Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur both want Leandro Trossard with Brighton and Hove Albion allegedly willing to sell for around £25million.
That’s according to TalkSPORT, who claim that Brighton are bracing themselves for a formal bid from somewhere for Trossard.
It’s stated that Brighton don’t want to sell Trossard on the cheap and are sticking to an asking price of around £25million.
This comes after The Athletic’s David Ornstein reported that Tottenham have made a verbal offer worth in the region of £12million.
Tottenham will seemingly have to double their verbal offer to get Brighton to consider selling Trossard.
Then there is Arsenal, who are looking at Trossard as a possible alternative to Mykhailo Mudryk following his move to Chelsea.
Trossard has been at odds with Brighton boss Roberto De Zerbi of late and many expect him to leave this month after missing Brighton’s last three games.
Arsenal can sign Leandro Trossard for £63m less than Mudryk
Arsenal were desperate to sign Mudryk from Shakhtar Donetsk and appeared to be the strong favourite for his signature.
The Gunners were left stunned on Saturday though as Chelsea swooped in to make him their latest big-money signing.
Chelsea agreed a deal worth up to £88million for Mudryk, a quite staggering fee for a player who has only played 49 league games in Ukraine.
Arsenal have to look elsewhere now and David Ornstein has told NBC Sports that Trossard to Arsenal is ‘one to watch’ in light of the Mudryk move.
The difference in price here is enormous; Arsenal could feasibly bring in Trossard and have plenty of money left over for another addition.
Trossard isn’t really the same as Mudryk though; he’s six years older than the Ukrainian so doesn’t have the same potential and certainly doesn’t have the same pace.
Trossard is 28 and maybe doesn’t fit Arsenal’s usual approach but signing him for about £63million less than Mudryk may well appeal to Edu and co as they seek depth on the flanks.
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