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Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta is targeting another title challenge with the Gunners

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Arsenal have been linked with an intriguingly-worded “highly immoral” offer, as Mikel Arteta aims to win the title. The Gunners currently sit fourth in the table following a rotten run of luck with injuries piling up. Despite Manchester City's struggles, Arteta's side sit behind the champions in the table, as the north Londoners target a first Premier League in 21 seasons. Arsenal take on Nottingham Forest this weekend when Premier League action returns, hoping to get back to winning ways – and Arteta is looking for ways to improve the long-term prospects of the squad. With Arsenal losing former Invincible and director Edu Gaspar, much of the emphasis of recruitment may now fall to Arteta. The Basque boss is already a highly influential figure at the club – and now BILD have noted their interest in a Bundesliga talent who could move in January. Eintracht Frankfurt star Hugo Larsson is of interest to both Arsenal and Liverpool. Given their threadbare squad in recent weeks and Liverpool's interest in Larsson's team-mate Omar Marmoush, Arsenal is perhaps more likely to move for another midfielder. “From Frankfurt's point of view, however, it is clear: the Bundesliga club does not want to let him go in the winter, ” the report states. “Only a highly immoral offer for Larsson could make the Frankfurt bosses rethink their position. ” The best features, fun and footballing quizzes, straight to your inbox every week. While the use of the phrase “highly immoral” is intriguing, in this case, it almost certainly suggests that a big bid would have to come in for the Swede to leave. Larsson signed for Die Adler in 2023 from Malmo for just €9 million. Having joined on a five-year contract – with Malmo receiving a record fee for a Swedish club for the player – Frankfurt will be in no rush to sell, making a summer move ever more likely for the star. VIDEO The Genius Way England Beat Greece Without Their Biggest Players In Four Four Two's opinion, a summer move for Larsson could well happen – but with Arsenal looking for more established stars in recent seasons, it's unlikely that Arteta moves for the player. A new director of football could well instigate more of a focus on a different market of player but as it stands, signing a 20-year-old Swede from the Bundesliga, for what could be over £30m, doesn't feel typical of Arsenal's recent recruitment. Larsson is worth €28m, as per Transfermarkt. Mark White is the Digital Content Editor at Four Four Two. During his time on the brand, Mark has written three cover features on Mikel Arteta, Martin Odegaard and the Invincibles, and has written pieces on subjects ranging from Sir Bobby Robson’s time at Barcelona to the career of Robinho. An encyclopedia of football trivia and collector of shirts, he first joined the team back in 2020 as a staff writer. Manchester United and Liverpool chase £54m Chelsea flop: report Premier League and England under-21s wonderkid linked with huge move to Juventus Liverpool open talks for bargain wonderkid, in astonishing deal: report Four Four Two is part of Future plc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. Visit our corporate site. ©

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