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Arsenal make Dayot Upamecano decision that has been influenced by one signing

Arsenal have decided that they will not pay over the odds for Dayot Upamecano this January, because they have William Saliba joining up with his new team-mates in the summer. That’s according to Sky Sports man Dharmesh Sheth, who believes RB Leipzig will also not consider selling the player mid-season.

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Mikel Arteta was expected to be handed plenty of cash to spend to fix his underperforming squad, but that doesn’t look like the case now the transfer window has opened.

According to Sheth, Arsenal are not prepared to fork out for the 21-year-old because they have high hopes for Saliba, who will return to the club next summer.

“I’ve been told that incomings at the Emirates Stadium are unlikely at this stage, but things can change with plenty of days to go of course,” Sheth said on the Sky Sports Transfer Show.

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Arsenal have made a transfer decision on Dayot Upamecano (Image: GETTY) “There are a couple of reasons for this, one being that Arsenal spent close to £150million on transfers this summer.

“One of those transfers they played close to £30m for Saint-Etienne defender William Saliba, they returned him on loan and he will come back to Arsenal in the summer. There’s no recall option in this month.

“Arsenal have got to weigh up whether they bring in someone for basically six months because of William Saliba, they rate him really highly.

“There was another player they were linked with in the summer, the RB Leipzig defender Dayot Upamecano.

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Arsenal explored signing Dayot Upamecano in the summer transfer window (Image: GETTY) “It is something they were interested in the summer, we understand that Arsenal are not willing to pay significant sums of money in January given what they did in the summer.

“Also RB Leipzig don’t want to let this guy go, they are top of the Bundesliga and the last 16 of the Champions League where they will be playing Tottenham Hotspur.”

Express Sport understand that Manchester City, Tottenham and Everton are also interested in Upamecano.

Leipzig have Quote: d any potential buyers a £70million asking price, which is unlikely to be lowered.

They currently sit top of the Bundesliga and manager Julian Nagelsmann shares the same ambition as the board, they want to dominate German football and buck the Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund trend.

Trending Sky Germany are claiming that Jerome Boateng is a cheaper alternative for the Gunners.

Arsenal are in desperate need of a commanding centre-back and Boateng has already experienced the Premier League during a brief spell with Manchester City.

Caglar Soyuncu is another name who has been loosely linked, he was a player the club kept tabs on during his time at Freiburg.

Perhaps more importantly, Arsenal need to focus on ensuring their best players commit their futures to the club.

Both Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette are stalling on new contracts and Arteta is determined to ensure they stay at the club.