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Arsenal did some of their summer shopping at Real Madrid by completing a permanent move for Martin Odegaard and they also tried to sign Marco Asensio from the Spanish giants.
Asensio's progress at Real has been stunted by a horrific knee injury he sustained in a pre-season friendly against Arsenal in July 2019 which forced him to miss 11 months of action.
He struggled to hold down a regular place in the team last season in Zinedine Zidane's final campaign in charge and he subsequently missed out on a place in Spain's Euro 2020 squad too.
Arsenal tried to sign Marco Asensio in the summer, according to Cadena Ser radio station
Mikel Arteta's side made a £34m bid to Real for the forward but he eventually decided to stay
His situation led to him pondering a move away from the Santiago Bernabeu and Arsenal were one of the clubs who looked to snap him up, according to reports in Spain.
Radio station Cadena Ser has revealed that Tottenham and AC Milan also took an interest in signing the forward but Arsenal were the keenest and tabled a £34million bid for the 25-year-old.
But Carlo Ancelotti persuaded the
