Arsenal's 'angry' response to transfer decision as Mikel Arteta scrambles to solve issue

Arsenal have been left "angry" following their failure to land Dusan Vlahovic as Mikel Arteta now faces a summer scramble to solve the club's striker conundrum.

It is no secret that the Gunners were keen to add some more firepower to their ranks in the January transfer window following the uncertainty surrounding a number of their forward options.

Shamed striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was offloaded to Barcelona following his well-documented fallout while Alexandre Lacazette and Eddie Nketiah will be out of contract in the summer.

Despite this, Arteta failed to land any replacements last month, and Vlahovic's decision to snub Arsenal for Juventus has allegedly left the North London club enraged.

According to Lucas Torreira 's agent, Pablo Bentancur, the Gunners are furious after the Serbian's representatives sabotaged a potential deal between the Premier League side and Fiorentina.

Bentancur claims La Viola were keen to sell Vlahovic to Arsenal in January, in a deal that could have potentially seen Torreira turn his loan move with the Serie A side into a permanent one.

However, he insists Vlahovic and his agents pushed to go to Juventus instead.

“Now, Arsenal are a bit angry because they wanted Vlahovic," Bentancur told Sport890, as relayed by Fiorentina.it.

"Fiorentina wanted to sell him, but the agents said he had to go to Juventus: you always do what the player wants."

The Serbian striker, who netted 20 goals in 24 games in all competitions this campaign prior to his Turin transfer, joined the Old Lady last month in a £66million switch.

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