Arsenal joined by Chelsea and two other Premier League clubs in Cunha transfer race

Arsenal person been joined by Chelsea and 2 different Premier League clubs successful the contention to motion Matheus Cunha earlier the January transportation model closes.

The Brazil planetary guardant has scored 10 goals this play having scored 14 successful each competitions successful his debut run pursuing a £44million determination from Atletico Madrid.

Cunha had appeared apt to perpetrate his aboriginal to Wolves earlier this period having been adjacent to signing a caller woody but negotiations person stalled amid involvement from elsewhere.

Speculation surrounding the 25-year-old’s aboriginal intensified connected Monday nighttime erstwhile helium was admonished by his manager, Vitor Pereira, who was unhappy with his assemblage language during the decision astatine Stamford Bridge.

‘I had this speech successful the dressing room,’ Pereira said. ‘He tin beryllium frustrated due to the fact that helium wants to win, but everybody successful the squad wants to win.

‘I don’t similar this assemblage language. I privation idiosyncratic arsenic a skipper trying to assistance the squad – running, suffering, warring together. This is thing I tin understand. Next time, I volition not understand.’

While a declaration hold remains unsigned and with the narration betwixt nine and manager present strained, determination is present each accidental Cunha could permission Molineux successful the coming week, according to Fabrizio Romano.

Arsenal’s request for attacking reinforcements has been good documented and the Gunners person been semipermanent admirers of the 25-year-old.

The Gunners had been scouring the European indebtedness market for reinforcements but the play ending wounded sustained by Gabriel Jesus has radically changed the picture.

Mikel Artea’s superior people Benjamin Sesko is apt to stay astatine RB Leipzig until the extremity of the play which has prompted Arsenal to measurement up their involvement successful Cunha.

Asked if was enjoying seeing Arsenal linked to a caller guardant seemingly each time implicit the past fortnight, Arteta said yesterday: ‘I emotion it!.

‘I recognize it happens. In the summertime I had a batch of radical texting maine saying: ‘you’re aft him?’ and sometimes I don’t adjacent cognize what they’re talking about.

‘I don’t travel that excessively much, I person capable enactment to bash and we’ve got a batch of things connected truthful I don’t get excessively distracted by it.’

Arsenal volition not person it each their ain way, however, with Chelsea present successful the moving to motion a subordinate who is susceptible of playing successful a fig of positions crossed the guardant line.

Despite enjoying an awesome purple spot earlier successful the campaign, doubts stay implicit whether Nicolas Jackson is the close antheral to spearhead Enzo Maresca’s onslaught and beryllium regarded arsenic the club’s No.1 striker.

Joao Felix returned to westbound London successful the summertime but has hardly been utilized successful the Premier League and is successful talks to articulation AC Milan connected loan, portion Christopher Nkunku is keen connected a determination to Bayern Munich.

Should some players permission successful the adjacent 10 days, Chelsea would beryllium abbreviated of attacking options and could determination for Cunha to plug the gaps successful their attack.

High-flying Nottingham Forest, meanwhile, are also, according to MailSport, considering a bid with their £22m connection for Brentford’s Yoane Wissa apt to beryllium dismissed out of hand.

Nuno Espirito Santo’s men are presently 3rd successful the table, level connected points with 2nd spot Arsenal, but privation to supply contention and screen for apical scorer Chris Wood.

Spurs, too, are besides said to beryllium keeping tabs connected Cunha’s concern but the struggling northbound London nine are considered arsenic outsiders successful a transportation pursuit that is hotting up.

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