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Arsenal are ready to make ‘crazy’ £59m move for striker who Arsene Wenger compared to Thierry Henry

Shamanth Jayaram

Tue 21 January 2025 8:15, UK

Arsenal are in desperate need of a new striker.

Mikel Arteta’s side are still second in the table despite all the issues they have had this season, but their hopes of winning the Premier League title are hanging by a very thin and fragile threa🐎d.

With Gabriel Jesus out for the rest of the season and Bukayo 𒈔Saka no🙈t expected to be back until the end of February, Arsenal are in a spot of bother in attack.

That is why they need a new man up top, and sev🀅era🙈l names have been linked with a move to the Emirates in this window.

Arsenal are ready to bid for Marcus Thuram but there is a problem

Marcus Thuram has been magnificent since joining Inter Milan.

The Frenchman directly contributed to 29 goals in his debut 2023/24 season and helped t⛎he Neraz🏅zurri win the Serie A title.

Thuram has directly💦 contribute��d to 20 goals this season, and his performances have caught the eye of Arsenal manager Arteta.

That’s accordin🍷g to in Italy, who claim that ‘Arsenal are ready to do something crazy’ to sign Thuram.

It has bee💙n revealed that Arteta wants him ‘immediately’ and is ready to table a €70 million (£59m) bid to sign the player who has been described as Arsenal’s ‘dream’ target.

But, there is a problem.

The report claims that Inter will ‘never be open to a transfer in this winter window’. Arsenal’s only chance of signing him would ♎be in the summer.

€70 million (£59m) would be s🌜ensational for Inter Milan, who signed Thuram🍸 on a free transfer just 18 months ago.

Arsene Wenger’s verdict on Marcus Thuram

Thuram has football in his blood – his dad Lilian won the World Cup with France in🥂 1998.

The Inte𓄧r Milan star, as a result, has been in the spotlight since his career began, and a number of people watched him play regularly.

Even the great Arsene Wenger saw him in action, and the legendary Frenchman was reminded of Gunners icon Thierry Henry.

Speaking to  in 2020, when Thuram was still at Borussia Moncღhengladbach, Wenger said: “There is a player in the Bundesliga who reminds me of him (Henry).

“Marcus Thuram from Mön💝chengladbach. A very talen🧸ted player.”