Jakub Kiwior’s agent has named three golf equipment that wished to signal the Poland defender forward of Arsenal in January.
The Gunners bolstered Mikel Arteta’s defensive choices final month with the £18m signing of Kiwior from Spezia.
The 22-year-old, who featured for Poland on the Qatar World Cup, put pen to paper on a three-and-a-half 12 months deal on the Emirates Stadium.
Kiwior is but to make his Arsenal debut however was pictured within the stands throughout the thrilling 3-2 Premier League win over Manchester United.
Arteta has described Kiwior as a participant with ‘enormous potential and qualities’ and the defender’s agent says three Serie A giants had been additionally excited by securing his signature in January.
‘All of the essential Italian golf equipment apart from Inter Milan confirmed curiosity, together with Napoli, AC Milan and Juventus,’ Sasha Baranov advised TV Play.
‘Nonetheless, with Napoli’s present scenario, they didn’t want to vary their workforce in January and wished to proceed talks in the summertime.
‘You all know what occurred at Juventus, whereas Milan additionally waited, and you recognize what occurs when the Premier League golf equipment are available in.
‘When a facet like Arsenal come alongside, it turns into troublesome for a 22-year-old to say no. If it was Juventus or one other huge membership coming in, it might nicely have been the identical scenario, however Arsenal are the one facet who actually pushed the talks ahead.
‘We actually didn’t anticipate it to all transfer so quick, we thought he would keep in January and depart Spezia in June.
‘Arsenal got here in and the participant didn't put stress on his membership, he simply stated that if the transfer was to occur, then good, in any other case he was completely happy to attend.’
Kiwior will compete with Arsenal defender Gabriel for a spot in Arteta’s facet and joins a Gunners workforce sitting prime of the Premier League desk.
After making Kiwior their first January signing, Arsenal secured offers for Belgium ahead Leandro Trossard and Italy midfielder Jorginho.
The Gunners proceed their Premier League title problem on Saturday with a visit to Goodison Park to face relegation-battlers Everton.
MORE : Thiago Silva tried to reunite with former Chelsea star throughout Arsenal spell
MORE : Jorginho switch is a ‘win’ for each Arsenal and Chelsea, says Graham Potter
For extra tales like this, verify our sport web page.
Observe Metro Sport for the newest information on Fb, Twitter and Instagram.
[ad_2]
Supply hyperlink https://classifiedsmarketing.com/?p=34301&feed_id=125768