Arsenal are 'ready' to firm up their interest in Real Madrid star Marco Asensio after Carlo Ancelotti revealed the Spaniard wishes to leave the Santiago Bernabeu this summer.
The Gunners are still in the market for another attacking signing with Wolves' Pedro Neto said to be the club's 'priority' target this week. Asensio has long been linked with a switch to the Premier League and now the 26-year-old has changed representatives to join joined Jorge Mendes’s Gestifute agency and a representative is 'on standby' to talk to the Gunners in London.
Asensio has made 236 appearances for Madrid since his arrival back in 2015, scoring 49 goals and providing a further 24 assists in that time. Arsenal have let club record signing Nicolas Pepe leave the club on-loan to join Ligue 1 side OGC Nice for the 2022/23 campaign and now are hoping to sign a new attacker to provide competition for Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Martinelli and Emile Smith Rowe.
