Arsenal and Inter Milan are looking to do a deal for Folarin Balogun after the Italians made him their first-choice striker signing this summer.
Balogun was in superb form last season when he spent the campaign on loan at Reims and that has seen Inter become keen on him.
The Italians are working on buying a new striker and their board believe Balogun is good enough for the team.
He will become the replacement for Romelu Lukaku, who will no longer join them from Chelsea.
Arsenal is more than happy to offload him for a fee, but they are struggling to find an agreement with the Italians.
Football Italia claims Inter have now hatched a plan to ensure he joins them, with the Nerazzurri preparing a loan move with an obligation to buy worth 35m euros.
It remains unclear if that would be good enough for Arsenal, but the report claims Inter could also move for West Ham’s Gianluca Scamacca if they fail to get Balogun.
Just Arsenal Opinion
Balogun remains a one-season wonder after his fine time in France last season, so we cannot make him too expensive for his suitors to sign.
The American needs to prove he can score 20 goals a season in a tougher league, but he no longer wants to go out on loan, so we must be prepared to take a reasonable fee from his departure.
They cannot afford the £60 million asking price.
You mean £50m.
For Balogun, I’d love a buy-back clause in his contract more than any amount of money Arsenal should receive for his sale
Agree!
Look at what Utd just paid for a kid, who isn’t exactly prolific in front of goal.
Arsenal should demand at least 50 million for Flo.
We can then get zero sale and then he rots on the bench and his value decreases further because he is 3rd choice currently while his contract runs down and we get nothing but the extra year of wage bills.
If you think more than 2 weeks ahead you’ll understand why playing hardball in this situation is a poor idea.
Or do you think his value is going to increase somehow while barely playing and his contract running down?
I love comments where what I said, hasn’t even been read!
Exactly where did I say we should not sell, and let him rot on the bench?
Classic disinformation! Word of advice – if you’re going to reply to people, read their comments first…I always find this helps.
Blog at the moment is above 50m.these is because the boy can score more than 15 goals in an league ..infact arsenal could have kept him
I am.not sure that I agree that Flo is just a ine season wonder. He was really given a run.of games by Arteta to show what he can do. Personaly I rate him higher thsn Edie and I much rather we cashed in on him. If we did that then Flo may want to stay and dhow what he can do!
It is actually £60 million after addons. It is the media that has come up with the made up figure of £50 million, Arteta or Arsenal have never mentioned £50 million. The reason i give the figure of £60 million is because i know that Arsenal have rejected two sugested bids of £55 million when asked if they would be interested, the answer was no.
If Hojlund is worth 70m then balogun shouldn’t go for less than 65m, only 2 years younger and 21 goals > 9 goals. Seriously they just sold a gk for 50m and sending pathetic bids for a striker. If the situation was reversed they’d ask for more than 70m.
If you are comparing the usual reckless buying from United to an Italian team and trying to equate values between players then that makes no sense.
Market determines price, nothing else. They’ll offer what they want and we can accept or reject. If we reject then we’ll be stuck with a player rotting on the bench that’s losing value by the day while not playing.
Unless we actually use him. Are we sure Belogun is not a better option than Nketia and are we sure it won’t work to unleash this guy on defenses that have been tired by Jesus?
I would prefer to get good money for him and to have a buyback clause. But I am also curious as to his ceiling, which we don’t know at this point of time. What we do know is that he had a very impressive season in France last year. And what I think is that Jesus is good and has many positives he brings, but might not be good enough to lead the line for a premiere league champion. If he was, would Pep not have discovered that? Pep was happy to let him go, despite not being flush with strikers. For me, Jesus was a big upgrade for us, but not a great loss for City. Now we have progressed and Jesus is in danger of becoming a so-so striker. Yes, he works hard and makes others better, but no, he doesn’t guarantee 20 goals.
Inter should pay the asking price or move on elsewhere! Loan first as well, which is no good.
For 30-35 million they can have Nketiah, I hope we hold firm and keep Balogun and sell Nketiah.
Why should we sell at a discount when no one else does? Read somewhere they want 2 strikers so I understand why they want Balogun on loan first then discont price.