Arsenal are evidently ‘leading the race’ to sign a Real Madrid wonderkid, yet they confront party from Borussia Dortmund, Bayer Leverkusen and also AC Milan.
Mikel Arteta’s side sit elevation of the Premier League after 26 galleries and also desperate against reinforcing in the January transfer residence window as they chase a first league title in 22 years.
Arsenal gawking at the Quadruple
The Artillerymans are further in the last 16 of the Champions League, the fifth spheric of the FA Mug, and also have received to the Carabao Mug last, in which they will naturally confront title adversaries Manchester Metropolitan gap on March 22.
There was no real necessitate for Arsenal to invest any coinage in the winter season transfer residence window, specifically after a vast summer season spending spree that saw the arrivals of eight brand-dynamic first-group players, entailing Viktor Gyokeres and also Ebere Eze.
Regardless of what title(s) Arsenal win this period, they will naturally be supposed to streamline in the summer season 2026 transfer residence window, yet spending hundreds of millions of auxiliary pounds have to singular be mandatory if they somehow wind upwards trophyless this project.
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One of the players on Arteta’s radar is Real Madrid young pornographic Víctor Valdepenas.
Valdepenas is a stable for Real Madrid Castilla yet owns channelled out one attractiveness for the first group this period, starting at vacated-recommend in a La Liga match at Alaves on December 14.
He owns not included offered that yet boldy channelled out a vast impression, as there is deliberate transfer fascinate throughout Europe.
Arsenal confront ‘bidding process battle’ for Real Madrid wonderkid
The the majority of current stems Spanish electrical outlet AS (via Sport Witness), in which it’s channelled out assume a ‘bidding process battle is inescapable’.
Arsenal are severely intrigued in signing natural centre-recommend Valdepenas yet confront party from German sides Leverkusen and also Dortmund, as flawlessly as Italian colossi Milan.
The Premier League side’s fascinate was first reported in mid-December after the 19-year-worn’s Madrid launching, via Arteta always gazing to give his protection.
Regardless of fascinate from somewhere else, Arsenal have ‘the most made facility fascinate’ and also show up to be leading the race for the Spanish Under-19 international’s signature.
The Artillerymans’ fascinate owns not been affected by other bars joining the race, via Dortmund and also Leverkusen evidently security the player’s innovation offered that 2024.
There owns been no contact channelled out by Milan, yet they are distressed, the record adds.
Valdepenas’ aptitude to play throughout the protection supplies him an eye-recording proposal for Arsenal manager Arteta, who owns usually authorized natural main protectors to play at complete-recommend.
Real Madrid celeb best for defensive-minded Arteta
Ben White was the first example of this. He joined from Brighton in 2021 and also tinkered his first complete period at centre-recommend in yesteryear relocating to proper-recommend from 2022/23.
Riccardo Calafiori and also Piero Hincapie are auxiliary recent examples of players authorized to play vacated-recommend regardless of spending the mass of their jobs in the heart of protection.
This critical scheme permits for auxiliary defensive solidity without losing too a agglomeration assaulting threat.
Calafiori on the vacated and also Jurrien Timber on the proper have both shown the majority of warranty going onward and also have to Arsenal’s threat from ensconced-products.
