Arsenal received a firm reply when they submitted a big-money £70million offer for Brighton midfielder Moises Caicedo on Sunday.
The Seagulls insist that he is not for sale and they immediately rejected the Gunners’ approach.
Sporting director Edu may therefore be best served to look elsehwere, and there are plenty of options still on the market.
Vitoria Guimaraes youngster Ibrahima Bamba and Real Sociedad star Martin Zubimendi are supposedly the two front-runners if Arsenal decide to pull the trigger by tomorrow’s deadline.
Bamba’s agent was recently in London as Arsenal weigh up whether to trigger his £26million release clause.
Zubimendi would be more costly at £53m but he does come with greater pedigree at the top level.
