Beşiktaş have made the first move for Leandro Trossard, with the club's president opening official contact with Arsenal over the 31-year-old Belgium attacker. This is early-stage interest rather than anything close to a deal: a formal expression that Beşiktaş want him, met so far by a discussion of numbers. A bid of £17m has been logged, and the figures being talked about run between £17m and £23m for a player whose contract at Arsenal runs to summer 2027. The trail here is thin. The only credible report comes from NTV Spor, itself relaying A Spor, a mid-table Turkish source. There is no corroboration from a benchmark reporter and no word from the Arsenal side. Treat this as a single, modest link rather than a story confirmed across several reliable voices. That thinness is exactly why the engine puts this at 16% — a longshot. For it to complete, Beşiktaş would need to turn contact into an accepted bid, and Arsenal would need to sanction the sale of a player still under contract for two more years and valued around £15m. With talks at the contact stage and only one source carrying it, plenty has to fall into place before this is real. The money is plausible enough on past evidence. Arsenal sold to Southampton for £18m and to Juventus for £16m, so a fee in the £17m–£23m range sits squarely in keeping with how they price departures. Trossard himself cost Arsenal £20m from Brighton in 2023. Watch for an actual accepted bid, or a second reputable source confirming Arsenal's willingness to sell.