Arsenal transfer news: Mikel Arteta's ‘interest’ in controversial £69m forward claimed amid Tottenham Hotspur 'stance'

Arsenal person reportedly joined the contention to motion Marseille guardant Mason Greenwood amid suggestions the French nine could authorisation a big-money merchantability this summer.

The erstwhile Manchester United attacker has been regularly linked with a instrumentality to the Premier League aft rebuilding his vocation successful Ligue 1.

Mikel Arteta is believed to beryllium exploring attacking reinforcements up of the Gunners’ Premier League rubric defence, with Greenwood present said to beryllium connected the radar.

French outlet L’Equipe - via Mirror Football - claims Arsenal are among respective clubs monitoring the 24-year-old.

Marseille, however, are thought to worth the striker astatine astir €80m (£69.3m) arsenic they question to stay wrong fiscal regulations.

Arsenal 'named' among Greenwood suitors arsenic Marseille measurement sale

Arsenal person long been credited with an interest successful Atletico Madrid’s Julian Alvarez, but Greenwood is being mooted arsenic an alternate people if a determination for the Argentine does not materialise.

The guardant remains nether declaration astatine Marseille until 2029, yet the Ligue 1 broadside are reportedly unfastened to cashing in, fixed his prolific instrumentality of 48 goals successful 81 appearances since arriving successful 2024.

Roma are besides said to beryllium successful the frame, portion erstwhile reports had suggested that Tottenham Hotspur could participate the conversation.

Greenwood, who scored 35 times successful 129 matches for Man United earlier leaving Old Trafford, has importantly rebuilt his on-field estimation successful France.

Any transportation is apt to impact analyzable negotiations, not slightest owed to his interest and the wider discourse surrounding his career.

Spurs 'distance themselves' arsenic De Zerbi clarifies Greenwood stance

Despite earlier speculation, Spurs are understood to person nary volition of moving for Greenwood, adjacent aft appointing Roberto De Zerbi arsenic caput coach.

The Italian antecedently worked with the guardant astatine Marseille and faced a backlash from immoderate Spurs supporters implicit past comments successful which helium spoke sympathetically astir Greenwood’s situation.

De Zerbi has since reiterated that helium is firmly against immoderate signifier of violence, peculiarly against women, stressing that helium is delicate to the contented arsenic a begetter and condemns sexist behaviour successful each forms.

Greenwood was charged with attempted rape and controlling and coercive behaviour earlier those charges were aboriginal dropped, and his aboriginal continues to beryllium the taxable of scrutiny connected and disconnected the pitch.

While Arsenal’s reported involvement adds a caller twist to the forward's future, Tottenham’s stance appears clear, leaving the Gunners and overseas clubs arsenic the much apt imaginable destinations if Marseille determine to sell.