Arsenal are doing their best to bypass PSV's creative scheme to sign Cody Gakpo after the Dutch club set a deadline for their prized asset.
The Gunners are one of several clubs interested in the winger who impressed for Eindhoven this season en route to the Europa Conference League final. PSV are hoping to keep Cody Gakpo at the club next year, however, by creating a special financial package to fend off interest from his suitors, according to Eindhovens Dagblad.
They have devised a scheme that would include a wage bonus and enticing contractual promises with PSV chiefs prepared to elevate his status in the squad as their most important asset. Gakpo can collect a considerable part of the transfer fee himself, as a result, but only if he stays beyond this summer and a club are willing to pay his £34m asking price.
