Arsenal hold off on striker transfer decision until after planned talks | OneFootball

Arsenal won’t make a decision on Mika Biereth until they’ve held internal talks later this year, according to a report.

Arsenal loan striker Mika Biereth has been impressing on loan with Sturm Graz over the last few months, leading to speculation around his future.

Fabrizio Romano reports in his Daily Briefing that there will be a race to sign Biereth this summer, with many clubs interested in him.

But Arsenal have reportedly been clear that no decision will be made now, and internal talks on his situation will follow later this year.

Though the interest is clearly there, and Romano expects it to grow in the coming weeks, there’s nothing concrete on a potential move just yet.

Simon Collings reported earlier this week that Sturm want to sign Bieretht his summer, but the striker’s form will have caught plenty of eyes around Europe, and the Austrian club are likely to face competition for a potential transfer.

Sturm already had to fight off competition from Championship side Sheffield Wednesday in the January transfer window, and that was before he went on to score eight goals in his first 11 games for his new loan club.

Biereth scored in three of his four Europa Conference League games, and he’s helped the team into the Austrian cup semi-finals and second place in the league.

Across the entire season, including his time spent with Motherwell FC, Biereth now has 20 goal contributions in 26 games. He scored six goals for Motherwell and assisted five before switching clubs in January.

Biereth admitted he was open to a permanent move in January, though he’s still hoping for a chance at Arsenal.

“When I come back in the summer hopefully I can get an opportunity,” Biereth said recently.

“My biggest priority is I need to be playing first-team football. I’m not overly keen on sitting on benches and just watching. I want it to be like the six months I had at Motherwell and the start here: playing games and scoring goals.”