{"id":1996,"date":"2026-04-29T04:24:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T04:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=1996"},"modified":"2026-04-29T04:24:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T04:24:42","slug":"arsenal-have-eli-junior-kroupi-transfer-interest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=1996","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal have Eli Junior Kroupi transfer interest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Arsenal reportedly have an interest in the potential transfer of Bournemouth forward Junior Eli Kroupi as Mikel Arteta has been impressed by him this season.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL CAUGHTOFFSIDE APP FOR ALL THE LATEST &#038; BREAKING UPDATES \u2013 STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE! ON <span role=\"presentation\"><u>APPLE<\/u><\/span> &#038; <span role=\"presentation\"><u>GOOGLE PLAY<\/u><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Gunners have had issues up front this season as summer signing Viktor Gyokeres has mostly been a bit of a disappointment, while Kai Havertz and Gabriel Jesus have both spent a lot of time out injured.<\/p>\n<p>Kroupi, meanwhile, has seemingly caught Arteta\u2019s eye after scoring both home and away against Arsenal in the Premier League this season.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s according to talkSPORT journalist Alex Crook in the video below\u2026<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Alex Crook REVEALS LATEST on Arsenal TARGET Eli Junior Kroupi ahead of Summer Transfer Window!\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4z-P67nmrFs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Discussing Kroupi\u2019s future, Crook revealed that Arteta has the Frenchman firmly on his radar, though he probably won\u2019t come cheap as there\u2019s no release clause in his contract like there was with other recent Cherries sales Dean Huijsen and Antoine Semenyo.<\/p>\n<p><b><i>Want more CaughtOffside coverage? Add us as a <\/i><\/b><b><i><span draggable=\"true\">preferred source on Google<\/span><\/i><\/b><b><i>  to your favourites list for news you can trust<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<h2>Arsenal join race for Eli Junior Kroupi transfer, but won\u2019t be alone<\/h2>\n<p>It now seems that a host of top clubs, Arsenal included, are chasing Kroupi ahead of this summer, with the talented 19-year-old bagging an impressive 11 goals in 29 league matches.<\/p>\n<p>Our most recent information was that Liverpool and Chelsea were showing the strongest interest in Kroupi, but it now seems the list of suitors is growing.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-stories std-mgn-b\">&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<header class=\"col-s-12 std-mgn-t\">More Stories \/ <span class=\"topic\">Latest News<\/span><\/header>\n<div class=\"post-container col-s-4\">\n<p>\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"img-cntr\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1495\" height=\"900\" 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