{"id":23323,"date":"2020-03-31T19:50:56","date_gmt":"2020-03-31T19:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=23323"},"modified":"2020-03-31T19:50:56","modified_gmt":"2020-03-31T19:50:56","slug":"arsenal-reportedly-want-a-player-that-has-impressed-gunners-icon-kanu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/arsenal-reportedly-want-a-player-that-has-impressed-gunners-icon-kanu","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal reportedly want a player that has impressed Gunners icon Kanu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal are reportedly interested in signing Lille striker Victor Osimhen but face plenty of competition from Tottenham \u2013 but The Gunners will surely be doing their all to land the Nigerian, if Kanu\u2019s comments on the forward are anything to go by.<\/p>\n<p>French outlet Le Quotidien du Foot have suggested that Arsenal are rivalling Tottenham and Manchester United for 21-year-old Osimhen this summer, with the report claiming that interested parties would have to spend \u00a389million to sign the striker.<\/p>\n<p>A Nigeria international, Osimhen joined Wolfsburg in January 2017 but failed to score in 16 appearances. 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