A deal to take Real Valladolid wonderkid Ivan Fresneda to Arsenal may still be alive because the switch deadline approaches, insider Dean Jones has claimed.
What’s the phrase?
Arsenal had been one in every of quite a few golf equipment reportedly chasing the 18-year-old earlier within the window, however because the switch deadline approaches, he still stays at his membership – although his scenario may still change.
Fabrizio Romano has claimed that golf equipment are still trying to signal the right-back with a view to a deal for subsequent season, with the participant doubtlessly staying at Valladolid till the top of the marketing campaign.
Should Arsenal signal Fresneda and mortgage him again to Valladolid?
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Speaking to Football FanCast, Jones has claimed that Arsenal are still ready for Fresneda to decide, and {that a} deal for him to affix the membership may still happen.
He stated: “I suppose this one is simply about still alive. It actually does really feel a case of whether or not the participant thinks this is the transfer that fits him proper now.
“I suppose Arsenal really feel like they’ve completed all they can in promoting themselves to him. They know that this isn’t actually something private proper now, in phrases of whether or not he likes Arsenal or not.
“He does like Arsenal, he was happy to join, but there are other options on the table for him.”
An extended-term signing
Right-back Cedric Soares seems to be set to leave Arsenal on loan, however while Fresneda is just not anticipated to affix the squad instantly, he may very well be seen as a long-term alternative at right-back and a prime prospect within the place.
Arsenal have already got Ben White and Takehiro Tomiyasu at right-back, however given the flexibility of the 2, both may transfer throughout the backline to permit Fresneda into the beginning XI if he shortly earns a spot there.
It could also be a while earlier than he options commonly within the Premier League if he joins, however Arsenal might nonetheless see it as a coup to safe a expertise who has rapidly exploded onto the scene in La Liga.