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Arsenal still eyeing second striker this summer despite Jesus capture
An replace on Arsenal’s placing plans for the remainder of the 2022 summer time switch window has emerged on Sunday.
The Gunners’ primary precedence within the present window was, after all, to herald some recent legs up prime.
This got here with Alexandre Lacazette and Eddie Nketiah each out of contract on the Emirates on the finish of June.
Lacazette has since made the transfer to Lyon, while Nketiah, considerably surprisingly, put pen to paper on a brand new contract.
So, with Nketiah anticipated to play back-up to whoever Arsenal signed, it did look as if Gabriel Jesus could be the Gunners’ solely centre-forward version this 12 months.
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Nevertheless, an replace from switch professional Fabrizio Romano on Sunday means that is probably not the case.
Chatting with Caught Offside, Romano was discussing Arsenal’s curiosity in PSG-bound Gianluca Scamacca. The journalist said that while Scamacca is now not a precedence following the signing of Jesus from Manchester Metropolis, Arsenal will now search for a unique participant that doesn’t have a €50m price-tag:
“Arsenal are now not within the race for Gianluca Scamacca after signing Gabriel Jesus – the Italy worldwide was the second identify on their record. The concept now’s to search for a unique participant, not a €50m price ticket central striker like Scamacca,” Romano mentioned.
This means Arsenal might nonetheless herald one other striker this summer time, although it’s anticipated to be a reasonably low-cost possibility.
If this does show to be the case, it’s unlikely to please Nketiah, who had little doubt been promised a good bit extra recreation time than what he garnered in 2021/22.
