking planes that could be containing a future Arsenal player has become the norm in what truly is a wild time for fans.

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