{"id":623851,"date":"2023-05-25T13:03:08","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T17:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=623851"},"modified":"2023-05-25T13:03:08","modified_gmt":"2023-05-25T17:03:08","slug":"arsenal-tottenham-edmond-tapsoba-reiss-nelson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/05\/25\/arsenal-tottenham-edmond-tapsoba-reiss-nelson\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal Offer 4-Year Contract to 23-Year-Old; Next Jerome Boateng Being Watched By Scouts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal are actively preparing for the upcoming summer transfer window as they look to strengthen their squad for the new season. <a href=\"https:\/\/caughtoffside.substack.com\/p\/free-mount-remains-liverpool-priority?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reports from Fabrizio Romano<\/a> indicate that the club are alongside Tottenham Hotspur in having set their sights on Bayer Leverkusen defender <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/12\/17\/bayer-leverkusen-sign-moussa-diaby-and-edmond-tapsoba-to-long-term-contracts\/\" target=\"_self\">Edmond Tapsoba<\/a> while they have also made a 4-year contract offer to their talented winger Reiss Nelson.<\/p>\n<h2>Arsenal and Tottenham Interested in Edmond Tapsoba<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Premier League clubs are now tracking Edmond Tapsoba ahead of the summer transfer window \u2014 he\u2019s one of the CBs to keep an eye on \ud83d\udd34 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/transfers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#transfers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Arsenal and Tottenham scouts have monitored Tapsoba in recent games but the race is absolutely open \u2014 Bayer will only sell for huge bid. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sRFtFzSYDQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/sRFtFzSYDQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1661460257011388417?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 24, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>The Gunners&#8217; Interest in Edmond Tapsoba<\/h3>\n<p>Edmond Tapsoba, the 24-year-old centre-back, has caught the attention of Arsenal and Spurs scouts with his impressive performances recently. The North London clubs have been monitoring the young defender closely, recognizing his potential as a valuable addition to their defensive line.<\/p>\n<p>However, <i>Die Schwarzroten<\/i> are adamant about receiving a significant bid if they are to consider parting ways with the Burkinab\u00e9, making the race for his signature highly competitive.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/05\/17\/granit-xhaka-to-leave-arsenal-transfer-news\/\" target=\"_self\">Personal Terms Almost Agreed: Latest Arsenal Transfer News as \u00a3120k-per-Week Midfield Star to Leave Arsenal for Germany<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Reiss Nelson Contract Talks<\/h3>\n<p>The Gunners are also focused on securing the future of their promising winger Reiss Nelson. The club have made a recent proposal of a new contract for the Englishman, offering terms that would keep him at the Emirates Stadium until June 2027 with an additional one-year option. However, the 23-year-old has attracted interest from several clubs across Europe, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/sport\/football\/arsenal-transfer-news-nelson-west-ham-ac-milan-contract-b1080050.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bids coming from Italy, England, and France<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/05\/24\/arsenal-looking-sign-ilkay-gundogan\/\" target=\"_self\">Arsenal Trying to Sign \u2018Outstanding\u2019 Midfielder to Replace Outgoing Star<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Squad Depth the Main Focus for Arsenal<\/h3>\n<p><a id=\"r9p4IEIxQPpz8OM-Qftfgw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1255961138\" 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:'r9p4IEIxQPpz8OM-Qftfgw',sig:'6UxAcqNcPQyGtAwiZ8FOrQ3HdFaMO11R-PFbz8QyCIw=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1255961138',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<p>After narrowly missing out on a league title this season, Mikel Arteta&#8217;s side are focusing on improving the squad depth in the summer transfer window. Hailed as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bundesliga.com\/en\/bundesliga\/news\/edmond-tapsoba-who-is-bayer-leverkusen-s-defender-nominated-african-player-of-the-year-10047\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">next Jerome Boateng<\/a>, Tapsoba would be a great addition to this young Arsenal squad.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/05\/17\/mikel-arteta-cleared-to-sign-declan-rice-moises-caicedo\/\" target=\"_self\">Arsenal Set to Smash Club Spending Record in Pursuit of \u00a3170 Million Premier League Midfield Duo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>With Tottenham also in the race to sign the defender, an interesting storyline could be unfolding in North London over the coming weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal are actively preparing for the upcoming summer transfer window as they look to strengthen their squad for the new season. Reports from Fabrizio Romano indicate that the club are alongside Tottenham Hotspur in having set their sights on Bayer Leverkusen defender Edmond Tapsoba while they have also made a 4-year contract offer to their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4369,"featured_media":623864,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,2,3,7188,24],"tags":[3190,7210,1846,7466],"class_list":["post-623851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal","category-featured","category-premier-league","category-rumours","category-tottenham","tag-arsenal-transfer-news","tag-edmond-tapsoba","tag-reiss-nelson","tag-tottenham-hotspur-transfer-rumours"],"modified_by":"Joseph Howes, Site Manager","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4369"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=623851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623851\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/623864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=623851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=623851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=623851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}