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Arsenal: 4 leading transfer targets this summer

By Ross Kennerley

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, ENGLAND - MAY 02: Mikel Arteta, Manager of Arsenal looks on during the Premier League match between Newcastle United and Arsenal at St. James Park on May 02, 2021 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Sporting stadiums around the UK remain under strict restrictions due to the Coronavirus Pandemic as Government social distancing laws prohibit fans inside venues resulting in games being played behind closed doors. (Photo by Lee Smith - Pool/Getty Images)
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, ENGLAND - MAY 02: Mikel Arteta, Manager of Arsenal looks on during the Premier League match between Newcastle United and Arsenal at St. James Park on May 02, 2021 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Sporting stadiums around the UK remain under strict restrictions due to the Coronavirus Pandemic as Government social distancing laws prohibit fans inside venues resulting in games being played behind closed doors. (Photo by Lee Smith - Pool/Getty Images) /
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Chelsea’s English striker Tammy Abraham appeals to the referee after seeing his goal disallowed during the English FA Cup quarter-final football match between Leicester City and Chelsea. (Photo by TIM KEETON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) /

5. Striker – Tammy Abraham

Club: Chelsea
Age: 23
Contract expiry: 2023
Asking price: £40m

A bonus fifth position being eyed!

Given it wasn’t high on most peoples’ agendas, excluding Arteta’s, this one get included and it’s full focus on Tammy Abraham. Reports throughout the window of minor interest in Dominic Calvert-Lewin and the already moved on Andre Silva offered some insight into what Arsenal wanted, albeit not concrete links.

The situation with Abraham is different.

Picked up across the UK press, the striker is no longer wanted at Chelsea and nor does he want to be there. Why would he? He played only 17 minutes of football under Thomas Tuchel in the final three months of the season having been top scorer for two campaigns in a row.

But for £40m it comes across as a bizarre use of funds. While fans are in the dark as to how much money Arsenal do have to spend this summer, even with a healthy ‘war chest’, that outlay on a striker who will play second fiddle to Aubameyang comes across as peculiar.

Eddie Nketiah and Alexandre Lacazette have to be sold beforehand, however. Even for this to make any ground those two have to depart first, and that’s proving tricky enough as it is.

Two out and one in?

Next. 3 tasks for Emile Smith Rowe. dark

Other targets: Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Odsonne Edouard

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