Sesko appears to be one of the Gunners' top targets to help Mikel Arteta deal with an injury crisis. Gabriel Jesus is ruled out for the rest of the season after rupturing his ACL, while Bukayo Saka is sidelined with a hamstring injury. It's been a difficult period for the North Londoners, whose lack of firepower has been problematic.

Benjamin Sesko is one of RB Leipzig's highest-rated players and reportedly has a "gentleman's agreement" with the club that will allow him to leave at the end of this season

RB Leipzig manager Marco Rose has dismissed talk of Arsenal target Benjamin Sesko leaving the club in January. The Gunners were strongly linked with the striker in the summer and that interest remains, particularly with the Gunners short in attack after injuries to Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Jesus.

Injury-hit Arsenal are pondering whether to sign one of their summer transfer targets during the current transfer window, but have competition in the form of Barcelona

Arsenal are ready to step up their interest in RB Leipzig's Benjamin Sesko after losing Gabriel Jesus to injury for the rest of the season, according to reports. Jesus suffered a torn ACL during Arsenal's FA Cup third round defeat to Manchester United,

Indeed, according to David Ornstein, speaking on The Athletic FC Podcast, Sesko is a long-term Arsenal target, but a deal this month would be difficult to do, so a summer switch may be more likely. Ornstein shared what he knows about Sesko and Arsenal’s interest in the player.

Arsenal are one of a number of clubs interested in RB Leipzig striker Benjamin Sesko and the Gunners could face fresh competition in the form of Barcelona