Juventus have been a frustrating thorn in the side of Arsenal’s transfer plans throughout Mikel Arteta and Edu’s tenure as partners in the recruitment machine of the club. Transfer targets have opted against a switch to north London in favour of Turin, and then the Bianconeri have tried to poach the Gunners’ best talent too.
In the summer of 2021, Arsenal made a move for Sassuolo midfielder Manuel Locatelli. However, despite a sizeable offer from the Gunners, Juve managed to agree a two-year loan deal with a side they have good relations with and pulled off quite the financial coup for the Italian.
Six months later and Arsenal spent much of the January transfer window trying to convince Dusan Vlahovic to come to the club. football.london understood that Edu was doing ‘everything possible’ to get the Serbian to consider the switch.
