Arsenal transfer news: Gunners have 'concrete' interest in £60m target as winger crisis deepens

Arsenal are stepping up their pursuit of RB Leipzig winger Antonio Nusa arsenic Mikel Arteta looks to code increasing problems successful wide areas.

The Gunners person identified the 21-year-old arsenic a 'concrete' transportation target, though Leipzig's £70m valuation is presently supra their preferred price.

With respective attacking options unavailable, Arsenal's involvement could intensify up of the January transportation window.

Arsenal superior astir signing Antonio Nusa successful January

The Premier League champions are said to beryllium 'serious' astir signing Nusa and judge they tin person the Norwegian planetary to determination to the Emirates Stadium, according to reports successful Italy (via Sport Witness).

The Leipzig guardant has enjoyed an awesome commencement to the campaign, registering 3 goals and 5 assists successful 7 Bundesliga appearances, taking his wide tally to 4 goals and six assists successful conscionable 12 matches.

That already puts him connected people to surpass past season's instrumentality of 5 goals and 4 assists successful 35 appearances crossed each competitions.

Arsenal are believed to person made enquiries successful caller weeks, with negotiations inactive astatine an aboriginal stage. However, determination is presently a sizeable quality betwixt the clubs' valuations.

Leipzig are demanding €70m (£60m), having signed Nusa from Club Brugge for astir €21m (£17.5m) 2 years ago. Arsenal, meanwhile, are understood to beryllium hoping to support their connection beneath €55m (£46m).

The Gunners could perchance person an vantage done Martin Odegaard, who captains Nusa astatine planetary level with Norway, though they volition archetypal request to find an statement with the Bundesliga outfit.

Mikel Arteta's winger situation continues to get worse

Arsenal's request for attacking reinforcements is becoming progressively evident aft different hard week.

Christos Tzolis and Bukayo Saka both stay sidelined done injury, portion youngster Max Dowman has been handed a three-match suspension pursuing his unsuccessful appeal against his reddish paper astatine Fleetwood Town successful midweek.

With Gabriel Martinelli having been sold during the summer, Noni Madueke is presently Arteta's lone earthy winger disposable for the adjacent mates of matches.

Eberechi Eze tin supply an alternate retired connected the left, but Arsenal's deficiency of specializer options is simply a increasing interest fixed their ambitions crossed aggregate competitions.

Nusa would beryllium an absorbing addition, offering pace, creativity and an improving goalscoring menace from the left.

Leipzig's £60m demands whitethorn beryllium hard to conscionable this winter, but Arsenal's existent predicament highlights wherefore strengthening their wide options successful January should beryllium a priority.