David Ornestein says €50m star ‘extremely enthusiastic about joining Arsenal’
David Ornestein has claimed that Ricccardo Calafiori is extremely enthusiastic about joining Arsenal this summer
Despite having the best defensive record in the Premier League last season – Mikel Arteta is keen to keep on adding to his squad over the next few months and buying players that he believes will improve the ARSENAL squad.
It has been claimed that Calafiori has agreed terms with the Gunners and the report says that negotiations over the transfer fee and the structure of the payments have progressed over the last few days with Arsenal paying a fee of around £42 million for the defender.
Speaking on the Athletic podcast, David Orstein said: “This is a target for Mikel Arteta, this is a player he’d like to sign. He may have to convince some within Arsenal of this, to get everybody on board, because I think there are some concerns around whether Arsenal need that position.”
“Clearly Calafiori is extremely enthusiastic about the possibility of joining Arsenal. I was told some time ago that he’s completely on board if the clubs can agree a deal.
“Bologna are asking for around €50m, which many in the game feel is significantly above his market value.”
Gunners icon David Seaman recently welcomed the possible addition of Calafiori to the side: ‘That would be another improvement to the squad,’ Seaman told Betway when asked about Arsenal’s pursuit of Calafiori.
‘William Saliba and Gabriel don’t get replaced in the starting line-up, but if Calafiori comes in it’s more competition for places, and depth in case of injury.
‘ARSENAL learned a tough lesson when Saliba was out two seasons ago. We missed him massively, and Takehiro Tomiyasu was injured at that time so Ben White couldn’t move to centre-back.
‘Whether the club need to sell one or two defenders will be on Mikel Arteta’s mind now. It’s tough to say who might leave – Kieran Tierney is injured again and might be out for a while with a bad hamstring injury.
‘As much as you want to continue buying players, you now have to balance the books with the profit and sustainability rules.’
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