According to reports, the Gunners will battle Manchester United over signing Bayern Munich and France forgotten midfielder Corentin Tolisso.After being signed with much expectation for 50 million USD from Lyon in 2017, the Frenchman is set to leave the German champions.The 26-year-old, who was part of Didier Deschamps Euro 2020 squad this summer, has one year left on his contract. According to Bild, Bayern are willing to part ways with Tolisso for a hugely reduced fee of around 12 million USD in order to recoup some value and get his wages off their books. Since new Bayern boss Julien Nagelsmann is keen on bringing Marcel Sabitzer from his former club RB Leipzig, young German manager will have to sell in order to make the deal happen. Hence – forgotten Tolisso might leave as he is at the top of the list of those who will depart from Allianz Arena.FRIDAY, 22.00: (4.10) BRENTFORD (3.50) ARSENAL (1.92)Bavarians initially asked for 23.5 million USD for the Frenchman but after receiving no offers at that price – they have lowered their expectations. Along with Arsenal there are several interested sides. Among them are the Premier league rivals Manchester United.Ole Gunnar Solskjaer primarily focused on his priorities to plug gaps in defence and attack – thus the signings of both Jadon Sancho and Raphael Varane. But with Paul Pogba potentially leaving, United boss is also being pragmatic and scouting for a replacement. In comes the Tolisso idea.##EDITORS_CHOICE##On the other hand, Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta brought defender Ben White, midfielder Albert Sambi Lokonga and left-back Nuno Tavares.But the Spaniard’s plans are not yet complete – despite Granit Xhaka staying at Arsenal, Arteta’s desire is to find a proper midfield partner to Ghanaian Thomas Partey.Reportedly, other interested clubs for Tolisso are Juventus and West Ham.Despite being a player of significant promise, Tolisso has managed just 57 league appearances in Germany in four seasons. He picked up a cruciate ligament injury in his second season at the club, and struggled for his playing minutes ever since.FRIDAY, 21.30: (5.20) MONCHENGLADBACH (4.30) BAYERN MUNICH (1.60)As far as the goalkeeper position goes, the north London club are allegedly starting talks over Aaron Ramsdale from the relegated Sheffield United side.However, there might be a hurdle in the negotiations straight away as the Blades are asking for 40 million USD – at the moment, Arsenal are ready to offer 27.5 million + add-ons as the talks are considered to be at an early stage.Sheffield United signed Ramsdale from Bournemouth last summer for an initial 25.5 million USD and Arteta and the transfer department of Arsenal are not ready to go much further than that.Bernd Leno has two years left on his current Arsenal deal and the Gunners have targeted Ramsdale as they look for a long-term replacement.After Argentinian Emiliano Martinez was sold to Aston Villa for almost 28 million USD last summer, German goalkeeper had little to no competition for the place between the posts.Pavard’s serious injury completes nightmare pre-season for Bundesliga holdersThere were rumours that Arsenal are eager on pursuing after Cameroonian Andre Onana from Ajax but it looks like a long shot, as Onana has his doping suspension to get over and also there is interest from Lyon and Inter for the 25-year-old African.Arsenal were said to be considering a double-transfer from the Blades, buying both Ramsdale and midfielder Sander Berge, but it appears Arteta is focused solely on the England goalkeeper for now. Most probably, Arsenal will focus on Tolisso than on Berge given the experience of top level football and pedigree.
