A striking transfer rumor from Spain: Orkun Kökcü is close to a transfer to Arsenal. At least that is what El Mundo Deportivo reports Monday evening. The nineteen-year-old midfielder would not accept a new proposal from Feyenoord.
The Rotterdammers want to extend Kökcü’s contract expiring in mid-2023, but he has already turned down two offers. Football International wrote late last month that the difference between both parties was still large.
The Arsenal of manager Mikel Arteta wants to strike because of this, claims MD. Although the corona crisis is cutting into the football world, there are The Gunners willing to pay between twenty and thirty million euros to soak him up in De Kuip. That would mean a record transfer for Feyenoord.
The Premier League top club is in ‘pole position’, the Catalan sports newspaper knows. In that case, the Spanish clubs Sevilla, Real Betis and Valencia and fellow townsman Chelsea are fishing behind the net.
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