{"id":629050,"date":"2026-03-03T11:12:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T11:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/629050\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T11:12:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T11:12:10","slug":"arsenal-transfer-news-gunners-receive-huge-boost-in-pursuit-of-bayern-munich-star-leon-goretzka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/629050\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal transfer news: Gunners receive ‘huge boost’ in pursuit of Bayern Munich star Leon Goretzka"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arsenal<\/a> have reportedly received encouragement in their pursuit of Bayern Munich<\/a> midfielder Leon Goretzka<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Germany international has amassed 296 appearances since he joined the Bavarians in the summer of 2018.<\/p>\n

However, his successful time at the Allianz Arena is drawing to a close, having confirmed that he will leave<\/a> when his contract expires at the end of the season.<\/p>\n

With Goretzka set to become a free agent, he is expected to be inundated with proposals from clubs across Europe.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 Imago \/ DeFodi Images<\/p>\n

Arsenal receive Goretzka boost<\/p>\n

Arsenal are believed to be in the frame <\/a><\/strong>for the experienced midfielder, while Tottenham Hotspur<\/a> and Atletico Madrid<\/a> have also been mentioned as potential suitors.<\/p>\n

According to journalist Christian Falk<\/a>, there is plenty of interest in Italy from Inter Milan<\/a>, AC Milan<\/a> and Juventus<\/a>.<\/p>\n

However, Falk claims that Goretzka’s ‘main target’ is to join a Premier League club, offering a signicant boost to Arsenal in their pursuit.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Gunners failed in their efforts to sign Goretzka in the January window, and it now remains to be seen whether they revisit their interest with a contract proposal.<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 Imago \/ Nicolo Campo<\/p>\n

Do Arsenal need to sign Goretzka?\u00a0<\/p>\n

Goretzka has proven to be a quality operator during his time at Bayern and also boasts a wealth of trophy-winning experience.<\/p>\n

That said, there may be concern about whether he will be able to adapt to the physicality and speed of the Premier League, especially as he turned 31 last month.<\/p>\n

There may be a trail of thought that Arsenal are better served looking for a younger player with the potential to stay at the Emirates Stadium for the long term.<\/p>\n

The value in pursuing the German ultimately depends on whether Arsenal are looking to sign someone to challenge for a regular starting role or a player of Goretzka’s experience to add depth to the current midfield options of Martin Zubimendi<\/a>, Declan Rice<\/a>, Mikel Merino<\/a> and Christian Norgaard<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arsenal have reportedly received encouragement in their pursuit of Bayern Munich midfielder Leon Goretzka. The Germany international has…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":629051,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[45],"tags":[3778,3779,1318,1461,1430,1232,3777,220,3776,221,1926,62,3781,3780,1464,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-629050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-cycling","tag-epl","tag-football","tag-formula-1","tag-golf","tag-nfl","tag-olympics","tag-premier-league","tag-rugby","tag-soccer","tag-sport","tag-sports","tag-sports-mole","tag-teams","tag-tennis","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116164948746344368","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=629050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629050\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/629051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=629050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=629050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=629050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}