{"id":122176,"date":"2018-05-14T10:22:47","date_gmt":"2018-05-14T14:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=122176"},"modified":"2026-01-30T16:37:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T21:37:20","slug":"papastathopoulos-transfer-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2018\/05\/14\/papastathopoulos-transfer-news\/","title":{"rendered":"FTN: Morata, Walker-Peters, and Papastathopoulos Transfer News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Welcome to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/football-transfer-news\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Football Transfer News<\/a>\u00a0from Last Word On Football. We provide you with the latest ins and outs from around the footballing world. Today we bring the latest on Morata, Walker-Peters and Papastathopoulos transfer news.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>\u00c1lvaro Morata<\/h2>\n<p>Juventus want to re-sign <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/clubs\/chelsea\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chelsea<\/a> striker \u00c1lvaro Morata this summer with Mario Mand\u017euki\u0107 set to leave the Italian club, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2018\/may\/08\/football-transfer-rumours-alvaro-morata-to-leave-chelsea-for-juventus\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">say Sky Sports<\/a>. With a very disappointing season perhaps culminating with the striker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/sport\/football\/premier-league\/chelsea-latest-alvaro-morata-twitter-burnley-substitution-antonio-conte-a8313561.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">very upset in a match with Burnley<\/a>, it appears Morata might not be the only pivotal Blue who may be leaving Stamford Bridge. It will be tough for Chelsea to retain its star players with the club losing ground on the other top clubs in England.<\/p>\n<h2>Kyle Walker-Peters<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/clubs\/tottenham\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tottenham<\/a> have extended the contract of full back Kyle Walker-Peters through 2021. The defender came through Tottenham&#8217;s Academy program. The 21-year-old made a statement through the club&#8217;s Twitter account: <em>\u201cI am absolutely delighted to sign my new contract. It has been a great year for me and I really do look forward to what the future holds.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u270d We are delighted to announce that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KyleLPeters?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@KyleLPeters<\/a> has signed a new contract with the Club, which will run until 2021.<\/p>\n<p>? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OneOfOurOwn?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#OneOfOurOwn<\/a> ? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rX8GUvjwrc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/rX8GUvjwrc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpursOfficial\/status\/995998806960431104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 14, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Sokratis Papastathopoulos<\/h2>\n<p>That <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/clubs\/arsenal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Arsenal<\/a> are in need of help at centre back is far from a secret. With Lauren Koscielny not expected to return until 2019 and Shkodran Mustafi having just completed a <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2018\/04\/16\/arsenals-torrid-defence-numbers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">nightmarish season<\/a>, the Gunners will be in need of bolstering its defence. With younger players such as Calum Chambers, Konstantinos Mavropanos, and Rob Holding not yet ready to shoulder the brunt of centre back duties, Borussia Dortmund&#8217;s Sokratis Papastathopoulos might just fight the bill. Already having a strong presence of former Dortmund players as well as Head of Recruiting Sven Mislintat having arrived last season, the links to Papastathopoulos make sense. And his relatively inexpensive \u00a313-\u00a317m price tag might fit Arsenal&#8217;s apparently small &#8220;war chest&#8221; perfectly.<\/p>\n<p>Main image credit:<br \/>\n<a id=\"MHGQNZ9yQSlY85-bmkA64w\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.ca\/detail\/956783788\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'MHGQNZ9yQSlY85-bmkA64w',sig:'zyjhqk5rZFjT_t-TmexFleZgXdvyquTapCdfdgPGKKo=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'956783788',caption: true ,tld:'ca',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to\u00a0Football Transfer News\u00a0from Last Word On Football. We provide you with the latest ins and outs from around the footballing world. 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