Arsenal has reportedly offer three first-team players to Atletico Madrid, as the Gunners reportedly step up their efforts to sign Ghanaian midfielder Thomas Partey.
According to the report, Arsenal has offered Alexandre Lacazette, Hector Bellerin, and Lucas Torreira to Atletico Madrid in an exchange deal for Partey but their efforts have been futile so far.
Atletico are reportedly not interested in doing an exchange deal and are unlikely to budge from their stance of needing hard cash in any deal that is done for Partey.
Arsenal is short on cash this summer and will need to find creative ways of doing deals if they are to sign players in this window. This comes on the back of the Gunners announcing the relieving of 55 club staff from their duties last week.
The financial situation at Arsenal has been slightly improved by their FA Cup victory, which brought with it a guaranteed spot in the group stages of the UEFA Europa League.
Lacazette has found himself in and out of the Arsenal starting XI under Mikel Arteta since the Spaniard took over in late December. Arteta has sometimes opted to play his youngsters, such as Reiss Nelson and Eddie Nketiah, in his attack ahead of Lacazette.
The Frenchman has been linked with the LaLiga club for a few years now, even as Arteta recently praised Lacazette and what he brought to his Arsenal side.
Arsenal begins its commitments for the 2020-21 Season with the FA Community Shield on August 30 against Liverpool at Wembley.
With the Premier League Season set to begin on September 12, Arteta will hope to have a few new signings in place before then. The Spaniard has already made it clear that the Arsenal board will have to back him financially, in order to make the next step of their progress.
Source: Arsenal News
