Arsenal in talks over Brighton’s Leandro Trossard
weapon in talks to sign the Brighton winger Leandro Trossard after miss Mykhailo Mudryksources have told ESPN.
Trossard wants to leave Brighton after falling out with manager Roberto De Zerbi, and sources have told ESPN the club are demanding between £20m and £25m.
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The winger has just six months left on his contract at Brighton, although the club have the option to extend his contract for another year.
North London rival Tottenham Hotspur are also interested, sources have told ESPN, while Chelsea are said to be monitoring the situation.
Arsenal spent much of the January transfer window chasing winger Shakthar Mudryk but were turned away when he signed for Chelsea in one Instead, the deal is worth 100 million euros.
Torssard has had seven goals in 16 Premier League games for Brighton so far. He also appeared in all three Belgium2022 World Cup matches. However, his success at the club has dwindled since De Zerbi replaced Graham Potter in September.
On Monday, De Zerbi confirmed he was unhappy with Trossard’s “attitude” and “behavior”.
“Leandro knows my opinion very well. The last training session before the game against Middlesbrough, when he knew he was not going to play, he left the training session without saying a word to me and that was not good,” De said. Zerbi said.
“In Monday [last week]I talked to him and I explained that I don’t like this attitude, this behavior.
“He knows very well that if he wants to play in Brighton with me, he has to work hard, he has to run, he has to be on the right track because we are not a big team, a Real Madrid, a Barcelona or a club. another great team. , great team. We are Brighton and we need players who work like other players.”