It appears that, in some shape or form, Arsenal have made a move for Gianluca Scamacca if various members of the Italian media are to be believed.
The first sign of anything came on Friday, when Alfredo Pedullà reported the Gunners had made an offer of around €40m + bonuses for the towering striker.
However, it was then added that the player himself had turned down the opportunity to move to Arsenal because he wanted to prioritise a stay in Italy if he could, following interest from some of the bigger sides in Serie A.
A couple of reports, on Monday and Sunday evening, backed this all up, with numbers being slightly different but the general gist being the same.
We’ll start with Calciomercato, who reported late in the weekend that a ‘super offer’ was made by Arsenal after the London side had ‘overwhelmingly inserted’ themselves for the striker, ‘with a €35m offer presented in recent days’.
Described as an ‘important figure’, it was still ‘not enough’ to convince Sassuolo, who are aiming for €40m + bonuses.
It’s a bit hard to work out what’s happened here based on the two reports, since the numbers in Pedullà’s match what the club reportedly want, while Calciomercato’s make it out as Arsenal needing to up their offer to reach an agreement.
Either way, it appears the interest is there, or perhaps these stories are coming out to try and coax the likes of Inter to make a move, as Calciomercato point out the player ‘has long had a base agreement with Inter’, whose focus currently revolves around Romelu Lukaku.
Meanwhile, over at Corriere dello Sport on Monday, it’s stated that ‘nobody’ in Serie A can ‘cover the cash figure of €40-45m’ requested by Sassuolo, with both Inter and Milan considering Scamacca a plan B.
Arsenal are then mentioned, with them reportedly having the Italian as an ‘alternative to the first choice Gabriel Jesus’.
The Gunners, however, ‘have the resources to approach the request’ from Sassuolo’s CEO Giovanni Carnevali.
It’s a bit of a mess, but we’ll keep an eye on it to see if more clarifications come out in the near future.
