Arsenal ‘refusing’ to supply greater than £35m as Edu plans new assault for striker

Arsenal might intensify their curiosity in touchdown a brand new striker through the January window after they drew a clean in entrance of objective towards West Ham on Thursday night. Mikel Arteta’s staff, who had been defeated 2-0 on the Emirates Stadium, have reportedly renewed their curiosity in signing Dusan Vlahovic – however Gunners switch chief Edu is reportedly refusing to pay greater than £35million for the Juventus participant.

Arsenal have had a long-term curiosity in Vlahovic and had been linked with the 23-year-old whereas he was nonetheless plying his commerce for Fiorentina. Vlahovic finally signed for Juventus in a £66m deal in January 2022 and has gone on to make 78 appearances for the Italian aspect. However Arsenal might be about to make one other transfer for the ace.

In accordance with Italian outlet TV Play, Arteta would love one other striker and has recognized Vlahovic because the participant he desires to signal. However there’s a distinction in valuation between the 2 golf equipment as his present employers worth him at over £52million minimal, greater than £17m greater than Edu is keen to pay.

Vlahovic was prolific in entrance of objective throughout his time at Fiorentina and racked up 38 Serie A objectives throughout his remaining 18 months on the Artemio Franchi Stadium. However he has faltered at occasions in a Juve shirt and has solely contributed 29 objectives in all competitions since his transfer.

Earlier than Christmas, TUTTO Mercato reported that Vlahovic had little interest in leaving Juventus regardless of being linked with a transfer away. And the participant, who has netted 13 occasions in 25 matches for Serbia, desires to show he has what it takes to succeed on the Allianz Stadium.

Arsenal dominated their encounter with West Ham as they tried to leapfrog Liverpool and return to the highest of the desk however got here out second finest as Tomas Soucek and Konstantinos Mavropanos netted for the Hammers earlier than Mentioned Benrahma noticed a late penalty saved by David Raya.

And following the match, Arteta instructed reporters: “That is soccer. You realize what we’ve performed within the recreation, how a lot we generated within the recreation. And to see the outcome could be very disappointing.

“However they had been higher than us in each containers. They’d two photographs, with the penalty three. We had 30. I don’t know what number of touches [we] had within the field, what number of conditions, what number of open objectives to attain. And we haven’t [scored]. In soccer you need to do higher if you wish to win.”