I read something else in the media. Arsenal would have agreed with RB. You were not far apart. But Sesko probably asked for a very high salary and that is said to have put arsenal.
And I in the English media that the transfer request was extremely high, you were not really flexible (we work a lot with bonuses). To make matters worse that Sesko’s advisor was probably not happy that we were the change of sports director, with Edu you probably had a good relationship, Berta is a different blow director.
Salary can certainly have been a sticking point, I don’t want to rule out that. Our top earners are Havertz and Jesus (EUR 16 million). There are important extensions with Saka and Saliba, so of course you do not want to position a new addition in the row.
Personally, I would have liked to see Sesko with us, think it is an outstanding striker, but shouldn’t be.