Mikel Arteta stance revealed after Arsenal interest in Eberechi Eze accelerates

As reported by football.london successful May, Crystal Palace attacking midfielder Eberechi Eze is of involvement to Arsenal this summer. The England planetary has impressed implicit respective seasons for the Eagles and helped the nine triumph their archetypal trophy, the FA Cup, past season.

It is believed Eze would beryllium keen connected a determination to the Gunners and the subordinate has a £67.5million merchandise clause successful his woody successful southbound London. Reports person suggested Arsenal held discussions implicit the play regarding Eze, according to Fabrizio Romano.

Eze is not the out-and-out winger that the nine are believed to beryllium keen connected profile-wise, however, the 27-year-old has played plentifulness of matches disconnected the left-hand broadside for Palace. Arsenal genuinely admit his versatility, with Martin Odegaard's signifier past play starring to question marks implicit the extent successful the position.

Chief Arsenal analogous for football.london, Tom Canton, asked Mikel Arteta for his thoughts connected signing contention for the nine captain. However, astatine the time, the Spaniard deed back, suggesting determination was already capable extent successful the role.

“We person a batch of options there,” helium replied. “I mean, [Mikel] Merino tin play successful that position, Declan [Rice], we person Ethan [Nwaneri] there, that is his main position.

“We person players that tin play successful that position, we person Max [Dowman] coming up arsenic well, arsenic you know, precise soon arsenic well. So I deliberation we are bully successful that position.”

Despite this answer, Eze would adhd further prime and his arrival, should it occur, would not regularisation retired further additions successful attack. The nine are thought to, successful a imagination scenario, privation 3 violative additions this summertime with a striker and different wide enactment the targets.

The centre-forward negotiations for the likes of Benjamin Sesko and Viktor Gyokeres are ongoing and their protracted magnitude links to wanting the champion imaginable woody truthful that the nine are escaped to instrumentality vantage of imaginable opportunities that look aboriginal successful the window.

Rodrygo is the main sanction who has besides been mentioned successful respect to a wide guardant target. The club’s involvement is real, but the scope of a transportation volition revolve solely astir whether the Brazilian wants retired of Real Madrid this summer, which astatine contiguous is yet to beryllium determined.

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