Arsenal are continuing to work on the transfer of RB Leipzig striker Benjamin Sesko, with the fee for the player still the main issue.
Sources close to the situation have informed CaughtOffside that Arsenal have reached an agreement on personal terms with Sesko.
However, Leipzig have set Sesko’s asking price at €80m, his release clause, and the Gunners are still trying to negotiate that fee down.
CaughtOffside understands talks have taken place in London in the last few days, and there is confidence on all sides that a full agreement will eventually be reached.
This is because Mikel Arteta has long made it clear that the Slovenia international is his top target up front.
Benjamin Sesko transfer update – what we know so far
Leipzig’s general manager Marcel Schafer and Arsenal’s sporting director Andrea Berta have had meetings in London to discuss the transfer in recent days.
During that time, it has also been confirmed to us that Arsenal chief Berta has also kept Viktor Gyokeres as another possible option.
Still, Sesko is Arteta’s preference and the 22-year-old was also always likely to leave Leipzig this summer once it was confirmed that they’d missed out on Champions League qualification.
It is not yet clear when a breakthrough in negotiations will be struck, but there is no panic on Arsenal’s side, and no confirmed approaches from other clubs for Sesko.
What Benjamin Sesko can bring to Arsenal
Tall, strong, quick, and with a powerful shot on him, Sesko looks like he has all the ingredients to become an elite centre-forward.
His record of 39 goals in 87 games in his two seasons at Leipzig perhaps isn’t the best, but he only recently turned 22 and should improve with better service around him.
Arsenal tend to dominate the ball and create more chances than Leipzig, so should help Sesko find the back of the net on a regular basis at the Emirates Stadium.
Who is better between Gyokeres and Sesko? obviously it’s Gyokeres, moreso that we are at stage where winning a trophy now is extremely important than moulding up any player to become a world star in the future. I hope the handlers of AFC would think properly about this
My honest gut feeling and thinking is that Sesko would have a similar impact as Gyokeres in the EPL and may have less pressure succeeding because the tonnes of of goals Gyokeres has had at Sporting Lisbon may prove a baggage too heavy to reproduce in the EPL. The EPL has supreme defenders and getting a hattrick against them is next to impossible. If. I’m to choose between the two, I go for Sesko. Given his tender age, I’m sure he knows he’s the can learn.
Why they not bring the goal machine Gyokeres??
fans are desperate for silverware. it is great to win silverware but realistically would you rather be in Arsenals position fighting for CL, and league with a squad that is almost there or in Tottenham’s position with a cup that this year is open to 7th in the league and a squad which has not delivered and will be stretched by CL. tThe club can’t just focus on now but also the future. cesko has more upside, is younger and will be a lethal addition to the Stoke City play
sesko should be at Emirates
I would take Gyokeres many times over
if gunners wants to win a trophy they should sign Gyokere and sesko at a time whatever they cost.
gyokeres is better
gyokeres is better
Sesko for me without fail.