Gabriel Martinelli, the 24-year-old Brazil international, has been the subject of fresh enquiries from Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain about his availability this summer.
The interest lands while Arsenal continue their search for a new left-sided attacker and Bayern look to add competition out wide for Luis Diaz, a combination that has pushed the gabriel martinelli bayern transfer bid question toward the top of this window's agenda. Martinelli started Saturday's Champions League final on the bench, with Leandro Trossard named in the starting XI for Arsenal — a detail that underlines why clubs are asking about him now.
Bayern have made recent checks on Martinelli’s situation and German reports suggest a bid of roughly £38.9million would be enough to persuade Arsenal to sell. Paris Saint-Germain have also asked questions about the winger, and PSG are monitoring the wider market in case Bradley Barcola departs Parc des Princes before the window shuts. Atletico Madrid remain long-term admirers, adding another layer to the interest surrounding the player.
Those approaches matter beyond transfer chatter because a sale to Bayern would be Arsenal’s biggest-ever outgoing deal — topping the £35m move of Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain to Liverpool in 2017 — and would give the club a clear pot of money to reinvest on the left. Bayern, meanwhile, are said to be targeting a player who can be developed rather than a headline-name purchase, which places Martinelli squarely on their shortlist.
There is a practical friction here. Martinelli is highly regarded inside the Arsenal set-up and by Mikel Arteta, yet Arsenal are actively looking for another left-sided attacking option. That search has seen the club assess a group that includes Morgan Rogers, Nico Williams, Rafael Leao and Bradley Barcola. Arteta has warned publicly that the club will have to make "very important decisions" and show ambition and speed if they want to move to another level — words that now frame any conversation about selling a homegrown, high-potential winger with one year left on his contract and an option for a further year.
Martinelli’s limited league starts last season — he made 11 Premier League starts — complicate the valuation picture. He is no regular guaranteed starter on the left, but his age, international status and upside explain why multiple top clubs have checked in. Arsenal must balance retaining a player Arteta values against the clear opportunity to reinvest funds into a new starter at left wing if a serious offer arrives.
The next move is with Bayern: will their enquiries become a formal offer? If the German side submits a bid in the region of £38.9million, Arsenal will face a decision that tests the ambition Arteta has demanded. That single action — Bayern turning interest into an actual bid — will determine whether Martinelli remains part of Arsenal’s plans or becomes the club’s record sale and a funding source for the left-sided recruit Arteta says the squad needs.
