Arsenal reportedly nonetheless have Southampton wonderkid Romeo Lavia of their sights as they search so as to add extra youth to their squad.
The younger Belgian midfielder has impressed in his time on the St Mary’s Stadium, however it stays to be seen if Arsenal can pay the type of cash required to get a deal carried out.
In accordance with the Guardian, Arsenal have an curiosity in Lavia, however Southampton’s £50million asking worth is likely to be a bit wealthy, although the report additionally mentions the potential for Thomas Partey being allowed to go away the Emirates Stadium for round £30m.
Arsenal might do properly to promote Partey and use a big chunk of that payment to assist pay for Lavia, whereas the report additionally notes that £21m has already been raised from promoting Granit Xhaka to Bayer Leverkusen.
Arsenal look set to be working with a youthful squad subsequent season, with Xhaka and Partey among the many oldest members of the beginning XI, and presumably set to get replaced by each Declan Rice and Lavia in that space of the pitch in 2023/24.
All in all, it seems to be like there’s a really thrilling future forward at Arsenal, with Mikel Arteta additionally constructing round some very good younger skills within the type of Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Martinelli and William Saliba.
