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Arsenal and Wolves are amongst a host of clubs tracking the progress of Valencia forward Maxi Gomez.
The Spanish club are desperate to raise funds because their finances have been severely depleted by the global pandemic and, although Gomez has a release clause of £125 million, they are willing to let him go for much less than that for an immediate injection of cash.
The Uruguay international only moved to Valencia from Celta Vigo last year, bit is expected to eb sold either in January or next summer.
West Ham previously bid for him but, at that stage, he preferred to remain in Spain and indicated a preference to play for a team that offered regular European football.
Gomez has cored three goals in ten appearances this season, having finished the last campaign. He has won 19 senior caps for Uruguay, so there should be no problem for any Premier League club wanting to sign him according to the post- Brexit rules.
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