Overview
- La Gazzetta dello Sport reported that Mikel Arteta asked sporting director Andrea Berta to seek information on Pio Esposito after January’s Champions League meeting.
- Multiple outlets say Berta contacted Inter’s Piero Ausilio to ask if the forward was available and what he would cost.
- Inter swiftly rebuffed the enquiry, with reports stressing Esposito is central to their project and contracted until 2030.
- President Giuseppe Marotta publicly denied any Arsenal approach and said the academy product is being “guarded like a treasure.”
- Esposito is enjoying a breakout season with seven goals and six assists for Inter and three goals in five games for Italy, with any transfer talk portrayed as monitoring rather than active negotiations; some reports also recall a previously rejected bid last summer.