The Gunners were operating on tight purse strings during January which meant they could only acquire players on loan. Such was the conviction with which Arsenal set about their Perisic pursuit, the 30-year-old handed in a transfer request aiming to push the move. And according to Ornstein, the club communicated directly to Perisic how desperately they were working on a deal. And at that point I didn’t know about Carrasco, Perisic or Nkunku - they emerged as the window went on. Arsenal transfer news: Ivan Perisic is highly-rated at Inter Milan

Source: Express February 07, 2019 16:41 UTC