Arsenal have been dreaming about it since 2004. At the top of the Premier League after 19 games played, the Gunners have a five-point lead over Manchester City with one game less than the defending champions. The road is still long to reach the coronation, and Mikel Arteta knows it very well. With this in mind, the Spanish technician wants to strengthen himself in the transfer window. Last week the Gunners pulled off big hit Leandro Trossard, landed from Brighton, but they don’t want to stop there. An attacker is expected to compensate for the injury of Gabriel Jesus, absent until the end of the season, as well as a midfielder to flesh out the midfield.
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First of all, the name of Declan Rice was mentioned, but the price of the English midfielder from West Ham (around 100 million) and the firm will of his club not to let him go during the season made the mission complicated. Edu, the club’s sporting director, turned to the Spanish nugget of Real Sociedad, Martin Zubimendi. In an attempt to convince the Basques, the English would have, according to information from the DailyMail, proposed to exercise the purchase option estimated at 60 million euros. Barca have also made the player their priority to replace Sergio Busquets next summer. But obviously, it will be necessary to wait to really fight for the player. Indeed, the management of Sociedad does not want to part with one of its key elements in the middle of the season when the team is in third place in the championship and is fighting for a place in the Champions League. The Gunners will therefore have to come up with the arguments to get ahead of the Catalans if they want to get ahead of them this summer.
