Arsenal considering move for ‘electrifying’ £71m striker in next summer transfer window

Arsenal are considering a imaginable determination for Inter Milan’s ‘electrifying’ France planetary guardant Marcus Thuram, according to reports.

The Gunners are keen to enlistee a world-class striker successful the summer transportation model astatine the extremity of the play aft taking a January gamble.

A fig of antithetic forwards person been linked with a power to the Emirates, with Thuram the latest sanction added to Arsenal’s wishlist.

The northbound Londoners are presently ‘evaluating’ a determination for the Inter Milan striker, Italian outlet Tuttosport person reported.

Thuram, who has a merchandise clause worthy €85m (£71m) successful his existent contract, has been successful good signifier this word nether brag Simone Inzaghi.

The 27-year-old, capped 29 times by France, has registered 13 goals and 7 assists for Inter Milan truthful acold this play crossed 24 Serie A games.

The Inter Milan website describes Thuram arsenic an ‘electrifying entertainer’ who ‘drives his squad connected and disconnected the pitch’.

Thuram joined Inter Milan arsenic a escaped cause successful the summertime of 2023 aft his declaration expired astatine erstwhile nine Borussia Mönchengladbach.

The Frenchman helped Inter Milan clinch the Serie A rubric past season, winning an grant for Goal of the Year, portion helium was besides named successful the Italian top-flight Team of the Year.

He is the lad of erstwhile prima Lilian Thuram – regarded arsenic 1 of the top defenders of his epoch – portion his member Khéphren plays for Juventus.

Arsenal are besides considering a fig of different strikers, including Thuram’s Inter Milan teammate Lautaro Martinez.

The Gunners are not unsocial successful their involvement of Thuram and Martinez, though, amid reports that Manchester United and Tottenham are keeping tabs connected some players.

Former Everton flop Moise Kean, who present plays for Fiorentina, is thought to beryllium a back-up enactment for Arsenal if they neglect to onshore Thuram oregon Martinez.

There was overmuch hype surrounding Kean erstwhile Everton signed Kean from Juventus successful 2019 but helium struggled to marque an interaction astatine the English side, managing conscionable 4 goals successful 39 appearances.

He was yet sold backmost to Juventus – earlier being snapped up by Fiorentina successful July – wherever helium has firmly got his vocation backmost connected track.

Kean has shined for Fiorentina this season, conjuring up 15 Serie A goals crossed 23 matches.

Aside from those 3 transportation targets, Arsenal are known to beryllium long-term admirers of some Benjamin Sesko and Alexander Isak.

Newcastle United striker Isak is apt to beryllium deemed excessively expensive, fixed the Magpies want astatine slightest £150m to adjacent participate talks implicit a imaginable sale.

Arsenal besides launched a astonishment bid for Aston Villa striker Ollie Watkins successful the January transportation window. While it was swiftly rejected, the Gunners whitethorn determine to enactment successful a caller connection astatine the extremity of the existent season.

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