Journalist Charles Watts has reported that Arsenal's January transfer move for Jakub Kiwior is viewed as a 'smart piece of business' by those who know him - and the player could be at the Emirates Stadium this weekend.
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Leandro Trossard has arrived from Brighton in a deal said to be worth £21m plus add-ons, but it looks as though the Gunners won't be stopping there. Indeed, Sky Sports has reported that Arsenal are 'closing in 'on the Spezia and Poland defender for a touted £20m fee. When you consider the reported £89m required for Chelsea to land Mykhailo Mudryk , the sorts of deals the Gunners have switched to seem an awful lot thriftier.
And while the transfer isn't yet complete, if Mikel Arteta and co can finalise negotiations, it sounds as though they will be pulling off something of a coup.
Indeed, while speaking on his YouTube channel, Watts said: “Juventus and AC Milan were sniffing around him as well. I think West Ham were, by all accounts, as well."The people in Italy who I've spoken to who know him and know the game, they seem to think it's a smart piece of business. No one was really expecting it, but they think he's a decent player who could go on and become a top player. He's very young, still 22, not much experience; he only moved to Italy a couple of years ago from Slovakia."So not too much experience, but Arsenal believe in him, they're willing to pay around £20m with add-ons for him, so it'll go up to about £24-25m, I think."It's not done yet, but it is getting very close to being done. I think he's going to be in England this weekend. I wouldn't be surprised if he's at the Emirates tomorrow and this deal gets wrapped up pretty, pretty quickly."