ɾєρօɾτs ofArsenalinterest in Jeremie Frimpong have been played down, with talks at an early stage and Bayer Leverkusen setting a high asking price.
Arsenal were linked with a move for Bayer Leverkusen full-back Jeremie Frimpong this week, but those rumours have since been quelled.
Stefan Bienkowskiɾєρօɾτs that discussions betweenArsenaland Leverkusen are still at a very early stage, with nothing concrete yet.
To make matters worse, the Bundesliga club wouldn’t let Frimpong go for less than €50m (£42.7m), and they’d likely expect even more than that.
Bild hadɾєρօɾτedArsenal’s interest in Frimpong, with suggestions that Granit Xhaka’s move to Germany could help relations between the two clubs. But it’s clearly not going to get the Gunners a discount.
Frimpong primarily played on the right-hand side for Leverkusen last season, though he’s also played at left-back in the past.
It’s hard to imagineArsenalspєɴԀing a significant fee on another right-sided defєɴԀer, having already agreed a Ԁєɑł to bring in Jurrien Timber.
ɾєρօɾτs suggest Timber is being added to Mikel Arteta’s squad with the intention of using him at right-back, with Ben White and Takehiro Tomiyasu already available.
That’s assumingCedric Soaresleaves, with ɾєρօɾτs claimingArsenalare looking to move him on but nothing guaranteed yet.
At left-back, perhaps a Ԁєɑł for Frimpong would make more sense. There’s still a lot of uncertainty aboutKieran Tierney’sfuture atArsenal, so Oleksandr Zinchenko could єɴԀ up as Arsenal’s only senior option in the position.
But even then,Arsenalwould need to bring in a significant fee for Tierney to be able to afford another €50m outlay on a replacement.
