RB Leipzig’s Benjamin Sesko has already indicated that he desires to hitch Arsenal over Premier League rivals Chelsea and Man United.
The north London membership have reignited their curiosity in Sesko from final summer time, though a mid-season transfer continues to be sophisticated, along with his membership reluctant to promote.
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To make issues extra sophisticated, Sesko’s agent has made it clear {that a} mortgage transfer in January will not be an possibility.
Nevertheless, the Gunners have already got a head-start of their pursuit of the £70million-rated striker.
talkSPORT understands Sesko was bought on Arsenal’s mission final summer time, selecting them over Chelsea and United, however determined to remain in Germany and increase his short-term improvement.
Reflecting on Arsenal’s probabilities of signing the 21-year-old this month, talkSPORT switch correspondent Ben Jacobs informed Inside Gooners: “The excellent news for Arsenal is that they’ve a variety of concrete summer time targets so there’s a logic of escalating the pursuit of a few of them for January.
“It is whether or not they’re possible, these targets are tough to get available in the market.
“With Sesko, some contact has been made with Leipzig to grasp whether or not something is feasible.
“There isn’t any launch trigger in his new contract and the participant may be very eager on his personal improvement to verify he does not rush a transfer.
“Despite the fact that Leipzig are out of the Champions League, they’re pushing within the cup and to qualify once more subsequent season.
“It isn’t unimaginable nevertheless it’s tough and so they’ll need to defend the connection with Leipzig in the event that they’re to revisit it in the summertime.
“The higher information for Arsenal is that final summer time when the mission was pitched from Arsenal, Chelsea and Man United, Sesko picked Arsenal after which made a secondary selection of whether or not it was now or to remain at Leipzig.
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“It will take a loopy provide or be unimaginable in January as a result of Leipzig’s place may be very agency.”
The Slovenia worldwide has scored eight targets and assisted two within the Bundesliga thus far this season, in addition to scoring 4 within the Champions League.
He has reached a complete of 31 targets in 67 video games for Leipzig and beforehand received three Austrian Bundesliga titles throughout his time at RB Salzburg.
At particular person degree, he was named Slovenian Footballer of the Yr in 2022, and has received the Slovenian Youth Footballer of the Yr title three years in a row from 2021-2023.
Arsenal’s want for a striker turned extra determined after Gabriel Jesus suffered a cruciate ligament harm which may hold him sidelined for a yr.
Many stay unconvinced by first-choice striker Kai Havertz, who has eight targets in 19 Premier League matches this season.
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Supervisor Mikel Arteta not too long ago admitted he’s consulting his personal gamers over who the Gunners ought to check in January.
Arteta mentioned: “We’ve got very, very quick numbers for a lot of, many weeks and so they recognise the state of affairs, all of us do. That is why we try to do what is true for the membership, the group, that is our intention.”
He added: “I all the time do it, particularly in the event that they know them as a result of that is getting us away from the pc and what the information is saying and it’s actual,” he mentioned.
“I’ve seen it, I sense it. A participant can rating a whole lot of targets, nice. How does this participant react when he hasn’t scored for six or seven video games? That is what I’m fascinated about.
“What sort of targets does he rating? Towards which groups, through which context? Is it first half or second half? Is it solely along with his proper foot, solely headers, solely in open areas? Does he just like the bodily contact of this league?
“There are a whole lot of issues. So when you may have a participant that has spent a whole lot of days with him, that’s actually invaluable info to have.”