Atletico Madrid have offered midfielder, Thomas Partey, a double-your-money salary offer in a bid to convince the Ghanaian to reject Arsenal, Metro.co.uk reports.
Mikel Arteta is keen on signing the midfielder and the Gunners are believed to have made contact with Partey’s agent in the last two months.
Partey has been a revelation since joining Atletico but his contract includes a relatively affordable £43.5m release clause and Arsenal are willing to trigger the clause.
Atletico are desperate to keep Partey and believe he is worth significantly more than his release clause.
According to the Guardian, Atletico have offered to double Partey’s salary of £65,000-a-week to make him one of the highest earners at the club on £130,000-a-week.
The new deal would remove Partey’s current release clause and replace it with a new clause worth around £100m.
That would price Arsenal out of a move but it remains to be seen whether Partey will agree to the extension. He has three years to run on his existing deal.