The last few years prove that most in demand players generally use the "interest of Arsenal FC" to drive up their prices and end up signing for some other club who are willing to offer bigger pay. Apart from Lacazette and Xhaka , most of the big name signings from last few seasons have been discards by bigger clubs e.g. Ozil from Madrid and Sanchez from Madrid.
Hmmm... I think I agree with your opening analysis of those players using Arsenal's interest to drive up their prices. 👌
Lets keep our fingers crossed and see what will happen at the summer.