There may be quite a lot of curiosity in Arsenal ahead Gabriel Martinelli, however the Gunners have a superb probability of blocking the switch as they plan to supply him a brand new contract.
That’s in line with Fabrizio Romano within the newest version of his exclusive CaughtOffside column, with the reporter responding to latest switch rumours linking Martinelli as a attainable goal for Chelsea.
Martinelli has been a vastly spectacular performer for Arsenal in latest occasions, with the Brazil worldwide displaying that he’s undoubtedly one of many most interesting younger abilities within the Premier League.
This has led to some hypothesis that Arsenal’s rivals Chelsea could possibly be eyeing him up, with the Daily Mail not too long ago claiming they’ve been monitoring the 21-year-old.
Romano admits that many high golf equipment are monitoring Martinelli, however Gooners will little doubt be happy to listen to that the membership have lengthy been planning to tie him right down to a brand new contract.
Responding to the Martinelli rumours, Romano mentioned: “Many high golf equipment are following Martinelli however I’m instructed Arsenal have been planning to supply him a brand new contract for very long time.
“So, Arsenal have nonetheless an opportunity to maintain Martinelli as he’s thought of a high participant for the longer term.”
Martinelli is unquestionably an vital a part of Mikel Arteta’s long-term venture, but it surely’s additionally simple to think about he may do an vital job at Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea have made plenty of poor attacking signings in the previous couple of years, with the likes of Christian Pulisic, Timo Werner, Kai Havertz and Hakim Ziyech probably not dwelling as much as expectations.
Martinelli seems like he may nicely be an improve on these gamers, but it surely certainly received’t be simple for the Blues to raid one among their largest rivals for one among their most enjoyable younger gamers.
Nonetheless, we now have seen gamers transfer between these two golf equipment a couple of occasions in latest historical past, with Ashley Cole famously making the controversial transfer from Arsenal to Chelsea, whereas former Gunners captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is now on the books at Stamford Bridge.
Others resembling Petr Cech, David Luiz and Willian have all moved from Chelsea to Arsenal in the previous couple of years.
