DEAL COMPLETED: Arsenal have reached total agreement with player after club agreed to lower the transfer fee from £80m to £60m,bid approved as announcement will be done tomorrow morning
DEAL COMPLETED: Arsenal have reached total agreement with player after club agreed to lower the transfer fee from £80m to £60m,bid approved as announcement will be done tomorrow morning
Arsenal have made an opening bid to sign one of Turkey’s best players, according to Nutuk.
The Gunners have signed David Raya and Riccardo Calafiori in the current transfer window, but there could be more arrivals before the transfer deadline on August 30.
The club are already exploring a deal for Real Sociedad midfielder Mikel Merino and Nutuk claim that they are also working on a transfer for Fenerbahce’s Ferdi Kadioglu.
Back in May, it was reported that the 24-year-old agreed personal terms with Arsenal. The Gunners have now lodged an opening transfer bid in the region of £17 million.
However, Fenerbahce are reluctant to part ways with their prized asset for less than £30m.
Kadioglu deal would come as a surprise
The versatile full-back made 51 appearances for Fenerbahce last term, scoring five goals and providing three assists. 43 of those outings came from the left-back position.
Arsenal have already found a fresh solution at left-back in Riccardo Calafiori. We don’t see the Gunners signing Kadioglu unless they consider him as an attacking option.
The Dutch-born star began his career as a forward. He had made over 40 appearances on the right wing and left wing. He has featured from the number 10 role on 59 occasions.
However, he has had only limited success in the final third. In our view, the speculation could be agent-driven in order to encourage other clubs to enter the transfer pursuit.
Arsenal may have been interested in the player earlier this summer, but the arrival of Calafiori from Bologna has probably ended Kadioglu’s prospects of joining them.
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