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Arsenal are set to open transfer talks to sign Turkish winger Kerem Aktürkoğlu this summer.
The 23 year old Galatasaray player is attracting interest from the Gunners and could be available for around £17 million when the transfer window opens.
The Gunners are in the market for a goal scoring winger and Aktürkoğlu is regarded as s potential replacement for record signing, Nicolas Pépé, who has struggled to impress since moving to North London.
He made his debut for the Turkish national side in a friendly against Azerbaijan last May, and has since gone on to earn eight senior caps, scoring once.
The winger has previously also been on Tottenham’s radar, but they now seem to be well stocked when it comes to wide attacking forwards.
Mikel Arteta is already promising Arsenal fans a very busy summer, with the number to deepen the squad both in terms of quantity and quality becoming self-evident after recent results.
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