EPL: Mikel Arteta ‘Convinced’ Arsenal Will Seal £25m Deal For Leicester City Star

• Mikel Arteta ‘Convinced’ Arsenal Will Seal £25m Deal For Leicester City Star.

• The North London outfit has been linked intensely with a move for the Foxes ace having impressed when playing for Brendan Rodgers’ side over the past few years.

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EKO HOT BLOG reports that Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta is reportedly ‘convinced’ that Arsenal can finalise a deal which would see them sign Leicester City’s Youri Tielemans this summer.

The North London outfit has been linked intensely with a move for the Foxes ace having impressed when playing for Brendan Rodgers’ side over the past few years.

The Gunners are looking to bolster their options in midfield in the upcoming summer transfer window.

Mikel Arteta’s side just missed out on sealing a return to Champions League football via the top four in the 2021/22 campaign, but they will be in the Europa League next season.

According to the Mirror, the north London club are confident they can strike a deal with Leicester to bring in Tielemans.

The Belgium international has just over a year left on his current deal and could be available for a cut-price fee of around £25million.

Although the Gunners will not be playing in the Champions League next season, Tielemans is still said to be keen on a move to the Emirates.

Arsenal’s north London rivals Tottenham have also been linked with a move for the striker, but Liverpool legend John Barnes thinks he would be better suited to the Gunners.

‘Gabriel Jesus could suit either Tottenham Hotspur or Arsenal. Both have good managers and are good clubs,’ Barnes told BonusCodeBets.

‘From a club perspective, Arsenal are more in need of a centre forward than Spurs when you look at the fact that they still have Harry Kane and Son Heung-min.

‘But this is modern football; in the old days if a club wanted you, you’d move there, there wasn’t an auction like it is today with other clubs. A player went to the club that came in for them, without a deal being highjacked.

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‘From Jesus’s point of view, he also has to ask himself with Kane and Son if he’d be playing regularly in the same position, which he won’t. Arsenal need Jesus more and he’ll be better suited there.’

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