Jagielka not interested in Arsenal move

Everton captain Phil Jagielka has rejected rumours linking him with a move to Arsenal.

The Gunners had several bids rejected for the England international, but the player says he never wanted to join Arsenal in the first place.

“If you ask the manager, he’ll probably tell you that my situation was the easiest transfer ‘saga’ he’s ever dealt with,” Jagielka told reporters.

“There was never an issue. I just wanted it to go away, and that to be the end of it, so I’m sure if you’d asked the gaffer what was going to happen, he’d have put a lot of money and me staying.

“I was slightly affected because my name was in the papers a little bit. But I spoke to the manager a couple of times and he let me know what was going on, and there really wasn’t a part of me that expected to go.

“It was a difficult time. There were rumours of this player going and that player going. We were all a lot happier when the window shut.”