Paper Round: Arsenal to turn to Moussa Dembele and Virgil Van Dijk

It's Monday's Paper Round. The papers are reporting that Arsenal are set to turn their attention to Moussa Dembele and Virgil Van Dijk and confident of keeping Sanchez with new deal.

Arsenal to turn to Dembele and Van Dijk

We start with The Express who report Arsenal will turn to Celtic striker Moussa Dembele if Alexis Sanchez decides to leave the club given that Olivier Giroud is also likely to leave. Meanwhile Arsene Wenger also wants to bolster his defence with a £45 million move for Van Dijk.

 

Our view: Wenger needs a replace for Sanchez who is bent on leaving the Emirate. For Van Dijk, it looks impossible because Liverpool is hi favorite destination if Saints decides to sell. 

Arsenal confident of keeping Sanchez with new deal

The Mirror reported that Arsenal and Wenger are growing increasingly confident that they will be able to persuade Sanchez to stay for at least one season. Whilst Manchester City remain his most likely destination, with the Chilean's wage demands having put off Bayern Munich and PSG, Arsenal believe a free transfer next season is more likely. They will also continue to push to bring Thomas Lemar in from Monaco.

Meanwhile in The Sun it is reported that Sanchez will be offered a massive new contract of £275,000 per week in order to stay with the club for one more season.

 

Our view: The earlier the better it will be if Arsenal sells Sanchez now and moves on. Dragging this saga for too long will not do them any good. His mind is made up, he wants champions league football next season and ARSENAL can't offer him that.

Klopp not budging on transfer targets

The Telegraph say Jurgen Klopp has been speaking about how he will not be budging on his transfer targets for the summer. Klopp has so far brought in Mohamed Salah and Dominic Solanke but high-profile chases of Van Dijk and Naby Keita have not come off as of yet. However Klopp remained optimistic and said he believes he has the financial backing of the club. 

Our view: The transfer market has become so complicated this summer with very little movement from premier league clubs so far. Other leagues sees the English league as a money bag and tends to demand more from them so one would understand why Klopp says he isn't budging on targets. The market needs some sanity.

Newcastle make move for Ojo

The Sun reports that Rafa Benitez wants to raid his former club to sign Sheyi Ojo for £10 million. Ojo could be allowed to leave because he isn't a key part of Klopp's plans and Newcastle believe they can beat off interest from Middlesbrough.