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The Times reports Brighton are willing to sell Arsenal target Moises Caicedo.
The Gunners have seen a bid of £60m rejected for the Ecuador international, but are poised to return with another bid.
And the Seagulls are now prepared to do business with the Premier League leaders.
They rate Caicedo at around £80million.
Meanwhile, Roberto De Zerbi says Brighton are ready to move forward without Moises Caicedo, giving Arsenal fresh hope of landing the whizkid ahead of Tuesday’s deadline.
The Gunners had a £60million opening offer knocked back on Friday for the 21-year-old with Albion owner Tony Bloom not wanting to sell.
De Zerbi said: “Caicedo is a very, very good guy.
“I can understand him because when you are 21, and you receive the request of a big, big team that are playing in Europe, I can understand.
“I would like that he can finish the season with us but we are ready to go forward without him.
“I think we need some players in some positions.
“I spoke a lot of time with Tony (Bloom) he knows very well my opinion because we are a good team but we can improve also from the transfer market.
“We lost Trossard, if we lose also Caicedo it can be a problem for us. If we want to fight for Europe, or the maximum on the table.
“If we want to stay like this (at our current level), we can. But I don’t like.”
Arsenal target Ivan Fresneda was left out of Valladolid’s squad as speculation grows about his future.
The Gunners are said to have made signing the defender a priority in the January transfer window.
And they let Portugal right-back Cedric Soares go on loan to Fulham, which frees up a squad spot for another signing.
Sky Sports confirmed he was missing from his side’s squad to play Valencia on Sunday.
Marco Asensio is considering staying at Real Madrid, according to reports.
The Arsenal target is out of contract in the summer and has been linked with a move to the Emirates.
However, Los Blancos have an offer on the table for the talented forward.
Now Marca report they are keen to get a deal over the line for him and keep him at the Bernabeu.
