Arsenal’s main rival in the pursuit of Alex Scott is reportedly Manchester United, with both clubs eager to strengthen their midfield options during the current transfer window.
The Gunners closely monitored the midfielder throughout much of last season as he impressed with Bournemouth and established himself as one of the most highly regarded young midfielders in the Premier League.
Arsenal believe Scott possesses the qualities needed to improve their squad and has continued assessing the possibility of making a move for the Englishman this summer.
In recent weeks, Arsenal have also explored the possibility of signing Bruno Guimaraes, although completing a deal for the Brazilian midfielder is widely viewed as far more difficult because of Newcastle United’s firm stance regarding his future.
Arsenal and United battle for Scott
Bournemouth have publicly maintained that Scott is not for sale as they attempt to protect some of their key players ahead of the new season.
However, there is a growing belief that he could still prove easier to sign than Guimaraes if Arsenal decide to intensify their pursuit in the coming weeks.
According to Sky Sports, Manchester United are also strongly interested in signing Scott and are prepared to compete directly with Arsenal for his signature.
The report suggests the Red Devils view the midfielder as an important addition to their long-term plans and are determined to challenge any attempt by Arsenal to secure the transfer.
The midfield market is becoming competitive
With Sandro Tonali having made a move to Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City having already completed the signing of Elliot Anderson, the number of elite midfield options available in the market is beginning to decrease.
This situation could increase the urgency for both Arsenal and United as they continue evaluating their preferred midfield targets before the transfer window closes.
United are expected to do everything possible to prevent Scott from joining Arsenal and instead convince him that Old Trafford represents the better destination for his development and future ambitions.
The battle for the midfielder’s signature is therefore expected to become one of the more closely followed transfer stories in the coming weeks.
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I’d prefer Alex to Bruno any day, and although Bournemouth are playing hard on this, we all know that they have to sell players just to survive in the Premier League.
Another hijack. Monga going to a club that knows what they are doing, City. Arsenal spent months scouting him like they did with C.Ronaldo, Suarez and more in the past all for serious clubs to sign them. They loaned Nwaneri out just to get Madueke and Eze, what a joke of a club.
You think Monga was hi jacked? Ha ha ha. You are funny. Let’s see what happens to Monga in that over bloated Man City squad. I’m sure his choice, like Mudryks, was Arsenal.
One of the dangers of manager changes is managers love to work with who they worked with before, lesser players coming in so new manager can over look better players already on contract.
Some clubs are clearly paying over the odds on players doubling down on the risk of it not turning out. I’m glad Arsenal are not one of them.
As for the Poe Faced Scott – look at our Just Arsenal Avatar. No Spuds!
Scott or Kone of Roma would be my preferences for strengthening our central midfield area.Personally I would try to tempt Bournemouth with MLS and/or Trossard as part of a deal but their current wages may well be a stumbling block.
There we go again.
Throw away the good we have and replace with a new shiny toy.
I was never of the opinion that we should let MLS go and the final matches of last season showed us why.
The club will not let Skelly go, and rightly so.
Norgaard, Trossard, Odegaard and potentially any of our player whose name ends with an “…ard” are clearly more dispensable
I fully expected such a response when the subject of MLS is concerned .The fact that I do not particularly rate the player does not mean I disrespect your views dgr and time will tell which of us is right on this occasion.With regard to Trossard he has proved to be great value for money but he is at an age where it would be sensible for us to cash in and reinvest in a younger player.
Sorry Grandad but I’m with DG, you are talking nonsense, Skells is international class Midfield with huge Arsenal career in front of him. I’m glad he’s staying.
Kone is a good call because Rice and Zoob can’t start in 60 games a season again, lesson learned it’s breaking them, so their name is on team sheet but half a player in the pitch.
But Kone is not Rice, he’s an attacking 8 never a six with streetwise ball wins and powers of recovery when behind players. Rice finished the season for us at 6, he may never player attacking 8 for us very much again. There’s a lot of good attacking 8’s we could sign, but none with Dec’s natural 6 instincts.
MLS has a long way to go before he can be labeled international class but regardless I hope he can have a huge Arsenal career.
MLS would be dab handy in this England squad out there.
where would be play ?
no where near the squad
Skells was superb in the Champions league final. You think Mainoo and Grandpa Henderson better squad picks? Seriously?