Arsenal growing frustrated with Benjamin Sesko over wage demands as striker transfer search hits the rocks
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ARSENAL are growing frustrated with Benjamin Sesko over the RB Leipzig striker's wage demands.
And the Gunners are facing a double transfer blow — with Marc Guehi set to snub at Emirates move in favour of joining Liverpool.
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Mikel Arteta's striker search has hit a stumbling block
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Benjamin Sesko's wage demands are too high for the Gunners
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Arsenal remain interested in Viktor Gyokeres should they fail to land Sesko
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Mikel Arteta is desperate for a No9, with transfer chief Andrea Berta in negotiations for Sesko while circling for Sporting Lisbon's Viktor Gyokeres.
Arteta wants Slovenia ace Sesko, 22, to be his big summer splash and the Gunners will pay the £70million asking price.
But insiders reveal that the Sesko camp are looking for a contract much higher than they plan to pay and that may force a change of direction.
Gyokeres, 27, is Arsenal's alternative and they do not want to lose out on the Swede, who is already realising he is not first choice.
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Gyokeres wants to come to the Premier League and Sporting Lisbon will sell — but Arsenal currently have Sesko ahead of him.
The Gunners are facing defeat in their pursuit of Crystal Palace and England centre-back Guehi because of guarantees over playing time.
Guehi wants regular first-team football and assurances from Arteta that he will get it in the North London team.
But William Saliba and Gabriel Magalhaes would almost certainly start ahead of the 24-year-old if he was to move there.
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Marc Guehi is willing to turn down Arsenal amid concerns over playing time
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With Liverpool selling Jarell Quansah to Bayer Leverkusen for around £40m, the club are on the lookout for a centre-back and want Guehi.
The defender does not want to be sitting on the bench with the World Cup coming up next summer and Liverpool could be the perfect fit.
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Arsenal will finalise a move for Martin Zubimendi next month at the request of Real Sociedad.
The Spanish outfit will let their influential midfielder go but for financial reasons there is a minor delay at their end.
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