Arsenal and Liverpool have joined Newcastle United in scouting RB Leipzig duo Dani Olmo and Dominik Szoboszlai.
RB Leipzig could lose both Dani Olmo and Dominik Szoboszlai with Arsenal, Liverpool and Newcastle United all keen according to 90Min.
It’s stated that all three Premier League clubs had scouts in attendance to watch RB Leipzig beat Bayern Munich 3-1 on Saturday.
RB Leipzig will already lose Christopher Nkunku this summer and would hate to lose more attacking stars.
Sadly for the Bundesliga club, that could happen with Arsenal, Liverpool and Newcastle all chasing both Olmo and Szoboszlai.
Arsenal could beat Tottenham Hotspur to Dani Olmo
Mikel Arteta will be well aware of the talent Olmo possesses.
A Spanish midfielder just like Arteta was in his playing days, Olmo could fit well into this Arsenal side.
Martin Odegaard can create from one side of Arsenal’s midfield with Olmo taking the other attacking midfield role in place of Granit Xhaka.
Olmo has bagged five goals and nine assists this season and has plenty ahead of him at just 25.
What’s interesting is that Olmo has been linked elsewhere – and even elsewhere in North London.
Sport BILD (print edition, April 12, 2023, page 20) suggested that Tottenham Hotspur made contact to try and sign Olmo.
Florian Plettenberg suggested that RB Leipzig were fighting to keep Olmo away from Spurs, offering a new deal with a £62million release clause.
Olmo is out of contract in 2024 and if he doesn’t sign that new deal, RB Leipzig would sell for around £26million.
That could be a bargain for Arsenal and they would no doubt love to pip Tottenham to Olmo’s signature.
Newcastle United seem to be favourites for Dominik Szoboszlai
There has been huge hype surrounding playmaker Szoboszlai for years now and Newcastle have been heavily linked.
Nemzeti Sport in Szoboszlai’s native Hungary reported earlier this month that Newcastle are offering big figures for him.
A deal worth around £10million-a-year – in the region of £190,000-a-week – is allegedly being put forward by Newcastle.
The fee would be enormous too, with Newcastle seemingly willing to pay £61million for the RB Leipzig star.
We can understand why Liverpool and Arsenal fancy Szoboszlai but Newcastle may be hard to beat here.
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