Arsenal prepares the fourth signing of the summer market, after already introducing Declan Rice, Jurrien Timber and Kai Havertz. But that’s not enough for Mikel Arteta to be satisfied, and he wants more moves to be made. The goal is clear, and it is to fight for the Premier League title with Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City, in addition to playing a good role in the Champions League, after many years of absence.
And the next area that the Basque coach wants to improve is the goal. Although he is very pleased with Aaron Ramsdale’s performance, he does not have a guaranteed replacement for the former Sheffield United player in case he sustains an injury. He does not have Matt Turner or Rúnar Alex Rúnarsson, and has asked the board to bring in a goalkeeper with experience in the elite, and who can make things difficult for the English international. And the chosen one is David Raya.
David Raya/ EFE
In recent seasons he has become one of the best goalkeepers in the league, and that helped Luis Enrique decide to call him up with ‘la Roja’ to play in the World Cup in Qatar and the Euro Cup. He was heavily criticized for it. but the reality is that the level shown by the Brentford goalkeeper has been very high, and offers incredible security, as well as having very good footwork. So it fits in with the Gunners’ philosophy.
For now, the talks are underway, and from the Emirates Stadium they are preparing an offer valued at around 20 million euros, although the ‘bees’ are asking for double that. What is clear is that the Catalan goalkeeper wants to put himself under Artet’s ordersa, and for that reason it has broken off negotiations with Bayern Munich, that he had also been interested in him to replace Manuel Neuer, after agreeing to sell Yann Sommer to Inter Milan.
Raya is confident that he will be able to land at Arsenal soon, and leave the Gtech Community Stadium.
Barça and Real Madrid also had Raya on the agenda
Barça and Real Madrid had also appeared in the auction for Raya, and Joan Laporta and Florentino Pérez had decided to put his name on the agenda. Because the possible departures of Iñaki Peña and Andriy Lunin made it necessary to find a substitute for Marc-André ter Stegen and Thibaut Courtois.
However, they will not make any attempt to prevent him from reinforcing Arsenal.
2023-07-31 15:29:06
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