Dusan Vlahovic and Mikel Arteta (Picture by Yasser Bakhsh, Alex Pantling/Getty Pictures)
Arsenal are reportedly attempting to signal Dusan Vlahovic this January however have had an preliminary mortgage bid rejected by Juventus.
The Serbia worldwide may maybe depart Juve within the close to future as he’s but to signal a brand new contract with the Serie A giants, main them to carry an curiosity in Paris Saint-Germain’s Randal Kolo Muani.
That’s in response to a report from Soccer Transfers, who state that Arsenal have failed with a mortgage bid for Vlahovic, with a everlasting deal maybe extra seemingly to achieve success in convincing Juventus.
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Nonetheless, it stays to be seen if the Gunners will come again in with that sort of supply for Vlahovic, with Soccer Transfers suggesting that RB Leipzig front-man Benjamin Sesko stays their precedence up entrance, in a deal which may wait till the summer time.
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This isn’t a simple determination for Arsenal, who’ve clear and urgent points up entrance this season, with Gabriel Jesus injured, whereas Kai Havertz and Leandro Trossard aren’t actually performing in addition to final time period.
Vlahovic may not be good, and Sesko could be the higher long-term match, however for the time being AFC can’t afford to be too choosy.
Even when Vlahovic isn’t supreme, he has a mixed 15 targets and assists to this point this season, so he’d certainly be a superior choice to Havertz, and he’d give the crew cowl for Jesus, who might be out for a while.
There’s additionally certainly no assure that Arsenal will be capable to get Sesko in the summertime, when he’s more likely to be a person in demand at quite a lot of prime European golf equipment.
Vlahovic could be extra real looking resulting from his state of affairs at Juve, so it will likely be fascinating to see how this saga develops.
It is sensible that Arsenal have tried to signal the 24-year-old on mortgage, which might seemingly go well with them extra, but it surely additionally appears clear that that wouldn’t do a lot good for Juventus.
