Benjamin Sesko has already chosen Arsenal over two other Premier League clubs

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RB Leipzig’s Benjamin Sesko has already indicated that he wants to join Arsenal over Premier League rivals Chelsea and Man United.

The north London club have reignited their interest in Sesko from last summer, although a mid-season move is still complicated, with his club reluctant to sell.

To make matters more complicated, Sesko’s agent has made it clear that a loan move in January is not an option.

However, the Gunners already have a head-start in their pursuit of the £70million-rated striker.

talkSPORT understands Sesko was sold on Arsenal’s project last summer, choosing them over Chelsea and United, but decided to stay in Germany and boost his short-term development.

Reflecting on Arsenal’s chances of signing the 21-year-old this month, talkSPORT transfer correspondent Ben Jacobs told Inside Gooners: “The good news for Arsenal is that they have a number of concrete summer targets so there is a logic of escalating the pursuit of some of them for January…