{"id":624555,"date":"2023-06-19T19:11:20","date_gmt":"2023-06-19T23:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=624555"},"modified":"2023-06-19T19:12:22","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T23:12:22","slug":"arsenal-bid-defender-jurrien-timber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/06\/19\/arsenal-bid-defender-jurrien-timber\/","title":{"rendered":"Opening Bid Made: Arsenal Target \u00a350 Million Rated \u2018Defensive Prodigy\u2019 &#8211; ETH Is His Biggest Fan in Football"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">According to\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/4623038\/2023\/06\/19\/jurrien-timber-arsenal-ajax\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">David Ornstein<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, Arsenal are working on a deal to sign Ajax and Dutch international defender Jurrien Timber.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Arsenal Target \u00a350 Million Rated Manchester United Target Jurrien Timber<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Gunners Are Confident in Pursuit of Timber<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The update from Ornstein at The Athletic states that Arsenal are working on a deal to sign Timber from Ajax. The report mentions that the Dutch club are seeking a fee in the region of \u00a3 50 million for the defender, who has been described as a \u201c<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.caughtoffside.com\/2023\/01\/23\/manchester-united-linked-with-a-move-for-21-year-old-defensive-prodigy\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">defensive prodigy.<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201d The article from The Athletic mentions that there is optimism a deal can be reached between the two clubs, despite Arsenal&#8217;s opening bid being \u00a3 30 million, according to Ornstein &#8211; with personal terms in place.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Read More<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">:\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/06\/18\/arsenal-kai-havertz-agreement-close\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Arsenal Now \u2018Very Close\u2019 to Sealing \u00a368 Million Mega-Move for International Forward<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Manchester United were linked with a move for Timber last summer, with recent reports surfacing that the Old Trafford club are continuing to monitor his situation.\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Dvnd7mfOt6w\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Fabrizio Romano<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, when talking to The United Stand, explained that the Red Devils are always informed of the situation regarding the Dutch defender. In this conversation, Romano explained, \u201cErik ten Hag is the biggest fan of Timber in football, he is a fantastic centre-back.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"4zUS1rCHQpFlWCN7oeAOWQ\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1256930028\" 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:'4zUS1rCHQpFlWCN7oeAOWQ',sig:'W_Ud5jWzesisA6ZzuYdGeb_INdVU5Vaq5AyH8ztXSjo=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1256930028',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">What Qualities Timber Would Bring to a New Club<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Timber has appeared 15 times for his country at 22 years old. He has enjoyed an impressive time at Ajax, where he has come through the youth set-up and appeared 121 times in all competitions for the Eredivisie club. The Dutch giants are known for teaching their youngsters to play out from the back at an early age, and this is evident in Timber&#8217;s composure on the ball. Primarily a centre-back, he is also adept at right-back. He is impressive when carrying the ball out of defence, showcasing his confidence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Read More:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/06\/18\/arsenal-agree-new-william-saliba-contract\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Arsenal Agree New Contract for William Saliba<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Arsenal appear in pole position, having agreed personal terms with the player according to Ornstein. Despite this agreement, Ten Hag is a fan of the Dutch defender and could try to sign\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2022\/06\/16\/jurrien-timber-set-to-reject-manchester-united-to-stay-at-ajax-16837150\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Timber<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, who he missed out on last summer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/57511216@N04\/28887603128\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Daniel on Flickr<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CC BY 2.0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to\u00a0David Ornstein, Arsenal are working on a deal to sign Ajax and Dutch international defender Jurrien Timber. Arsenal Target \u00a350 Million Rated Manchester United Target Jurrien Timber The Gunners Are Confident in Pursuit of Timber The update from Ornstein at The Athletic states that Arsenal are working on a deal to sign Timber from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4106,"featured_media":624520,"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":[3,8426,8,8425,18,7188],"tags":[3190,9249,7380],"class_list":["post-624555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-premier-league","category-ajax","category-arsenal","category-eredivisie","category-manchester-united","category-rumours","tag-arsenal-transfer-news","tag-jurrien-timber","tag-manchester-united-transfer-rumours"],"modified_by":"Ricky Carroll, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624555","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\/4106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=624555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624555\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/624520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=624555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=624555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=624555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}