Revealed: Two Bundesliga starlets Arsenal want to sign

Stuart Telford

• 11 Mar 2023 09:01 CST
• 3 min read

The German market has served Arsenal well in recent years, with the likes of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Granit Xhaka signed from Bundesliga clubs…

Aubameyang may now be long gone, but the former Gunners captain still scored 92 goals in 163 games before leaving for Barcelona last January. Xhaka looks positively rejuvenated under Mikel Arteta this season, meanwhile.

The Swiss has contributed three goals and five assists as Arsenal have raced to the top of the Premier League table, but there is still room to strengthen the squad, even if Mikel Arteta's side are on course for a first league title since the 'Invincibles' season in 2004.

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And now SportBild Head of Football Christian Falk has revealed two more Germany-based players Arsenal are looking to sign next summer.

"I was in Leverkusen to meet Rudi Voller and Florian Wirtz," he told CaughtOffside. "I met Simon Rolfes, Leverkusen's sporting director, in a lift. He saw many rumours in a column I wrote.

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Diaby and Brandt of interest

"He joked that he now has a lot of work to do because of that. One player in this column was Moussa Diaby. Arsenal still have an interest in Diaby. The Leverkusen star's agents are in contact with the club.

"However, it's worth noting that the Gunners are also interested in Dortmund's Julian Brandt. The club has yet to make a final decision on that front."

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Both players have been in fine form this season, winger Diaby with 11 goals and six assists in all competitions for Leverkusen, while attacking midfielder Brandt has tallied nine and five in each column with Dortmund.

Arsenal should have a significant transfer budget next summer with almost sure Champions League qualification swelling their coffers at the end of the campaign.

Diaby is valued at €60.5 million by FootballTransfers' in-house algorithm, while Brandt comes it at €31.8m. If they joined for those fees, it would still be less than Chelsea paid for the Gunners' primary winter target, Mykhailo Mudryk.