Arsenal closing in on former Atletico Madrid star

Arsenal have abandoned their brief pursuit of Inter Milan winger Ivan Perisic and will instead reignite their interest in Yannick Carrasco, according to reports. The Gunners made a surprise approach for Perisic, though a deal stalled because Inter were unwilling to sanction a loan move without a compulsory obligation to buy the Croatian at the end of his stay for £35million.

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Despite Perisic training away from the rest of the squad and handing in a transfer request, the Italian side’s stance has not changed prompting Arsenal to pursue other targets. The north Londoners were offered Carrasco – who is unhappy at Chinese side Dalian Yifang – earlier this month and, according to Sky Sport Italia, they are reexploring that option.

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Carrasco’s camp reached out to Arsenal and made it clear he would be willing to take a significant pay cut to move to the Premier League. Dalian have little desire to let him leave, though their position could change if they manage to sign Alassane Plea from Borussia Monchengladbach.

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Arsenal are also closing in on a deal for Barcelona’s Denis Suarez and, despite Unai Emery seeing the Spaniard as a winger, a move for Carrasco would be in addition to the Barca man, not instead of.  Yannick Carrasco’s agent said the Belgium international wants to leave Chinese Super League club Dalian Yifang because his family is struggling to adapt. Carrasco has been linked to Arsenal, AC Milan and Inter Milan.

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Inter Dipendenza (h/t Football Italia) spoke to the representative, Christophe Henrotay, who expressed hope the Chinese club would open talks with interested clubs: “There’s plenty of interest in Yannick from all over Europe because his family are having problems adapting to China.”He’s concerned about his family, which is completely normal. He has a lot of respect for his current club, Dalian, because he loves them and because they’re a great team with a lot of history.”

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“He wants to be honest with them, and it’s for this reason that he’s talked to the club, informing them that he isn’t 100 percent focused because of his family’s difficulties. Yannick’s very focused on working, but for his family it’s different. He has too much respect for the club not to tell them. There’s the possibility that Dalian reward this honesty and talk to the clubs interested in him.”

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Inter sporting director Piero Ausilio effectively confirmed that Arsenal’s interest in Perisic was over, saying: ‘We will reintegrate Perisic in the coming days, we won’t make any deals before the transfer window’s end. ‘He wanted to play abroad, but we didn’t receive any offer. Should he stay, I expect him to act as a professional, as he has always done so far. It won’t take long to have him back.’

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