Tammy Abraham is heading out of Chelsea as the Blues close in on signing Romelu Lukaku from Inter Milan.
The Englishman has struggled to play under Thomas Tuchel, but Mikel Arteta likes him.
The Spanish manager has watched as Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has struggled to score goals since the start of last season and knows he needs another hitman that can deliver for him.
Arsenal has an abundance of strikers, but there is hardly one that stands out among the likes of Aubameyang, Alexandre Lacazette, Eddie Nketiah and Folarin Balogun.
Abraham could represent an upgrade to most of them, but Arsenal might miss out on signing him, according to a new report.
Todofichajes claims that AS Roma is also on the hunt for his signature in this transfer window with Jose Mourinho’s new club searching for some reinforcements in the Premier League.
The report claims that Roma is close to selling Edin Dzeko and they have made Abraham the striker to replace the Bosnian.
Chelsea wants to sell him for 40m euros, but Roma believes that figure is too much and they are preparing a 32m euros offer for his signature.
They are putting the finishing touches on the sale of Dzeko and as soon as they get that done, they will bid for Abraham.
I wish Roma all the best in their pursuit of this Chelsea “star”
Be nice if they got Abraham on loan and used the Dzeko funds to pay the asking price for Xhaka.
Win-win-win all the way around; dreams are nice.
so weird that they haven’t returned with an improved offer for Xhaka now that they’ve got some cash in hand…maybe they don’t want to compete with all those other suitors for his services
👍 👍 Plenty of suitors for Xhaka, so Arsenal to extend his contract. 🙄
Whilst his reported pending new contract remains unsigned, I guess there is still hope that they will come back in with an acceptable offer and take him off our hands
Chelsea is terrifying me this season, with Lukaku signing they are looking very strong all around.
Where did they find the money?
Chelsea look like the title favorite this season.
A swis captain not worth 25million Euros
A non England Starter starting bid of 32 mill euros
This fiction!!! Why report it!!!
Dusec Vlahovic from Fiorintino for €60 million is a better buy as Arsenal’s Plan B to attack crosses into the box: – 21 and 6’3″ (1.9m), left footed, 21 goals and 3 assists last season.
Good now, but plenty of room for improvement to be great.
Or Torreira plus £30m could probably do it. I think Edouard would be an interesting option at £18m too.
Those Italian clubs know how to demand for higher fee for their players but don’t know how to pay it for players outside their league.
Latest reports says Chelsea agree fee with Roma but Abraham has agreed personal terms with Arsenal and is holding out for us to fork up the cash.