Arsenal have already begun planning for the summer with the club reportedly lining up an offer for Shakhtar Donetsk winger Manor Solomon.
The Israeli star has emerged as a very bright prospect within the game after a number of impressive displays - most notably in the Champions League - for Ukrainian outfit Shakhtar over the past two seasons.
And according to The Guardian, the Gunners have already held initial negotiations with the player's entourage after scouting him heavily over the last year.
And Mikel Arteta's side may ramp up their pursuit of the 21-year-old during pre-season in the summer as they prepare to launch a bid.
Solomon's reputation has sky-rocketed in recent times, having scored in both Champions League wins against Real Madrid this season, while also netting away at Manchester City in 2019.
The Gunners are interested in Solomon as he can play across the front line, and provide different options for Arteta's side - who have only just started to fire in front of goal again in the Premier League.
Solomon is expected to stay at Shakhtar in January unless Arsenal can free up big funds from a number of departures.
Furthermore, with his contract with the Ukrainian side not expiring until December 2023, it would take a substantial fee for the Gunners to entice him away.
His valuation has increased rapidly since joining Shakhtar from former side Maccabi Petah Tikva in 2019 thanks to his brilliant performances.
And during his time at Maccabi, Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola tried to land him in 2017 - when Arteta was his assistant at the Etihad.
Solomon claims he met with City representatives to negotiate a fee during his time at the Israeli side in 2017, but a deal never materialised.
City had hoped to sign the youngster for £5million but pulled out of the transfer race when Maccabi demanded £9m due to the prestige of the Premier League club.
Speaking of City's attempted transfer swoop three years ago, Solomon told The Guardian: 'They really wanted me and I had a meeting with them but unfortunately it did not work out.
'Clubs in Europe don't look at the Israeli league as a strong league, so they don't buy players from the Israeli league for such big money.
'My owner in Israel demanded a lot of money. He wanted £5m for me and then he heard it was Manchester City, he wanted £9m,' Solomon added.
Mocmnop
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Sign him and let go of pepe and willian
Gunners4ever❤
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good analysis coach my coach , but I still don't agree with you on bellerin, I can swallow your ozil's comments because you won me there .but Hector what did he do!!!
Thanks🙂As for Bellerín, he has been sh¡t this season. He has cost us a lot of games with his poor defending and attacking wise he only contributes once every 6 games. Fashion model hasn't had a good season for 5 years and we are still keeping him just because he us Arteta's adopted son
xanta
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Yeah we need 1 elite AMF because we can't be overly reliant on ESR. Take Partey away and our midfield is dead so we need 1 more elite CM and 2 better back-up midfielders. Bellerín is pants and Maitland-Niles is only good defensively. Then there is Cédric who is nothing more than a cross merchant. So we need to sell Bellerín and sign a better right-back. Keep AMN as an utility player since he can fill in at a lot of positions. With all due respect to Holding, "averagely good" isn't Arsenal standard. All our right-footed CBs apart from Saliba and Rekik - who are both in a developmental stage - are all average. Marí has been good so far, I'd keep him and Chambers as back-up, and Holding too since he already signed a new deal, too late to say he should go now lol. But we need an elite right-footed CB to partner Gabriel. Yeah we need a better back-up GK too. Either demote Rúnarsson to 3rd choice or sell him and promote Karl Hein. I'd sell Torreira to raise funds but keep Guendouzi as back-up, I see a player in that guy.
good analysis coach my coach , but I still don't agree with you on bellerin, I can swallow your ozil's comments because you won me there .but Hector what did he do!!!
Gunners4ever❤
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we have two cf that are among top 15 in the world currently, we have saka, gabi, pepe(he will perform soon), nelson(needs cup games to improve). AMF we have rowe , we just need 1 more amf, in CM that's where we need most we already have 1 elite. in defence holding is averagely good, mari is okay, malgahaes is good, if saliba performs great, I'm keeping tab on the young lads in u23, moller, Cottrell, balo, rekik, for right back Niles and bellerin are ok, Matteo, toreirra can improve . in summary we need just two mid, a backup Gk, and a decent backup for Tierney
Yeah we need 1 elite AMF because we can't be overly reliant on ESR. Take Partey away and our midfield is dead so we need 1 more elite CM and 2 better back-up midfielders. Bellerín is pants and Maitland-Niles is only good defensively. Then there is Cédric who is nothing more than a cross merchant. So we need to sell Bellerín and sign a better right-back. Keep AMN as an utility player since he can fill in at a lot of positions. With all due respect to Holding, "averagely good" isn't Arsenal standard. All our right-footed CBs apart from Saliba and Rekik - who are both in a developmental stage - are all average. Marí has been good so far, I'd keep him and Chambers as back-up, and Holding too since he already signed a new deal, too late to say he should go now lol. But we need an elite right-footed CB to partner Gabriel. Yeah we need a better back-up GK too. Either demote Rúnarsson to 3rd choice or sell him and promote Karl Hein. I'd sell Torreira to raise funds but keep Guendouzi as back-up, I see a player in that guy.
Gunners4ever❤
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we have two cf that are among top 15 in the world currently, we have saka, gabi, pepe(he will perform soon), nelson(needs cup games to improve). AMF we have rowe , we just need 1 more amf, in CM that's where we need most we already have 1 elite. in defence holding is averagely good, mari is okay, malgahaes is good, if saliba performs great, I'm keeping tab on the young lads in u23, moller, Cottrell, balo, rekik, for right back Niles and bellerin are ok, Matteo, toreirra can improve . in summary we need just two mid, a backup Gk, and a decent backup for Tierney
*not in any order. Lewandowski Suárez Immobile Haaland Kane Aubameyang Lukaku Benzema Agüero (when fit) Martial (picking up form now after a poor spell) Ings Vardy Moreno Aspas Jiménez Zapata Aubameyang is certainly up there with the elite but Lacazette (since 2019/20 began) hasn't been better than any of the strikers mentioned above. He has picked up form now but at this point we don't know whether it's sustainable for long. Saying that 2 years ago would have made more sense.
seanhunter9
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i respect talents but I don't think he is a good fit for arsenal
Gunners4ever❤
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That is why i've said that it's a waste of money in buying Pepe...
Yeah. We got scammed
Hosilmnsu
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FootballFanDbl7
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Transfer fee doesn't always equate to contribution, bro.
That is why i've said that it's a waste of money in buying Pepe...
Jubdeirs
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Intriguing!! One of the very rare Israeli players in the spotlight....with Zahavi of course. Any other..? Anyone?
xanta
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Lol. Compete with Bayern. You're funny. We still need better rotational wingers and central midfielders, an AM, right-footed CB and RB as well before we can even think about competing with Europe's elite. Lower your hopes.
we have two cf that are among top 15 in the world currently, we have saka, gabi, pepe(he will perform soon), nelson(needs cup games to improve). AMF we have rowe , we just need 1 more amf, in CM that's where we need most we already have 1 elite. in defence holding is averagely good, mari is okay, malgahaes is good, if saliba performs great, I'm keeping tab on the young lads in u23, moller, Cottrell, balo, rekik, for right back Niles and bellerin are ok, Matteo, toreirra can improve . in summary we need just two mid, a backup Gk, and a decent backup for Tierney
Lomnyaki
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as asernal win to day make chelsea deterioration over near.....
Dagan1999
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What happens to Pepe ? Willian is the one who should leave
Gunners4ever❤
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for all care, arsenal should just trim their squad this January. no too much signings (if possible not any), develop their current form and wait for Summer. if auba picks form and we get a high profile cm to pair partey and rowe we can compete with bayern
Lol. Compete with Bayern. You're funny. We still need better rotational wingers and central midfielders, an AM, right-footed CB and RB as well before we can even think about competing with Europe's elite. Lower your hopes.
Andy_Mac
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You are joking or it's real?
He said "Announce Buendía FFS". So I'm announcing it 😂😂 It doesn't necessarily mean that it has to be true 😛
Gunners4ever❤
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What about the £72m winger? Bench player?
Transfer fee doesn't always equate to contribution, bro.
Gunners4ever❤
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Why bring another winger. Are you also crazy
Because Willian and Pépé are trash. We need to sell them and buy better back-up wingers. You people don't know the importance of squad depth and rotation.
Vimbeilop
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Give reasons pls. Don't just rant.
Why bring another winger. Are you also crazy
Vimbeilop
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All I want to hear is " Arsenal have successfully completed the move of Emi Buendia from Norwich City". Is that too much to ask😭😭
Arsenal won't bring good news to us the fans bt heartbreak
Nuheknpstu
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see the other clubs busy to buy a players but we that we have problems kept silent why Arsenal
lord_henry-14
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*Done Deal: Arsenal have signed Emiliano Buendía for £22 million.
You are joking or it's real?
FootballFanDbl7
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What about the £72m winger? Bench player?
Tfolandowski19
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That's beauty about Arsenal, lts always linked to aeverything that moves....
xanta
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for all care, arsenal should just trim their squad this January. no too much signings (if possible not any), develop their current form and wait for Summer. if auba picks form and we get a high profile cm to pair partey and rowe we can compete with bayern
bulut
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and Bissouma... sub :mari. martineli. Solomon .neils. Nelson. balogun. omar rekiki .
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Sabitzer
Yaueknpsz
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if u can still get zaha go for him. he has speed, creativity and an eye for goal. very ambitious key player
Oblivion_
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Then, will Brandt come?
I hope so but pretty sure not
zumadklsyz
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That's beauty about Arsenal, lts always linked to aeverything that moves....
TRIAL05
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Just take pepe and swap him with Brandt if Dortmund accept then give the Willian too just to thank them for accepting pepe
besaenrsu
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and Bissouma... sub :mari. martineli. Solomon .neils. Nelson. balogun. omar rekiki .
manbemoprz
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All I want to hear is " Arsenal have successfully completed the move of Emi Buendia from Norwich City". Is that too much to ask😭😭
Am with you bro
quantized
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If it's not official, please keep it to yourselves.
quantized
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Arteta isn't serious at all we heard about the following players Brandt, Buendia, Eriksen, Camavinga, Ryan, Costa, Yves, Solomon, Daka, Tariq Lamptey, Ruig, Isco, Zaha, and other players but no one has signed among those!!!🤔🤔 Now we don't need to hear you telling us your target, sign one first 😭😭😭 stop torturing us with nonsense
most of them are media propaganda
kocmpsu
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All I want to hear is " Arsenal have successfully completed the move of Emi Buendia from Norwich City". Is that too much to ask😭😭
Andy_Mac
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ANNOUNCE BUENDÍA FFS.
*Done Deal: Arsenal have signed Emiliano Buendía for £22 million.
Andy_Mac
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ANNOUNCE BUENDÍA FFS.
Official: Arsenal have signed Emiliano Buendía for £22 million 😏
Weaadknp
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arsenal should stop signing average players from outside epl. They take long to adapt to English soccer. let them go for already performing players.
Gunners4ever❤
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Crazy Arteta
Give reasons pls. Don't just rant.
Gunners4ever❤
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I know but we dont need another winger
How about selling Pépé and Willian to sign better back-up wingers?
Arsenal2-1Tottenham
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we should bring zaha and he also wants to come.It will great addition to the club and also solve our creative issues.
We should have bought Zaha instead of Pepe because at least we knew Zaha will not flop in the Prem just an overall bad decision to buy Pepe
Mandrekar_vedhan
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we dont need him we have Pepe, Willian, Saka, Martinelli
we should bring zaha and he also wants to come.It will great addition to the club and also solve our creative issues.
Gunners4ever❤
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He ain’t coming bro
Then, will Brandt come?
Oblivion_
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ANNOUNCE BUENDÍA FFS.
He ain’t coming bro
lavenesh
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I wonder arsenal league position after beating me
still you lose to them
lavenesh
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even bayern also😂😂😂
so what
Arsenal2-1Tottenham
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we dont need him we have Pepe, Willian, Saka, Martinelli
I know but we dont need another winger
soccerbeast01
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we dont need him we have Pepe, Willian, Saka, Martinelli
Pepe and Willian are currently flops though
தமிழன்007
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liverpool were not rumoured with that player
even bayern also😂😂😂
Alex4Arinze
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that leipzig and arsenal beat mu. what a coincidences
I wonder arsenal league position after beating me
Arsenal2-1Tottenham
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we dont need him we have Pepe, Willian, Saka, Martinelli