Arsenal’s long seek for a striker able to scoring the goals to cause them to their first Premier League title in 22 years has switched to a different goal, Frenchman Hugo Ekitike.
The Gunners have been linked with a variety of forwards already this summer with Sporting’s Viktor Gyokeres, RB Leipzig’s Benjamin Sesko, Bradley Barcola from Paris-Saint Germain and plenty of others reported to be on their radar.
The most recent suggestion is Eintracht Frankfurt forward Ekitike can be on their shopping list although there’s fierce competition to sign the 23-year-old France international with Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United weighing up potential swoops.
Ekitike scored 22 goals for the Bundesliga club last season and his ending is precisely what’s required at Arsenal, who were runners-up once more last term with Liverpool easing to the title.
Mikel Arteta’s long journey to bring his process at Emiratesto fruition and end that unwanted streak without the championship haven’t been helped by the Reds and Manchester City already making major moves within the transfer market.
Hugo Ekitike next club odds
With Arne Slot having already spent greater than £200million on latest recruits this summer his possibilities of signing Ekitike could have to be placed on hold until the expected departure of Darwin Nunez to Serie A champions Napoli is accomplished.
Getting £60million for his or her Uruguay striker would offset the £40m needed to sign Ekitike and help balance the books with Jarell Quansah on his option to Leverkusen and Andrew Robertson and Harvey Elliott also set to go away Anfield.
The Reds are 4/1 with bet365 to win the Ekitike sweepstakes with Chelsea 13/2 with Unibet and BetMGM while all three firms have him heading to Old Trafford at 8/1. Arsenal are 18/1 with Bet Victor which appears a giant price if their other attempted bids are falling short.
It’s interesting to notice, nevertheless, that the shortest price within the Ekitike transfer market is the 6/4 with bet365 that he continues to be with Frankfurt when business in the present window is concluded.
Wimbledon odds: Back Bublik
Alexander Bublik is the dark horse everyone desired to avoid when the draw was made for the boys’s singles at Wimbledon.
He has enjoyed a marvellous build-up to the grass-court grand slam by winning the title in Halle after beating Jannik Sinner within the last 16 and Daniil Medvedev in the ultimate and he has also showed he has the mental and physical strengths to thrive under pressure when defeating Alex de Minaur and Jack Draper on his option to the French Open quarter-finals.
Back the mercurial Kazakh at 13/10 with Bet Victor to win in straight sets in his open ending match against Spain’s Jaume Munar.
Petra Kvitova’s farewell
Double Wimbledon women’s champion Petra Kvitova looks as if she might be waving goodbye to SW19 for the last time on day two when she faces Emma Navarro.
The 2011 and 2014 queen of the All England Club has announced she’s retiring after the US Open in Latest York in September and the 35-year-old faces a tricky task against her American opponent, a quarter-finalist last 12 months. Kvitova may take it to the deciding set but tenth seed Navarro is 16/5 with Ladbrokes and Coral to win 2-1.
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