Bologna 'reject' Arsenal swap deal for Riccardo Calafiori with Gunners offer 'stuck'
Collection are fighting to render progression in their attempts to indicator Riccardo Calafiori after owning a swap bargain swivelled down by Bologna, according to reports.
The Artillerymans’ curiosity in the Italy international has been authenticated by widespread reports via Mikel Arteta sifting to bring in a brand name-neoteric centre-previously this summer.
Arteta wants to lend party for Gabriel Magalhaes and William Saliba in pod one of the duo picks up an injury or stoppage next period.
And it owned gazed pick a bargain was comfy a week or so ago however there has currently been a standoff over the send fee that Collection will clearly pay after the Artillerymans furnished personal stipulation via the player.
Transmit wizard Fabrizio Romano brought an integrate on Sunday via Calafiori “still waiting” on the 2 clubs to concur a fee for the Bologna defender, that impressed for Italy at Euro 2024.
Romano said in his Trapped Offside obelisk: “The Bologna defender is still waiting for Collection as the clubs dare to reach an arrangement on the send fee.
“If it undertakes it need to be a impressive signing for Collection as Calafiori is an unblemished defender – he can play centre-previously or vacated-previously, has an unblemished vacated foot, can lend help and ranking objectives as he did for Bologna last period.
“Center is the ideal word to explain him. He’s a centre-previously however has trait to help the subordinate in the build up pick midfielders.”
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Reports in Italy confirm that Collection are still ‘exact’ that they will clearly render utilise a bargain over the spiel however ‘the game is not over yet’ via Calafiori strategy to antiphon to coaching at Bologna on July 20.
Calafiori ‘has lended it known that he wants to dare the Collection suffer’ and Bologna have ‘lended it known that they will clearly accommodate him, however on their super own stipulation’.
Collection are still ‘stuck’ at an administer of €45m plus another €5m in bonuses however Bologna are apprehensive that they would not render utilise a exchange price as Swiss side Basel are labelled to 50 per cent of the fee.
If Basel loss short to depreciate their percentage this summer then Collection might have to up their bid to harshly €60m as Bologna ‘implement not aim to sell for less than €30m unblemished’.
The Swiss side are currently ‘not listening’ to Bologna and the Artillerymans ‘have provided a finance via liability to buy for Polish centre-previously Jakub Kiwior in an dare to reprieve the stalemate’ however the Serie A side have ‘scorned’.