Fabrizio Romano claims Arsenal \u201care expected to strengthen up front\u201d during the summer transfer window, but an approach for Khvicha Kvaratskhelia is off the table.<\/strong><\/p>\n There was speculation<\/strong> that the Gunners were exploring a move for the Georgian international, but Romano has played down the links:<\/p>\n \u201cThere have been rumours again about Arsenal being interested. But my understanding is crystal clear: PSG have no intention to open talks for Kvaratskhelia this summer.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThey love him \u2013 his attitude, professionalism, consistency. And remember, he joined from Napoli only 14\u202fmonths ago, in January\u202f2025. So PSG want to enjoy him much longer.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cOf course, Arsenal are expected to strengthen up front \u2013 maybe a striker, maybe a winger \u2013 but not Kvaratskhelia. Nothing concrete between Arsenal and PSG on this one.\u201d<\/p>\n Financially, Mikel Arteta\u2019s side are not in a position to pay in excess of \u00a3100m, which would be the level of offer required to recruit such an elite player.<\/p>\n For that reason, a lot hinges on whether sporting director Andrea Berta can raise enough money through sales.<\/p>\n Anthony Gordon has been tipped as a possible target<\/strong> in recent weeks. Arteta is said to be a big fan of the player, having tracked him since his Everton days.<\/p>\n While the 24-year-old would still be an expensive addition, Newcastle are expected to sanction sales if they don\u2019t qualify for the Champions League.<\/p>\n Arsenal would probably have a better chance of getting Gordon out of St James\u2019 Park than they would with getting PSG to part with Kvaratskhelia.<\/p>\n Read more about the Arsenal First Team Squad for 2025\/26 here<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/article><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Fabrizio Romano claims Arsenal \u201care expected to strengthen up front\u201d during the summer transfer window, but an approach for Khvicha Kvaratskhelia is off the table. There was speculation that the Gunners were exploring a move for the Georgian international, but Romano has played down the links: \u201cThere have been rumours again about Arsenal being interested. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":399,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=398"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Arsenal need to raise funds for such a large purchase<\/h2>\n
Even if Kvaratskhelia is open to a switch to the Emirates, as some have suggested, the fact that Paris Saint-Germain are not interested in selling makes any deal a long shot.<\/p>\nAre there any alternatives to Kvaratskhelia?<\/h2>\n