Moussa Diaby stays an individual of curiosity for Arsenal with the Gunners anticipated to knock on Bayer Leverkusen’s door as soon as extra for the participant in the summertime, Christian Falk confirmed in his unique briefing for CaughtOffside.
The London-based outfit seemed set to be including the attacking abilities of Mykhaylo Mudryk to their squad forward of the midway level of the Premier League season although had been overwhelmed to the punch by a decisive Chelsea bid.
Having seen the influence a top quality ahead signing can have on a season – as could have been greatest demonstrated by Luis Diaz’s affect on Liverpool following his January swap within the 2021/22 marketing campaign – there’s no query the choice may have dissatisfied Mikel Arteta’s outfit.
“We all know that Arsenal already had contact with Moussa Diaby for final summer season, so he’s nonetheless on the record, simply not for the winter,” the BILD journalist mentioned.
“We heard Leverkusen don’t need to promote him. Maybe if Arsenal have some huge cash someplace, perhaps £100m, Leverkusen would then have a dialogue however I don’t suppose Arsenal can spend that, as we’ve seen from the quantity they had been ready to pay for Mykhaylo Mudryk.
“However they knocked on the door final summer season, so I’m positive they’ll knock once more subsequent summer season.”
Arsenal probably gained’t be alone of their curiosity come the tip of the time period, after all, with the left-sided attacker (at the moment on eight objectives for Leverkusen in 2022/23) understood to be a ‘sizzling matter’ at Newcastle United.
Evidently, it’s an possibility the present league leaders must train endurance over, although the supply of Champions League soccer subsequent season and all of the monetary advantages that include it ought to provide the membership the prospect for improved manoeuvrability within the subsequent window.