Arsenal get three transfer green lights as 'discount' offered and £25m talks start

Arsenal person received boosts regarding each 3 of Viktor Gyokeres, Benjamin Sesko and Hugo Ekitike.

The Gunners person been connected the lookout for an out-and-out fig 9 for immoderate time, with plenty of options linked with the club implicit the past fewer weeks. However, the hierarchy astatine the Emirates Stadium person immoderate circumstantial ideas successful mind, and beingness could get overmuch amended for Arsenal fans acknowledgment to caller developments.

Sporting CP striker Gyokeres has been a longtime people for the Gunners, arsenic they person remained locked successful a conflict with Manchester United to unafraid the 27-year-old for the caller Premier League season. However, the clubs person been fixed an breathtaking update recently, arsenic Sporting president Frederico Varandas admitted that Gyokeres could beryllium sold this summertime for a discounted price.

Speaking this past weekend, Varandas said: "Sporting is calm regarding this matter. Secondly, Sporting does not request to merchantability Viktor Gyokeres. Fortunately, we person moved past the signifier of selling our main asset. However, we stay delicate to Viktor’s dreams oregon those of immoderate different athlete.

"Sporting has made a committedness that, aft weeks of meetings, we volition not request the afloat magnitude of the clause; we volition beryllium tenable regarding the magnitude requested for Viktor. Today, determination is simply a beardown likelihood that helium volition leave.

"I won’t disclose the amount, but the subordinate knows what it is. I tin accidental that Viktor volition not permission for 60+10m. He won’t leave, perfectly not."

It was archetypal believed that Gyokeres would not permission the Portuguese broadside for little than £85million this summer, but that nary longer appears to beryllium the case.

This driblet successful terms could tickle Mikel Arteta's fancy, should helium privation to drawback up a striker who scored a whopping 54 goals successful each competitions past play - including six successful the Champions League alone.

Meanwhile, RB Leipzig guardant Sesko could besides beryllium connected the determination this summer, aft it was reported that the German nine person besides dropped their asking price for the 22-year-old.

The young striker, who scored 21 goals successful each competitions past campaign, is considered a apical transportation people for Arteta, and the Spaniard volition beryllium excited by the latest developments with Sesko.

It was initially reported that Leipzig wanted betwixt £68m and £85m for Sesko, which enactment disconnected different clubs from wanting to unafraid his services. However, it is present being suggested that a interest of £59.7m is each it would instrumentality for Arsenal to tempt Sesko to the Premier League.

Many judge Sesko is simply a amended enactment implicit Gyokeres, fixed the property spread and the information that the Bundesliga is considered a overmuch much hard league than the Portuguese apical flight.

However, determination is 1 much enactment that Arteta is inactive pondering implicit and looks to beryllium connected his mode retired of his nine too. Ekitike, who scored 22 goals for Eintracht Frankfurt during the 2024/25 season, has received involvement from different Premier League sides including Liverpool, United and Chelsea.

Now, GetFootball reports that Frankfurt are closing successful connected their replacement for Ekitike, arsenic they participate talks with Union SG striker Franjo Ivanovic for a imaginable interest of £25m. The 21-year-old is seen arsenic the astir earthy successor to the perchance departing Ekitike, having scored 16 goals successful the Brussels club's archetypal league rubric occurrence since 1935.

Ekitike is looking much apt to permission than ever, arsenic the 23-year-old Frenchman is expected to depart Germany either this summertime oregon next. However, Frankfurt are demanding a interest of astir £85m, and Premier League champions Liverpool are besides funny successful signing the striker.

With 3 targets present boosted successful the past fewer days, and the transportation model ticking on nicely, Arsenal fans volition beryllium hoping that Arteta makes immoderate savvy moves soon successful bid to amended their chances of capturing that elusive league trophy.

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