Arsenal keen on signing highly-rated 21-year-old forward to start summer spending spree – report

According to British media reports, Arsenal are hoping to begin a summer spree with the signing of Benfica forward Andrija Zivkovic.

Arsenal keen on youngster

Sport Witness, as cited by the Daily Mirror, is claiming that Arsenal are keen on the highly-rated 21-year-old winger.

As per the same report, the gunners have been closely watching the Benfica youngster since last summer window before his transfer to Benfica from Serbian side Partizan Belgrade.

Arsenal closely watching

The same report states that Arsenal watched him at the Under-21 Euro championship in Poland last year.

And the North Londoners are prepared to land the promising midfielder to add further firepower to their team ahead of a possible title challenge in the 2018-19 season.

The gunners enjoyed a positive winter transfer window despite the team facing a number of uncertainties surrounding some of their top players.

Busy winter window

Armenian attacker Henrikh Mkhitaryan sealed a winter transfer to the Emirates in a direct swap deal that saw Chilean attacker Alexis Sanchez complete a move to rivals Manchester United.

The Gunners managed to cash in on England international Theo Walcott, Olivier Giroud and Francis Coquelin to raise cash for a top-quality signing in January.

Arsenal spent a club transfer record £56million fee on Dortmund forward Pierre-EmerickAubameyang on winter transfer deadline day.