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Arsenal target is now joining Barcelona in £53.3m deal

Billy Meyers

Tue 6 August 2024 14:45, UK

Arsenal have now missed out on a transfer target to Barcelona after the Spanish giants struck a multi-million pound agreement.

Barcelona – now managed by Hansi Flick – are no longer the juggernaut they used to be as Real Madrid dominate Spain ♋instead, although that has not stopped the Catalans from beating A🔥rsenal to a top talent.

So, who have Barcelona signed ahead of Arsenal? Let’s take a look…

Barcelona beat Arsenal to Dani Olmo

Fabrizio Romano has now revealed that Barcelona have agreed to sign Dani Olmo in a €62m (£53.3m) move from RB Leipzig.

The Spain international has♉ agreed a six-🦂year contract.

It comes after TBR Football exclusively revealed that Arsenal had held talks with Olmo after learning about his £50m release clause.

The also claimed꧃ that the Spaniard is a target for Mikel Arteta – or at least, was.

Romano states that Olmo himself wanted to join Barcelona, so regardless of whether Arsenal did match that £53.3m off🐲er or not, the 26-year-old had seemingly made up his mind already.

The man from Terrassa – who spent time in Barcelona’s academy from 2007 to 2014 – scored eight goals and pro🐽vided five assists in 25 appearances for RB Leipzig last season.

Olmo also played▨ a huge🙈 role in Spain winning UEFA Euro 2024 this summer, scoring three goals while also assisting another two in six games.

Swings and roundabouts

While some Arsenal fans might feel sadden♌ed about missing out on Olmo, it is🎀 simply the nature of the transfer market.

Incidentally, Arsenal are actually about to beat Bar👍celona to one of Flick’s targets anyway.

Fresh after signing Riccardo Bologna from Bologna, Arsenal are now 🅺all set to announce the arrival of Mikel Merino from🌌 Real Sociedad later this week.

It was said that Barcelona pulled out of the race after learning that Merino o🉐nly wanted to join Ar𒊎senal this summer.

Therefore, it is something of a transfer merry-go-round between Arsenal and Barcelona this summer, with both European giants sharing a Spaniard each, rather than one club landing both𓆉.

READ MORE: £33m player now suggests he has no desire whatsoever to join Arsenal🌞 this s𒀰ummer

Be sure to keep an eye out f𒁏or further transfer developments this summer, as we expect Arsenal to carry out more business after signing Merino.