Arsenal are desperate to sign the £214,000-a-week star, Mikel Arteta is a fan

Arsenal are desperate to sign the £214,000-a-week star this summer, and Mikel Arteta is believed to have been a long-term interest.

Edu transfer plans for busy summer window at Arsenal

The Gunners continue to chase the exciting Premier League title, as Arsenal, Liverpool and Man City continue to battle it out at the top of the tree.

Arsenal's 5-0 thrashing of London rivals Chelsea ensures that fans continue to have a spark of good mood as they look to fight back against City, who currently hold all the cards in terms of numbers.

However, if Pep Guardiola's side make it four titles on the bounce, it will be back to the drawing board for sporting director Edu and Arteta ahead of what will be an eventful summer transfer window.

Some reports have suggested that Arsenal will break their summer transfer record in a bid to bring Arteta back, which comes as an exciting prospect considering they spent over £200 million last year.

As for who they could bring in, it is widely known that Arsenal will want to bring in a new striker. The likes of Ivan Toney and Victor Osimhen are just two of the many names linked to this.

“It's no big secret that Arsenal want to sign a striker this summer. When the window opens it will be a priority, along with a midfielder and another wide striker,” said reliable reporter Charles Watts.

“It will be interesting to see if they go for Victor Osimhen. He, like Toney, is a player they like and I know his representatives have visited Arsenal's training ground to talk to Edu.

“Those talks happened in the summer when Arsenal finally signed Gabriel Jesus. Jesus was always the most important player that year, but Osimhen was the player they looked at as the most important player.”

According to journalist Mirko Di Natale, another striker they really like is £214,000-a-week Juventus star Dusan Vlahovic. Previous reports claimed that Arteta was “impressed” by Vlahovic's style of play, and it would appear that the Spaniard is still a fan.

Arsenal are showing “strong” interest in Vlahovic

Di Natale told Ti Amo Calciomercato of TV Play, as relayed by Sport Witness, that Arsenal are showing a “strong” interest in signing Vlahovic this summer.

“I know that the contacts are good and there are many chances that we will reach the same conclusion as Vlahović, Arsenal showing his interest from England,” said the reporter about Vlahobic's contract.

“Juve and Vlahović will have to find an agreement and make sure that both parties are satisfied. If they don't reach an agreement in the summer window, Vlahović can enter the transfer window for Juve and make sure that he can be one of those exits Giuntoli has in mind this summer.”