Arsenal Eye Lookman as £34.7m Eze Alternative After Inter Bid Fails

Arsenal Arsenal on transfer red alert for dream Eberechi Eze alternative after £34.7m bid 'rejected' Latest Arsenal transfer news with Ademola Lookman potentially an option again despite his agreement to join Inter Milan footballlondon Bookmark Share Comments Arsenal By Kieran Horn 15:52, 19 JUL 2025 Bookmark Arsenal may have just been handed a boost to sign their dream Eberechi Eze transfer alternative (Image: (Photo by Bagu Blanco/Shutterstock)) Sign up to the free Arsenal newsletter so you don't miss the latest Gunners news, straight to your inbox More Newsletters Subscribe Please enter a valid email Something went wrong, please try again later. More Newsletters We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. More info Thank you for subscribing! We have more newsletters Show me See Our Privacy Notice See Our Privacy Notice × Group 28 Sign up to the free Arsenal newsletter so you don't miss the latest Gunners news, straight to your inbox Invalid email Something went wrong, please try again later. Sign Up No thanks, close We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. More info × Group 28 Thank you for subscribing! We have more newsletters Show Me No thanks, close See our Privacy Notice Arsenal could have four transfer targets to choose between for their next signing after Viktor Gyokeres with a potentially huge boost revealed for one of those. The Gunners have signed Kepa Arrizabalaga, Christian Norgaard, Martin Zubimendi and Noni Madueke with the latter's arrival announced on Friday which saw spending go well into triple-figures. The agreed £63.7million (€73.5m) package to sign Viktor Gyokeres from Sporting CP will see that rise to nearly £200million. Despite that, a versatile addition in the frontline remains a real possibility with talks held for both Real Madrid's Rodrygo and Eberechi Eze of Crystal Palace as the two strongest names of interest. The latter seems a more likely addition now that Madueke has joined but there are two alternatives if the Gunners do not want to meet his £68million release clause in full. RB Leipzig star Xavi Simons is one of those with Chelsea also attentive to his situation. With the 22-year-old expected to depart Germany ahead of the 2025/26 season, it is currently unclear what his asking price will be but he looks unlikely to cost less than what the likes of Anthony Elanga (£52million), Mohammed Kudus (£55million) and Madueke (£52million) all moved for. There is one target that is available for less than that with Atalanta making it clear they want at least £43.3million (€50m) for Ademola Lookman. That has been made clear in discussions with Inter Milan who saw their £34.7million (€40m) bid rejected earlier this week, as per transfer guru Fabrizio Romano. Inter director Piero Ausilio confirmed as such but hinted an improved offer at Atalanta's demands is not guaranteed. “We made a bid for Ademola Lookman, we like him," he said. "We have good relationship with Atalanta but we won’t enter into long negotiations, we have our own project." Personal terms have since been agreed which indicates Lookman wants to join Inter but those comments from Ausilio suggest the switch is not guaranteed to go through. As such, knowing how much money they want, Arsenal could try and hijack that move. Considering he has Premier League experience and will cost significant less than Eze, Lookman could be the dream alternative to the Eagles attacking midfielder. Story Saved You can find this story in My Bookmarks. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Follow Football London Facebook X (Twitter) Comment More On Arsenal transfer news Ebere Eze

Arsenal may have just been handed a boost to sign their dream Eberechi Eze transfer alternative (Image: (Photo by Bagu Blanco/Shutterstock))

Arsenal could have four transfer targets to choose between for their next signing after Viktor Gyokeres with a potentially huge boost revealed for one of those.

The Gunners have signed Kepa Arrizabalaga, Christian Norgaard, Martin Zubimendi and Noni Madueke with the latter's arrival announced on Friday which saw spending go well into triple-figures. The agreed £63.7million (€73.5m) package to sign Viktor Gyokeres from Sporting CP will see that rise to nearly £200million.

Despite that, a versatile addition in the frontline remains a real possibility with talks held for both Real Madrid's Rodrygo and Eberechi Eze of Crystal Palace as the two strongest names of interest.

The latter seems a more likely addition now that Madueke has joined but there are two alternatives if the Gunners do not want to meet his £68million release clause in full. RB Leipzig star Xavi Simons is one of those with Chelsea also attentive to his situation.

With the 22-year-old expected to depart Germany ahead of the 2025/26 season, it is currently unclear what his asking price will be but he looks unlikely to cost less than what the likes of Anthony Elanga (£52million), Mohammed Kudus (£55million) and Madueke (£52million) all moved for.

There is one target that is available for less than that with Atalanta making it clear they want at least £43.3million (€50m) for Ademola Lookman. That has been made clear in discussions with Inter Milan who saw their £34.7million (€40m) bid rejected earlier this week, as per transfer guru Fabrizio Romano.

Inter director Piero Ausilio confirmed as such but hinted an improved offer at Atalanta's demands is not guaranteed. “We made a bid for Ademola Lookman, we like him," he said. "We have good relationship with Atalanta but we won’t enter into long negotiations, we have our own project."

Personal terms have since been agreed which indicates Lookman wants to join Inter but those comments from Ausilio suggest the switch is not guaranteed to go through. As such, knowing how much money they want, Arsenal could try and hijack that move.

Considering he has Premier League experience and will cost significant less than Eze, Lookman could be the dream alternative to the Eagles attacking midfielder.