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Mateo Retegui in motion for Atalanta towards Udinese (Picture by Marco Luzzani/Getty Pictures)
Arsenal proceed to indicate an curiosity in Sporting Lisbon striker Viktor Gyokeres however have additionally recognized in-form Atalanta ahead Mateo Retegui in its place.
Sources near the scenario have knowledgeable CaughtOffside that Retegui is rising as one thing of a Plan B for the Gunners as they give the impression of being to strengthen up entrance, with a deal probably there to be accomplished if Atalanta obtain at the very least €50m for the Italy worldwide.
Retegui has a powerful document of 11 objectives in 12 Serie A video games this season, and he’s additionally contributed three assists, so it’s not stunning that numbers like which are seeing him entice consideration.
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Atalanta don’t need to promote Retegui, however it’s understood that they could discover it laborious to say no if the cash is true, and €50m is the form of determine that’s anticipated to check their resolve.
Mateo Retegui celebrates a objective for Atalanta (Picture by Marco Luzzani/Getty Pictures)
It stays to be seen if Arsenal pays that for the 25-year-old, however he’s in excellent kind in the meanwhile and appears like somebody who might add one thing to Mikel Arteta’s struggling facet.
Do Arsenal want a signing like Mateo Retegui to get them again within the title race?
Arsenal are actually 9 factors behind Liverpool within the Premier League title race, and though yesterday’s 1-1 draw away to Chelsea can hardly be referred to as a nasty outcome, their latest slip-ups towards the likes of Bournemouth and Newcastle meant they actually wanted greater than only a level at Stamford Bridge.
Arsenal haven’t actually clicked in assault, and whereas a part of that’s all the way down to Martin Odegaard being out injured for a lot of the marketing campaign, there’s maybe additionally a case for saying they might do with somebody to take the strain off Kai Havertz and Bukayo Saka within the last third.
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Gabriel Jesus, Gabriel Martinelli and Leandro Trossard haven’t been acting at their finest not too long ago, and Retegui appears like he could possibly be a high quality addition so as to add some contemporary spark to Arteta’s assault.
Arsenal actually ought to think about a significant January deal to attempt to enhance issues, or they’re absolutely going to battle to meet up with present pace-setters Liverpool.
