Arsenal 'frustrated' as 'high demand' to 'force' £70m striker U-turn in blow for 'desperate' Arteta

According to reports, Arsenal challenge absent out on Mikel Arteta’s favorite striker signing, with the Premier League colossi ‘thriving frustrated’.
While Premier League victors Liverpool are currently closing in on their 4th summertime signing as this window’s biggest spenders in Europe, Arsenal have been languid as they are yet to solve a neoteric arrival.
The Artillerymans are edging more detailed to rendering a signing as a bargain for permanent target Martin Zubimendi is claimed to be ‘recapped’, yet they still have bunches of company to perform.
Arsenal ultimatum replacements in multifaceted postures after layer 2nd in the Premier League for a 3rd consecutive period and falling short to win a prize.
Zubimendi should be a commendable addition, yet a striker signing is a bigger priority as they are screaming out for an elite upgrade on Kai Havertz and Gabriel Jesus.
During the 2024/25 sprinted-in, head consultant Mikel Arteta was abandoned without a acknowledged striker as Havertz and Jesus ravaged soaked up injuries and this disproved their negative send company after absent out on a forward in current windows.
Arsenal principals have acknowledged that they have to indicator a striker this summertime, with RB Leipzig’s Benjamin Sesko and Sporting Lisbon’s Viktor Gyokeres mooted as their pioneering targets after they failed with a glide for Aston Villa’s Ollie Watkins in January.
Contrasting reports have surfaced tying to Arsenal’s taste for a neoteric striker, with it recently claimed that Arteta and depicting off supervisor Andrea Berta have butted heads over that they should indicator.
A record from The Sunlight claims Arteta is ‘negative’ for a No.9 and ‘wants’ to indicator Sesko, yet this glide is affirming arduous due to his ‘high last offers’.
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Arsenal’s ‘striker browse’ is claimed to have ‘hit the rocks’ due to Sesko’s ‘wage last offers’, which can ‘forcefulness’ a gigantic U-rotate.
The record adds:
‘Mikel Arteta is negative for a No9, with send chief Andrea Berta in negotiations for Sesko while circling for Sporting Lisbon’s Viktor Gyokeres. Arteta wants Slovenia ace Sesko, 22, to be his comprehensive summertime dash and the Artillerymans will possibly pay the £70million quizing price.
‘But insiders disclose that the Sesko camp are purification for a arrangement a ton better than they device to pay and that can forcefulness a readjust of instruction. Gyokeres, 27, is Arsenal’s with one voice with one voice-natural and they perform not pine to lose out on the Swede, that is currently identifying he is not initially backup.’
As identified, Sesko’s last offers can increase Gyokeres’ opportunities of retrieving his longed glide to Arsenal, with a current record rendering think Male Utd have launched ‘purification elsewhere’ after granting loss.