Watford refusing to sell Daniel Bachmann after Arsenal show transfer interest in £15m keeper

WATFORD are refusing to sell keeper Daniel Bachmann.

Ajax and Arsenal have shown an interest in the Austrian keeper who impressed at Euro 2020.

Yet the £15million-rated keeper is an important part of Xisco’s plans in the Premier League this season.

Bachmann, 27, moved to Watford on a free transfer from Stoke in 2017.

He spent the 2018-19 season in Scotland at Kilmarnock.

But he kept 13 clean sheets as the Hornets earned automatic promotion back to the top-flight from the Championship last season.

West Ham had also enquired about Bachmann before securing keeper Alphonse Areola on loan from PSG.

Arsenal have now switched their attention to Sheffield United’s Aaron Ramsdale.

The Blades are believed to have rejected two previous offers from the North London side for the England Euro 2020 squad member.

Arsenal are now lining up a third bid and the fee could be as much as £30m.

The 23-year-old was England’s third-choice goalkeeper for Euro 2020 after Dean Henderson withdrew, although he is yet to receive his first senior cap.

Ramsdale came through the ranks at Sheffield United before moving to Bournemouth for a reported £800,000 transfer fee in January 2017.

He was the Cherries’ first-choice goalkeeper during the 2019-20 season as they were relegated from the Premier League.

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Ramsdale then moved back to the Blades in August 2020, costing a reported £18.5m, and suffered relegation AGAIN.

Meanwhile, Fulham, Bournemouth and Stoke are all interested in Peterborough forward Siriki Dembele.

The Ivorian-born Scottish forward is valued at £4million by Posh but the three clubs are only willing to pay around £2.5m.

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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk