Arsenal offered chance to seal Thomas Lemar transfer with Atletico Madrid desperate to offload winger
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ARSENAL have reportedly been offered the chance to sign Atletico Madrid star Thomas Lemar.
But the Gunners are said to have REJECTED a move for the 26-year-old.
Lemar has been repeatedly linked with a switch to the Emirates in recent years.
But the Premier League giants have turned down the chance to sign the winger, according to French newspaper .
Everton are also claimed to have snubbed a move for the France international.
Lemar is said to have been put on the transfer list by Atletico Madrid this summer with the club desperate to offload him.
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His representatives sounded out Arsenal and Everton as potential destinations, but neither were keen on bringing him to the Prem.
And their failure to drum up any interest means Lemar has accepted a new deal at Atletico - with a mammoth 50 per cent pay cut.
He has been forced to cave in to Atletico's demands and take a huge salary slash after no other club wanted to sign him.
Reports claim Lemar had been on around £155k-a-week before accepting the wage reduction.
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Arsenal were originally interested in Lemar before he joined Atletico from Monaco for £65million back in 2018.
His disappointing spell in the Spanish capital has seen him persistently linked with a switch to North London.
Lemar has scored just NINE goals in 142 games for Diego Simeone's side.
His poor form has seen him fall out of favour with France boss Didier Deschamps, and now the Gunners have also turned their noses up at a potential transfer.