Unai Emery reportedly wants to work with PSG’s Ligue 1 champion Nkunku again, with Arsenal keen to bring the midfielder to the Premier League.
Arsenal will have to pay £18 million to sign Christopher Nkunku from Paris Saint-Germain this summer, according to the Sun.
The Gunners were allegedly keen to sign the young midfielder on loan during the January transfer window. But they failed to get a deal over the line as PSG were allegedly demanding a hefty fee to allow Nkunku to move to The Emirates on a temporary basis.
Arsenal then signed Denis Suarez instead from Barcelona, but the Spaniard is set to return to the Camp Nou at the end of the season after failing to make an impression in the Premier League.
The Sun believes that the North London giants are now stepping up their interest in Nkunku, who appears likely to replace Suarez at The Emirates.
Unai Emery is reportedly a fan of the 21-year-old, who became a big part of his PSG squad during the Spaniard’s time in the Parc des Princes dugout. Nkunku made 20 Ligue 1 appearances under the former Valencia and Sevilla coach.
Arsenal will have to part with £18 million to reunite Emery with the Frenchman, who was watched by Gunners scouts during PSG’s recent 4-0 thrashing of Dijon.
In quotes reported by Get French Football News in 2017, Emery lauded the ‘quality’, selflessness and versatility of a player who can fill in anywhere across the midfield.
“He has the quality to play in the axis, better than on the wing. But he played well on the wing because he did the job we asked of him, and which the team needed,” he said at the time,
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