Arsenal have directly communicated to a highly-rated forward that they’d pay his full £50 million price tag to sign him for manager Mikel Arteta.
Edu and Arteta targeting new forward for Arsenal
Sporting director Edu remains in the market to sign a new attacker for the north Londoners this summer, as the club look to challenge Man City for the third-successive season and hopefully beat Pep Guardiola to the Premier League title.
Arsenal are in widely reported talks to sign Bologna defender Riccardo Calafiori, but they’re also looking to bring in a right-winger who can rotate with star player Bukayo Saka out wide.
Arsenal were offered Man United winger Jadon Sancho, according to some reports in Italy, but Arteta and co didn’t entertain the Red Devils’ advances. Alongside the likes of Neto, an electric winger who Arsenal are apparently interested in is Athletic Bilbao starlet Nico Williams.
Spanish media claim that Arsenal are bidding with Chelsea to sign Williams, who is also of serious interest to La Liga heavyweights Barcelona. The winger earns a reported £200,000-per-week at his current club, and a salary equal to or above that figure would make Williams one of Arsenal’s highest earners.
Arsenal tell Nico Williams they’d pay his £50 million release clause
Arsenal have directly told Williams they’d pay his full £50 million release clause to bring him to the Emirates Stadium.
They’ve apparently made that crystal clear in contact with the forward, and so have Arne Slot’s Liverpool. However, both sides appear set to be disappointed by his response, as HITC also claim Williams favours a Barca move over the Premier League as things stand.
