Here is your Arsenal morning digest on Tuesday, April 12.
Paulo Dybala blow
Arsenal have been linked with a move for Juventus forward Paulo Dybala on a free transfer this summer, with the 28-year-old set to leave the Bianconeri at the end of his contract. However, according to Corriere dello Sport, via FCInterNews, the Argentine is not interested in a move to the Emirates Stadium this summer.
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Nunez price revealed
It looks as though Nunez will be available for a fee in the region of €80million (£66.8million) if the latest report from transfer guru Fabrizio Romano is to be believed. The Italian journalist wrote on Twitter: "Darwin Nunez will leave Benfica in the summer, fee around €80million. His new agent will now meet with many top clubs to explore opportunities. Man United already discussed his name internally - Arsenal wanted him last January as [did] West Ham but Darwin was not for sale."
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Arsenal and Mikel Arteta sent 'confidence' warning ahead of crucial clash with Southampton
Southampton boss Ralph Hasenhuttl believes that his side's 6-0 thrashing at the hands of Chelsea at the weekend should be a wake-up call ahead of the Saints' clash with Arsenal.
The Austrian told our colleagues at Hampshire Live : “No, it doesn’t give confidence.
“It rings the alarm and this is what we need to see. It is no coincidence that the last clean sheet we had was against Norwich and this was a few weeks ago.
“We have to get back to a better way of defending, maybe if it is not in a high pressing way because we are not so convinced about this at the moment, it is on us, on me, to find the right decisions for this. And you can be sure that next week [against Arsenal] you will see a team defending better, this is for sure.”
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