Antonio Nusa has been a fixture on Arsenal's radar since before this summer's transfer window.
The RB Leipzig winger has continued to catch the eye for club and country since then.
Now, with Arsenal's options out wide thinned, the Gunners look ready to test Leipzig's resolve again.
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1. Antonio Nusa to Arsenal rated ‘Likely'2. Antonio Nusa to Arsenal3. Financial viability4. Buying club need5. Player motivation6. Selling club incentive7. Market momentum8. Antonio Nusa to Arsenal: Will or won't it happen?Antonio Nusa to Arsenal rated ‘Likely'
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Football Whispers Transfer IndexAntonio Nusa to Arsenal
71/100 TPI Likely Arsenal have long tracked the Leipzig winger, and injuries to Christos Tzolis and Noni Madueke have sharpened the case, even though both are expected back before the window opens. Updated 9 October 2026 Financial viability19 / 25 Buying club need17 / 20 Player motivation11 / 15 Selling club incentive8 / 20 Market momentum13 / 20Arsenal's interest in Nusa is long-standing, but the current squad picture has turned it into live business rather than a background note.
The clearest point in its favour is the buying club itself, a Premier League leader with the financial muscle to absorb a fee in the tens of millions without strain.
The single most decisive fact is the valuation gap, since Arsenal's opening proposal sits far below what Leipzig are demanding, and that gap, not the player's openness to the move, is what still needs closing.
Financial viability
Financial viability19 / 25 Arsenal are preparing to open with a bid in the £34m to €40m range, while RB Leipzig are holding out for €60m to €65m. Arsenal generated €821.7m in revenue in their 2024-25 accounts, the seventh highest total in world football according to the Deloitte Football Money League. Nusa is tied to Leipzig until 30 June 2029, giving the German club room to hold out for a higher fee. Arsenal's revenue grew 15 percent in that same Deloitte ranking, with no reported financial restrictions on their January business.Arsenal's finances make this fee comfortably affordable, even at Leipzig's asking price rather than at their own opening number.
The contract picture favours Leipzig more than Arsenal, since Nusa is tied down into 2029 and the German club are under no pressure to sell at a discount.
Growth in Arsenal's commercial revenue gives the club room to negotiate without squad cost concerns shaping the talks.
Buying club need
Buying club need17 / 20 Christos Tzolis, signed from Club Brugge for €40m in the summer, is out with a hamstring injury, with a return targeted for late October. Noni Madueke, who arrived from Chelsea for around £50m, suffered a separate knee injury against Manchester City and is expected back around the November international break, both timelines sitting before the January window opens. Nusa has 2 goals and 2 assists in 4 Bundesliga appearances this season, ahead of Tzolis's return of 1 assist in 5 games for Arsenal so far. At 21, Nusa fits the age profile Arsenal targeted this summer when they moved on from the 30-year-old Leandro Trossard.Injuries make the timing of this pursuit unusual rather than desperate, since Tzolis and Madueke are both sidelined but both expected to be training again before January's window even opens.
That timing cuts against the idea of an emergency signing, because the players Arsenal would be covering for should be fit again by the time any deal could complete.
What survives that caveat is the upgrade case, since Nusa's underlying numbers in the Bundesliga already outstrip what Tzolis has produced in his opening months in England.
At 21, Nusa also fits the pattern Arsenal followed this summer, when the 30-year-old Leandro Trossard was moved on to make room for a younger left-sided option.
Player motivation
Player motivation11 / 15 A move to Arsenal, the Premier League's top side this season, would be a clear step up from RB Leipzig. Nusa started 31 Bundesliga games last season and remains a first-choice starter for both Leipzig and Norway. In August, Nusa told Sky Sport DE, relayed by Fabrizio Romano, that he had never asked to leave Leipzig and was focused on the club. Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard is a current Norway teammate of Nusa, a relationship several reports note the club could lean on.Stepping up from RB Leipzig to the Premier League's current pace-setters is an obvious incentive, though one that would be true of almost any club chasing Nusa this winter.
Less obvious is how much the move would change his day to day circumstances, since he is already a first-choice starter in Leipzig colours and for Norway.
His own public position, at least as of the summer, leaned the other way, when he denied wanting to leave and said he was focused on Leipzig.
Arsenal do have one lever few other suitors can match in Martin Odegaard, a Norway international who knows Nusa from international duty.
Selling club incentive
Selling club incentive8 / 20 Leipzig have told reporters they want to keep Nusa and are holding out for €60m to €65m against Arsenal's lower opening proposal. No replacement winger has been linked to Leipzig if Nusa were to leave in January. Nusa has scored twice and set up two more in his first four Bundesliga games this season, continuing a run of form that follows a strong 2026 World Cup for Norway.Leipzig's position, as reported, is straightforward, since they would rather keep Nusa than sell him at the price Arsenal have been preparing.
There is no sign of a replacement already lined up in Leipzig, which usually points to a club in no rush to do business.
Nusa's form only strengthens Leipzig's hand, because a player scoring and creating at this rate in a World Cup year is not one most clubs sell cheaply.
Market momentum
Market momentum13 / 20 Germany's Fussball News reported on 3 October that Arsenal are working on a formal £34m offer, with the London Standard and TEAMtalk since reporting Arsenal are readying the move. TEAMtalk reported on 6 October that Arsenal are trying to beat Tottenham to Nusa's signature with a prepared bid. CaughtOffside reported on 6 October that Arsenal sporting director Andrea Berta is preparing a fresh move for Nusa after first assessing him in the summer.The reporting so far sits a tier below the kind of sourcing that usually accompanies a deal in its advanced stages.
Germany's Fussball News was first to put a number on Arsenal's opening approach, and the story has since been picked up and advanced by the London Standard, TEAMtalk and CaughtOffside.
What those reports agree on is the direction of travel, with Arsenal preparing to formalise an offer rather than merely circling as they have for over a year.
Antonio Nusa to Arsenal: Will or won't it happen?
The verdict71 / 100 Arsenal's interest in Nusa predates this month's injuries, but with Tzolis and Madueke both set to be fit again before January, this reads as a squad upgrade rather than an emergency fix. It happens if Arsenal push on with a bid that closes toward Leipzig's €60m to €65m valuation regardless. It dies if Leipzig hold firm on keeping Nusa, or if Tottenham, also chasing the Norwegian, get there first with a bigger offer.The honest read is that Arsenal want this more than Leipzig need to sell it, and that imbalance is what keeps the valuation gap open.
It gets done if Arsenal show they are serious with a number closer to Leipzig's asking price rather than their much lower opener.
It stalls if Leipzig's resistance hardens once Tzolis and Madueke are both back fit and the pressure driving Arsenal's interest eases.
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