Arsenal ready to offer £30m plus Olivier Giroud for Serie A striker

Arsenal are reportedly ready to offer £30 million and Olivier Giroud for Inter Milan striker Mauro Icardi, according to Gazzetta World.

The Serie A outfit are keen to keep their captain at the club, but rumours are continuing that both the Gunners, and their Italian rivals Napoli, are keen to bring in the prolific 23-year-old before the transfer window closes at the end of the month.

With star man Gonzalo Higuain departing for Juventus, Napoli are looking to sign an attacker to replace the Argentina international, but Arsene Wenger is understood to be lining up a deal that would see him pay €35 million (around £30 million), plus France international Giroud, as he continues his search for a forward after Leicester City’s Jamie Vardy rejected a move to the Emirates earlier in the summer.

Icardi has scored 52 goals in 102 appearances in all competitions for Inter since joining them from Sampdoria in 2013 for €11.7 million.