Arsenal prepare £70 million bid to sign FIFA World Cup star - Reports

× Arsenal are in a hurry to improve their attack and have turned their attention to Bradley Barcola, the 23-year-old forward performing well at the FIFA World Cup. Mikel Arteta’s side are working on an ambitious £70 million bid for the Paris Saint-Germain winger, per Caught Offside (via GiveMeSport). Ad Barcola has recently re-introduced himself on the world’s grandest stage, scoring on his FIFA World Cup debut.

Liverpool, Manchester United, Chelsea, Manchester City, Barcelona and Bayern Munich are all keeping an eye on his situation, and it seems like there will be a crowded race. But the Gunners are believed to be the frontrunners for his signature. He fell down the pecking order at Parc des Princes during the club season, with Desire Doue, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, and Ousmane Dembele all ahead of him.

He still scored 13 goals and created seven assists in all competitions, and has won the Champions League twice in two years with PSG. Ad Trending A switch to North London would see the youngster get the consistent minutes he craves. It would also give Arteta some real competition for Gabriel Martinelli and Leandro Trossard out on the left flank.

But in the meantime, Arsenal have a huge hurdle to overcome before any deal can be done. But it’s claimed PSG will want more than £87m - or more than €100m - to agree to a sale, leaving a big gap between the two clubs’ positions. Ad Barcola will be looking for clarity in the window after 39 goals and 37 assists in 152 appearances in total for PSG.

Whether the European champions will be tempted to negotiate a formal offer in the coming weeks remains to be seen. Arsenal players chase FIFA World Cup glory Away from the transfer noise, there are plenty of Arsenal’s fingerprints all over the ongoing FIFA World Cup. The new Premier League champions are suited and booted across North America.

In particular, 15 players from Arteta’s title-winning squad are taking part in the flagship event, across nine competing countries. Ad England have the biggest Gunners contingent with Declan Rice, Bukayo Saka, Eberechi Eze, and Noni Madueke all named in Thomas Tuchel’s squad. Spain have the north London trio, Martin Zubimendi, Mikel Merino, and David Raya.

Brazil and France have centre-backs Gabriel Magalhaes and William Saliba, respectively.Elsewhere are Germany’s Kai Havertz and Norway’s Martin Odegaard, captaining his country at their first World Cup since 1998. The FIFA World Cup ends in a massive finale at MetLife Stadium, where a number of Arsenal players will be dreaming of lifting the famous trophy this summer.

× Was this article helpful? Thank You for feedback Quick Links More from Sportskeeda Edited by Nnanna Mba Arsenal are in a hurry to improve their attack and have turned their attention to Bradley Barcola, the 23-year-old forward performing well at the FIFA World Cup. Mikel Arteta’s side are working on an ambitious £70 million bid for the Paris Saint-Germain winger, per Caught Offside (via GiveMeSport).

Ad Barcola has recently re-introduced himself on the world’s grandest stage, scoring on his FIFA World Cup debut. Liverpool, Manchester United, Chelsea, Manchester City, Barcelona and Bayern Munich are all keeping an eye on his situation, and it seems like there will be a crowded race. But the Gunners are believed to be the frontrunners for his signature.

He fell down the pecking order at Parc des Princes during the club season, with Desire Doue, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, and Ousmane Dembele all ahead of him. He still scored 13 goals and created seven assists in all competitions, and has won the Champions League twice in two years with PSG. Ad Trending A switch to North London would see the youngster get the consistent minutes he craves.

It would also give Arteta some real competition for Gabriel Martinelli and Leandro Trossard out on the left flank. But in the meantime, Arsenal have a huge hurdle to overcome before any deal can be done. But it’s claimed PSG will want more than £87m - or more than €100m - to agree to a sale, leaving a big gap between the two clubs’ positions.

Ad Barcola will be looking for clarity in the window after 39 goals and 37 assists in 152 appearances in total for PSG. Whether the European champions will be tempted to negotiate a formal offer in the coming weeks remains to be seen. Arsenal players chase FIFA World Cup glory Away from the transfer noise, there are plenty of Arsenal’s fingerprints all over the ongoing FIFA World Cup.

The new Premier League champions are suited and booted across North America. In particular, 15 players from Arteta’s title-winning squad are taking part in the flagship event, across nine competing countries. Ad England have the biggest Gunners contingent with Declan Rice, Bukayo Saka, Eberechi Eze, and Noni Madueke all named in Thomas Tuchel’s squad.

Spain have the north London trio, Martin Zubimendi, Mikel Merino, and David Raya. Brazil and France have centre-backs Gabriel Magalhaes and William Saliba, respectively.Elsewhe