Arsenal Hijack Man Utd Move For £62m Bundesliga Star

Arsenal are now leading Premier League rivals Man Utd the race to sign Borussia Dortmund forward Karim Adeyemi, according to reports.

The Gunners invested heavily over the summer with eight new players brought to the Emirates Stadium at a cost of over £250m.

Arsenal now have two good players in most positions with their squad depth now up there with the best in the Premier League.

However, the Gunners are still looking to strengthen their squad even further with rumours on Friday that they could add yet another central midfielder to their ranks.

And now our friends at TEAMtalk insist that Arsenal may sign a new attacker in the January transfer window with Adeyemi at Dortmund in their sights.

Adeyemi has been in and out of the Dortmund team since moving to Germany from RB Salzburg in 2022 with the 23-year-old often played as a right winger, centre forward or as an attacking midfielder.

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The Germany international caused a stir in recent weeks when he threw a drinks bottle at the dugout when he was substituted by Niko Kovac in a recent 1-0 win over Cologne.

Addressing the incident, Kovac told reporters: “I think that’s unnecessary. It’s okay that he can be angry sometimes, but that’s unnecessary, he’s an adult.”

A report in German newspaper Bild claimed earlier this week that the relationship between player and coach is ‘strained’ and that Man Utd had ‘entered the fray’ to attempt to take advantage of the situation.

It is claimed that Jorge Mendes’ appointment as the German’s new agent ‘adds further urgency to the situation’ with the Bundesliga side ‘aware that if Manchester United shows serious interest, Adeyemi’s future in Dortmund could become an issue sooner than many would like’.