Arsenal target Juventus star Dejan Kulusevski in £34m swoop

Arsenal are to join Tottenham in the race to sign Juventus and Sweden star Dejan Kulusevski as Mikel Arteta’s side soar in the league.

New Tottenham managing director Fabio Paratici managed to secure Kulusevski’s signature when he was at Juventus, and Antonio Conte’s Inter Milan side would have faced Kulusevski last season.

The new Tottenham duo are reportedly big fans of the Swede, but now face competition for him from arch rivals Arsenal.

Since Arsenal lost 5-0 away to Manchester City in late August, the Gunners are unbeaten in the league and absolutely flying, having beat Tottenham 3-1 in the process.

And with the January transfer window looming, Arteta could look to Kulusevski to elevate his team and become serious contenders for a top four spot.

Club-record signing Nicolas Pepe has failed to repeat his form at Lille and looks set to be offered out for £25 million, a farcry from the £72 million Arsenal paid the French club in 2019, and Kulusevski could take his position in the team.

Arteta has transformed this Arsenal side since taking over from fellow Spaniard Unai Emery, the summer transfer window in 2021 saw Arteta splurge £142 million on the likes of Aaron Ramsdale, Ben White, Sambi Lokonga, Martin Odegaard, Nuno Tavares and Takehiro Tomiyasu.

Juventus would be willing to accept around £34 million for the winger, who has also been deployed as a striker for the Italian giants, and, as Arsenal’s main front man Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is off to AFCON, we could see Kulusevski start life at Arsenal as their man source for goals.

The winger’s form has been poor this season, 11 games in the league without a goal and only registering one assist may give claim he’s better suited on the wing.

But at only 21, he’s got a lot of room to grow and there’s clearly a player in him as Paratici wouldn’t have been as relentless in securing his signature when in Turin.