Arsenal will look to sign RB Leipzig centre-back Dayot Upamecano in the summer, with a deal for the 21-year-old unlikely for the January transfer window. The Gunners haven’t got the cash to spend this winter and will extend look to sanction loan deals to help them until the end of the season.
Related articles Arsenal transfer news LIVE: Upamecano bid stance, Aubameyang exit clue Arsenal urged to complete signing that will solve two Arteta problems Upamecano has impressed in the heart of defence for Leipzig this season and is being tracked by a number of clubs.
Express Sports understand that Arsenal, Tottenham and Manchester City are all interested in signing Upamecano.
But according to Goal, Arsenal won’t be able to make their move until the summer because they don’t have the money to spend right now.
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When Arsenal will launch Dayot Upamecano transfer bid as Mikel Arteta eyes RB Leipzig star (Image: GETTY) Leipzig value Upamecano at around £45million - a fee which won’t be available to the Gunners until the summer window.
The situation is the same as last January for Arsenal, who could only sign players on loan.
But last summer, they spent close to £130million, leaving their cash reserves for this January rather depleted.
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Related articles Arsenal's stance on sealing Boateng transfer in January emerges Man Utd £50m bid this week, Liverpool exit announcement today, Chelsea READ MORE Merson explains why he has been proven wrong Arsenal boss by Arteta The club also have their eye on Juventus star Merih Demiral this season, but they’ve been set back by the fact that the Italian champions would rather not loan him out.
Demiral is behind Leonardo Bonucci, Matthijs de Ligt and Daniele Rugani in the pecking order and Arsenal would likely make him their prime centre-back.
Leicester are also said to be interested in the Turk and are confident in the fact that current defender Caglar Soyuncu could convince his compatriot to join the Foxes.
Another defender who Arsenal are thought to be interested in is Bayern Munich’s Jerome Boateng.
When Arsenal will launch Dayot Upamecano transfer bid as Mikel Arteta eyes RB Leipzig star (Image: GETTY) READ MORE Arsenal and Chelsea hero Cesc Fabregas sticks the boot into Tottenham Arsenal chief Raul Sanllehi spoke last month of how the team’s January window would be much more tactical than in the summer, where they spent an abundant amount.
"Globally, it's not the strategic window. By definition, that's the summer window,” he said.
"That's when you plan the season ahead.
“Last summer we did an incredible effort where we were very grateful for the support we got from our ownership to really go one step further and make, as I said, a real investment to increase our expectations for the season.
Trending "The winter window is much more tactical.
"Now we're going to have conversations between Edu and Mikel to see what things we can do or what we should do.
"But again, the strategic window and the one that Edu and his team are always working for in the longer term is the summer window."
