Folarin Balogun is expected to leave the club in this transfer window, and Inter Milan has expressed interest in signing him.
Balogun impressed several clubs with his outstanding performances while on loan at Reims last season, making him a sought-after talent in the transfer market.
Arsenal is optimistic that they can command a transfer fee of around 40 million euros for his departure, as Balogun is not open to another loan spell. With limited game time guaranteed at the Emirates, the club sees finding a new permanent home for the striker as the best solution.
Inter Milan, having withdrawn from the race for Romelu Lukaku, now views Balogun as their top choice. The striker also seems keen to leave Arsenal for a fresh opportunity elsewhere.
According to a report from Sport Witness, there is still a gap in valuation between Arsenal and Inter Milan regarding the player. However, Inter remains hopeful that Balogun will push for the move to San Siro, allowing them to secure the transfer deal.
Just Arsenal Opinion
Balogun has been in fine form in the last year and has to go because he still is not good enough for our team.
The striker was superb in France, but Ligue 1 does not come close to the Premier League in terms of quality and he will not shine that much in England’s top flight if we keep him in the squad.
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If we don’t let him go we’ll be shooting ourselves in thd foot, again, for the millionth time!
We all know MA favours Eddie over his so if he stays he’ll get minimal game time dropping his value until we get peanuts or he leaves for free. Potential buyers know this too.
Let’s say we reject 35 mil and he stays, will we get more than that after a season of not playing? Zero chance.
At the same time, you can’t let the player push the club around. He’s not Mbappe and we need as much as we can get for him. I’m not sure he’s worth £50M imo but there’s no way I would let any other club push us around either. If Arsenal want £50M or close to it, stick to your guns I say. The player has every chance of destroying his career if he gets to pushy.
It’s just such a disappointing situation all around.
Sounds a bit familiar though. Another player had a great season in the French league but wasn’t deemed ready. Later Arteta admitted his mistake.
A striker who actually scores is training elsewhere, missing preseason games where we should be judging performances.
Meanwhile, watching Nketiah do nothing for the umpteenth time, a championship level player with 4 years of evidence to show.
Hopefully Jesus stays healthy or Trossard gets those chances as striker, because we are dead in the water if Nketiah is up top, SMFH.
We risk another AMN situation if we don’t sell him now while his value is at its peak despite being a fringe player