Arsenal are eyeing a potential move for Turkish defender Kadioglu but Fenerbache want to keep a hold of their talented player. It is being said that the Gunners have made an opening offer for the young defender, but it is not enough to land him at the Emirates stadium.
The meteoric rise of Kadioglu has been noticed by several clubs such as Arsenal, Manchester United, and many more. Mikel Arteta likes the player and want to include him in the Arsenal squad. There is a strong interest from the Gunners.
Why do Arsenal want Kadioglu?
Recently Turkey have experienced one of the best campaigns in Euro 2024. Young Turkish talents like Arda Guller, Kadioglu, Yildiz lifted the hopes of Turkey. The young defender played an important part for the Turkish backline.
In the 2023-2024 season, Tomiyasu missed most of the games due to injuries. On the other hand, Mikel Arteta is not satisfied with Zinchenko’s performance.
Arsenal sporting director Edu and his entourage was searching a talented left back. Then Euro came and Kadioglu caught everyone’s attention. At that moment Arsenal liked the player. They believe that the young Turkish defender will perfectly fit into Arteta’s system.
Possibility of the transfer
At this moment, Fenerbache have appointed Jose Mourinho as their new head coach. The Portuguese manager knows the ability of Kadioglu. So, he doesn’t want to sell the player.
Multiple sources were claiming that Fenerbache have put a price tag of £33m on the left back. It seems that the Turkish giants can play hard ball in the negotiations.
This transfer is a difficult one for Arsenal. According to Just Arsenal, the Gunners have sent an opening offer to Fenerbache.
Recently, Arsenal have signed Italian defender Riccardo Calafiori from Bologna. Now they are looking to sign another defender from Fenerbache and it is Kadioglu. The Turkish giants believe that they can keep the player.
Future of Arsenal
Recently Arsenal have signed a defender from Bologna, and they keep on buying new defenders. For example, they are pursuing Fenerbache defender Kadioglu. These new signings are suppressing the homegrown talents. The addition of Kadiogu will replace players like Takehiro Tomiyasu, Oleksander Zinchenko. On the other hand, young defenders like Ainsley Maitland Niles.
Now a homegrown talent like Emile Smith Rowe is leaving Arsenal and Joining Fulham. This is certainly not a good news for the Gunners. The younger players will get a bad impression from this incident.
After Emile Smith Rowe, Arsenal is losing another academy graduate to a Premier League rival because Lewis Brown is going to join West Ham United. Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta is losing the most talented players from the academy. The fans are unhappy about this fact.
With this current transfer strategy, Arsenal can win the Premier League title, but this strategy will not be effective for a long-term project. Few years later, the Gunners will stumble again. Then they have to rely on the academy talents. There is still time for the Gunners to do the right thing.
The Hammers have recently appointed Julen Lopetegui as their new manager. He is building a new project at West Ham. According to multiple reports, the Spaniard want reinforcements at two major positions. One is at the center back position and another one is at the left back position. So, West Ham are desperate to sign the young Arsenal academy product to reinforce their backline. On top of that the Hammers need a backup for Emerson Palmieri at the Left back position.
Lewis Brown has raised through the ranks of Arsenal academy and has become a leader for their under 19 team.
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