It is being reported in the Metro that Arsenal are very “close” to completing a deal to bring Monaco’s midfield powerhouse Geoffrey Kondogbia to the Emirates.
Kondogbia has been linked with Arsenal a lot in recent days and it is thought that Arsenal face competition from Serie A side Inter Milan however new reports claim Arsene Wenger is set to win the race for the 22 year old midfielder.
Arsenal are rumoured to have bid £25 million for the French midfielder who would answer any defensive midfield problems Arsenal may have in their squad.
Francis Coquelin had an impressive campaign for Arsenal in that role but with Coquelin the only recognised holding midfield player it is important that Wenger adds to this area, an injury to the young Frenchman would see a return to that position for either Mathieu Flamini or Mikel Arteta who are clearly not good enough at the highest level.
Kondogbia has been compared to Arsenal legend Patrick Vieira and it is easy to see why, he is powerful, aggressive and dynamic which is exactly what Arsenal need in their midfield.
Any talk of Kondogbia would quash any rumours that went before regarding Arturo Vidal and with Kondogbia a lot younger and more of what this Arsenal squad needs signing the Frenchman over the Chilean would make more sense.
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Your source is the Metro! Must be true then. Next thing it will be in the Daily Star then we can be sure.
Congratulations 10/10 for observation. It is a fact that we tried to sign him before his move to Monaco so it would not be surprising if we were interested. be careful getting off your high horse, it could be dangerous!!!
We didn’t ‘try to sign him’ he rejected us after we ‘enquired’ on him and his availability – that is the FACT lol, he chose Monaco over even speaking to us – given he saw what he saw of us in the CL and surpassed us in the tournament with Monaco – would he even look at us – and as for Wenger stating not spending big – well we all know he usually means it – unless the board step in and orchestrate a few moves…………..which given wenger’s words on his current squad despite the fact we all know we need proper covering players still and a few good top solid players in the first team – he’ll likely stick with Coq as first choice DM, same as he sticks by Giroud also (same with all french players – he didn’t exactly want sanogo on loan but he had no choice with that one lol)