Arsenal will miss Nicolo Barella's signature if he failed to get the Champions League football

Arsenal's hopes of recruiting Cagliari midfielder, Nicolo Barella, rest on the fact that the Gunners can get a Champions League qualification for next season.

Unai Emery is looking for a new midfielder to replace Juventus-ridden Aaron Ramsey, but the Welshman having been released at the end of the season, the club has struggled to raise funds for the replace.

Barella has been touted as Ramsey's ideal substitute but, according to The Mirror, they have to qualify for the Champions League next season if they want to have any hope of getting the contract for Barella, who could ask costs of about £ 43m.

In January, Barcelona midfielder Denis Suarez arrived temporarily at the Emirates Stadium. However, the Spaniard failed to impress and Emery is likely to look elsewhere in his search for a replacement for Ramsey.

Arsenal sent scouts to watch star Barella for Italy against Finland on Saturday, and the Gunners are confident that this 22-year-old is Ramsey's ideal replacement. However, they may have trouble funding the deal, especially if they fail to qualify for the first European contest.

They currently sit in the fourth place of the Premier League table, which would be enough to ensure qualification to the Champions League. They can also find the way to the competition if they win the Europa League, in which they are ready to face Napoli. the quarter-finals in April.

If they can not qualify, they may have to rely on selling players to raise the £ 43 million required. Mohamed Elneny, Calum Chambers and Shkodran Mustafi are all expected to approach the Emirates exit door.

The club's salary budget is expected to fall sharply as Ramsey leave the club alongside Petr Cech, Danny Welbeck, Nacho Monreal, Carl Jenkinson and Stephan Lichtsteiner leave the club at the end of the campaign, but spending a considerable amount of money on Barella would not not a trivial matter. possible without the huge revenue generated by playing in the Champions League.

It is expected that Barella will attract a lot of interest in the summer. We think of Chelsea, AC Milan and Napoli, all of whom want to sign the star of Cagliari.