Arsene Wenger has insisted that Arsenal are not close to agreeing a deal with Borussia Dortmund for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
The 28-year-old striker has emerged as a top target for Arsenal in the January window and club chief executive Ivan Gazidis is in Germany to negotiate with the Bundesliga club.
Dortmund have set the striker’s price at €70m and Arsenal are still some distance away from matching that figure, with further talks are expected to take place between the two clubs in the coming days.
Wenger indicated that Arsenal are in for Aubameyang but stressed that the club are not anywhere close to reaching an agreement with Dortmund at the moment.
The Arsenal boss also suggested that the Gabon striker is not the only player the Gunners are currently considering signing.
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Asked whether Arsenal are close to agreeing a deal for Aubameyang, Wenger said in a press conference: “I don’t know.
“At the moment we are not close to doing any deal with Aubameyang or anyone else.”
Asked if Olivier Giroud could be a makeweight in the deal, the Frenchman said: “The negotiations are not that far. We don’t know how close we are.
“He’s one of our options, but there are others.”
