Milan, Italy, 14th February 2026. Lega Calcio Serie A Season 2025-2026, FC Internazionale v Juventus FC, Giuseppe Meazza Stadium. Francesco Pio Esposito of FC Internazionale celebrates after scoring to give the hosts a 2-1 lead during the match.

Earlier this week, Sport Witness looked at the situation of Francesco Pio Esposito, who was attracting interest from Arsenal.

Despite that, Inter Milan were quite confident of keeping the Italian. L’Interista spoke of a bond between the two, with the player keen on repaying the Nerazzurri’s faith with consistent goals in the future.

This was giving hope to Inter of keeping Arsenal away, with the striker finding the net against Bodo/Glimt in the Champions League on Wednesday.

The Serie A league leaders lost the game but it reinforced the 20-year-old’s importance to the team. More on Gunners’ interest is now emerging.

Arsenal leading race for Esposito

Calciomercato IT report on the youngster, making it clear that Inter have no intention of selling the player.

Arsenal are leading the race, however a deal is considered unlikely. Beppe Marotta is aiming to hand Pio Esposito a new contract, with work ongoing to iron out an agreement.

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