Arsenal transfer news: Zaha, Aubameyang, Saliba, Weigl, Balde, Comert

Gunners could cash in on Pierre-Emerick
Aubameyang in order to land Crystal Palace forward Wilfried
Zaha

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But before Gooners get carried away BBC
Sport adds a caveat: while the Eagles don’t want to lose
26-year-old Zaha, they would be unlikely to turn down an £80m offer
from north London.

That’s their asking price and the BBC reckons that Arsenal
will meet it. How? By “cashing in” on Pierre-Emerick
Aubameyang. 

The news will send a chill through Arsenal fans but it’s
expected that the club could make £100m plus on offloading
Aubameyang, leaving them some extra cash to strengthen their
fragile squad.

Balde and Weigl on the radar

Two players on Arsenal’s radar are Monaco winger Keita
Balde and Borussia Dortmund midfielder Julian
Weigl. 

The Daily Mirror claims that Arsenal boss Unai
Emery “is set to make significant changes to his squad in the
coming weeks” and he has his eye on the 24-year-old
Balde. 

Reports from France say that Arsenal are “weighing up a
move for the Senegal international”, who joined Monaco from Lazio
two years ago. 

He spent last season on loan at Inter Milan and despite a
solid campaign in Serie A the Italians decided his £30m price tag
was too expensive to make the move permanent. 

As for Weigl, the Mirror says he would cost around £27m and
Dortmund are happy to sell. 

Saliba in the sights

TalkSPORT reports that Arsenal are “closing in”
on Saint-Etienne star William Saliba. 

The defender comes with a £26.5m asking price and it
appears that as part of any move the Gunners would loan the
18-year-old straight back to Saint-Etienne for next
season.

Comert catches the eye

From France to Switzerland and the report in the Daily Mail suggests that Unai Emery is keen on
FC Basel defender Eray Comert. 

The back four is Arsenal’s problem area and Spaniard Emery
believes that the 21-year-old Comert has a bright
future. 

The fact he would only cost £7m is an added bonus and the
Mail claims that Arsenal “will send representatives to Switzerland
for talks with Basel over his availability on Saturday”.