Arsenal are increasingly being linked with Mario Balotelli and today are reported as ready to offer wages of over €11m a year.
The Gunners have emerged in recent weeks as a leading candidate to come in with a bid this summer for the 23-year-old, who Milan are believed to have made available for transfer, at the right price.
Arsenal are increasingly being linked with Mario Balotelli and today are reported as ready to offer wages of over €11m a year.
The Gunners have emerged in recent weeks as a leading candidate to come in with a bid this summer for the 23-year-old, who Milan are believed to have made available for transfer, at the right price.
It is a situation seen as centred on a €30m valuation and that Balotelli’s agent has not outright dismissed as improbable.
Reports yesterday indicated that Arsenal have opened talks with Mino Raiola over a proposed deal and are also looking into the financial viability of a summer operation.
Numerous outlets in the UK are today running the line that the club have now tabled a prospective wage offer to the Italy international.
It is believed that the Premier League side are prepared to pay £180,000 a week to Balotelli, around €225,000, to amount to an annual salary of over €11m. The striker’s Milan earnings each year are seen as around the €4m mark, after tax.
Meanwhile, Tuttosport report that Arsenal may put forward Joel Campbell in negotiations with Milan, to lower the cash spend on Balotelli.