Speaking on the Transfer Window Podcast, Duncan Castles has shared details of Arsenal’s pursuit of Dan-Axel Zagadou.
The French centre-back will soon be entering the final year of his contract as Borussia Dortmund, and as you can imagine, he’s caught the eye of a number of European clubs.
Zagadou has long been seen as a talented young player, and Arsenal are reportedly preparing to make an offer for him this summer.
“Yeah, Zagadou is widely considered to be the best of a very good category of young French defenders. He’s been at Dortmund since 2017, arrived on a free transfer from PSG, one of the many excellent academy products at PSG whose pathway into the first-team has been blocked by Qatar’s spending,” Castles said.
“He’s 21 now, he’s a France U21 international, a left-footed centre-back and out of contract in a years’ time. He’s been pursued by Arsenal and watched by Arsenal as a strong option for some time now. They have, I’m told, been active in preparing a deal to bring him from the Bundesliga this summer, quite a lot of work done on that with the idea being that he’s available for €30m, perhaps less.”
This is certainly a very interesting update.
Arsenal could do with a new centre-half, and Zagadou could be the perfect long-term solution to Mikel Arteta’s problems at the back.
However, he isn’t the finished article yet, and if Arsenal want instant success next term, he may not be the ideal signing.
This is certainly a situation to keep an eye on in the coming months as it seems as though the Gunners are very keen on Zagadou.
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