Arsene Wenger has been actively pursuing Atletico Madrid’s star striker Antoine Griezmann but the price may be too much for the Arsenal board.
According to reports from Squawka and Get French Football News, Arsene Wenger is and has been actively pursuing superstar Atletico Madrid striker Antoine Griezmann for a large portion of the summer, but is currently not being allowed to meet the Frenchman’s astronomical buyout clause of €100m (£85m at current).
Not only Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United also chased the highly-rated striker over the past few transfer windows.
According to the reports, the player would be open to a move to the Emirates and would, in fact, be actively interested in doing so, but it appears that the price is the sticking point.
Contrary to what most people would likely assume, it’s the Arsenal Board, rather than Arsenal’s notoriously frugal French manager, who is standing in the way of the transfer.
This is very interesting if true, especially because criticisms of Arsenal’s spending are almost exclusively focused on the manager himself.