Arsenal plan to sign Ollie Watkins and Benjamin Sesko in the summer transfer window, with a journalist revealing the Gunners’ stance on the two strikers as a former north London favourite could head to Chelsea.
Watkins is one of the best strikers in the Premier League and was the subject of a bid from Arsenal in the January transfer window. With the Gunners desperately looking for a striker late in the window following the injury to Gabriel Jesus, the north London club tried their luck with an offer for Watkins, who has scored 158 goals and given 66 assists in 426 appearances in his career. Villa turned it down.
Sesko is another striker that Arsenal tried to sign in the middle of the season, as Arteta finally realised that getting a top-quality number 9 was going to be key in beating Liverpool in the Premier League title race.
The Gunners approached RB Leipzig for the 21-year-old Slovenia international, but they stopped short of making a bid after being told that he was not available.
