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Arsenal person been handed an update regarding their reported involvement in Eintracht Frankfurt striker Hugo Ekitike.
Ekitike, who has 4 years near connected his existent deal, featured 33 times successful Germany's top-flight past season, scoring 15 goals and providing 8 assists. Playing a important relation successful Dino Toppmoller's side, helium helped his squad decorativeness 3rd successful the Bundesliga and suffice for the Champions League arsenic a result.
The Frenchman besides fired Frankfurt to the quarter-finals of the Europa League, netting 4 goals and mounting up 3 successful 12 games. His awesome performances haven't gone unnoticed, with lots of apical clubs said to beryllium chasing his signature.
The guardant has precocious emerged arsenic a reported people for the Gunners arsenic Mikel Arteta looks to fortify his frontline. However, writer Fabrizio Romano has offered an update connected Ekitike successful his newsletter for GiveMeSport and it does not look that a determination to the Emirates Stadium is connected the horizon.
"At the moment, I'm told there's nary alteration connected Ekitike situation," helium wrote. "No factual update astir the striker and Arsenal."
The Gunners sporting manager Andrea Berta is besides said to beryllium 'considering' erstwhile Manchester City guardant Julian Alvarez, arsenic good arsenic Ekitike. But, the Argentine lone moved to the Spanish superior to play for Atletico Madrid past summer.
It has been claimed that Arsenal bash not privation to splash retired connected an £84 million-rated forward, but if they can't negociate to onslaught a woody for Viktor Gyokeres oregon Benjamin Sesko, Ekitke volition past go a possibility. There is Premier League contention to carnivore successful caput successful the signifier of the champions Liverpol, Chelsea and Manchester United.
BILD claim that Liverpool person held talks with Ekitke's representatives and person fto it beryllium known that an attacking summation is among their priorities. Meanwhile, reports connected Tuesday evening suggested that Arsenal had reached a breakthrough for Gyokeres.
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