Turkish giants Galatasaray make audacious move to sign Arsenal star Gabriel Martinelli - as Gunners set asking price for Brazilian

Galatasaray have made their move for Arsenal winger Gabriel Martinelli with a £38million offer.

However, the Brazilian is not inclined to leave for Turkey.

The 25-year-old is one of the players Arsenal are prepared to listen to offers for with a valuation around £50m.

Roma have also shown interest and it is understood Martinelli will only consider options from the strongest leagues.

Arsenal are re-evaluating options to strengthen their left hand side.

They are also continuing discussions with Aston Villa for centre back Ezri Konsa with their latest proposal understood to be around £40m for the centre back.

Galatasaray have made their move for Arsenal winger Gabriel Martinelli with a £38million offer

Martinelli has been an ever-present at the Emirates over recent years after joining from Brazilian side Ituano as an 18-year-old in 2019.

Now 25, the forward has played 278 times for the club, scoring 62 goals, including 11 strikes in 53 appearances last season.

However, Martinelli struck just once in the Premier League, and of his 30 top flight appearances, only 11 were starts, with Mikel Arteta often preferring to use Eberechi Eze and Leandro Trossard on the left.

His most productive campaign was 15 league goals in 2022-23 and the Gunners have already added left-sided attacker Christos Tzolis this summer.

Speaking earlier this week on what we can expect from Arsenal over the rest of the transfer window, Arteta said: 'There is more that we want to do.

'Because every time we have an opportunity to improve the squad and bring more quality and depth, we need to do that.

'We’re actively trying to do so – the thing is, in the market, it doesn’t just depend on you, and we’re very clear on that.

'The will and the desire of the club is unquestionable, but we cannot promise that we’re going to do it because it doesn’t only depend on us.'

He added: 'For the margins to improve, there are very few players in the market that are available to do that and bring more quality to the club. But again, we’re actively looking to improve that and we’re going to try.'