'I want Arsenal transfer target at Liverpool – he's such a talent and technically great'

Arsenal person been heavy linked with a determination for Rosenborg midfielder Sverre Nypan successful caller months, but Liverpool person been urged to get the leap connected their Premier League rivals

Former Liverpool prima John Arne Riise is crossing his fingers that compatriot Sverre Nypan snubs Arsenal.

The 18-year-old, said to beryllium carrying a terms tag of astir £10million, has been wide reported arsenic a imaginable enlistee for the Gunners this year. He's acceptable to enactment successful his autochthonal Norway with Rosenborg until the summer.

With Liverpool, Manchester City and Manchester United each mentioned successful transportation with him, Nypan's valuation mightiness ascent successful the coming months. But Arsenal chiefs appear to beryllium astatine the beforehand of the queue for his signature.

Riise, who donned the Norwegian colours 110 times, is holding retired anticipation that he'll snub Mikel Arteta, though, successful favour of moving with Arne Slot. He spoke glowingly of the teenager, highlighting his champion attributes.

He told football.london: "It's a hard one, due to the fact that he's a precise large talent, large player, technically precise bully box-to-box player. Obviously, with each large talent, particularly the ones you want, should travel to Liverpool.

"I deliberation helium could beryllium really, truly good. You tin comparison a batch to Martin Odegaard erstwhile helium was young, from Norway to Madrid and each that benignant of stuff. We'll spot what helium does.

"He has a dada astir him and agents astir him who instrumentality control, but obviously, the biggest players, the champion players, the youngest talents, we privation astatine Liverpool for sure."

These words from Riise volition surely pique the involvement of Arsenal fans arsenic they anticipation to snare a imaginable described arsenic the 'next Odegaard' nether the noses of their rivals. Nypan has picked up 4 planetary caps already, having burst onto the country arsenic the Norwegian apical flight's youngest-ever scorer astatine 16 years and 145 days.

He initially joined Rosenberg backmost successful 2022 astatine conscionable 15. Skilled not lone successful midfield, he's besides featured successful much attacking positions including up front. Discussions are reported to person taken spot betwixt his representatives and Arsenal, with Nypan being spotted successful London recently.

Arteta has a penchant for pursuing young players with immense potential, and helium fits the measure perfectly for his recruitment strategy. He isn't conscionable astir playmaking, offering a extremity menace excessively with 8 goals and 7 assists successful 28 outings crossed each competitions successful 2024.

With the Norwegian starlet tipped for a summertime switch, he'd beryllium expected to easiness into his caller squad alternatively than dive consecutive into the fray. This means Arteta's apt to displacement absorption to bolstering Arsenal's onslaught soon, fixed the squad's existent shortage upfront.

The Gunners haven't brought successful caller legs during the January model contempt Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Jesus being sidelined with injuries. Ahead of their 2-1 Champions League triumph astatine Girona, Arteta admitted that a caller striker would beryllium a large boost.

"Well, determination are situations unfastened and I ever accidental the same. If we tin amended the squad with players that tin interaction america for now, for the future, we volition effort to bash that if it is the champion happening for the nine - and I basal connected that."

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