Fabrizio Romano has revealed the eyebrow-raising sums Bayern Munich tried to sign an Arsenal attacker for in the summer window, and the deal’s failure to get off the ground ensured Liverpool could complete a lucrative move of their own.
The summer window in England has long since closed but snippets of information about what might have been are still coming to light.
When taking to YouTube on Wednesday night, transfer guru, Fabrizio Romano, brought news on how Arsenal and Liverpool’s windows became intertwined.
Bayern Munich pushed to sign a top class left winger after failure to land Florian Wirtz meant an abundance of cash was made available for other positions.
The Bundesliga champions would go on to sign Luis Diaz from Liverpool, but long before the Colombian changed clubs, Bayern wanted Gabriel Martinelli.
However, after reportedly putting numbers in the €30m-€35m bracket on the table, a move was put on ice, with Arsenal believing their Brazilian is worth much more.
After revealing Bayern looked at Lyon’s Malick Fofana too, the trusted reporter added: “Another player that was considered by Bayern for the winger position is Gabriel Martinelli.
“Bayern also spoke to the agents of Martinelli, it was a positive conversation but Martinelli is very happy at Arsenal and Arsenal showed no intention to accept anything close to €30m-€35m.
“For them the player is worth WAY more and this is why the negotiation never advanced. But Martinelli was a serious target for Bayern at the beginning of the summer transfer window.
“Then, again, it didn’t evolve because of financial reasons and also because Martinelli is comfortable at Arsenal.”