{"id":631988,"date":"2023-11-27T10:11:39","date_gmt":"2023-11-27T15:11:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=631988"},"modified":"2023-11-27T10:11:39","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T15:11:39","slug":"arsenal-michael-kayode-fiorentina-transfer-interest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/11\/27\/arsenal-michael-kayode-fiorentina-transfer-interest\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal Identify Potential Ben White Replacement in \u2018Fearless\u2019 Serie A Youngster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal currently sit atop the Premier League table and are looking to solidify their spot by further strengthening their squad. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/thedailybriefing.io\/i\/139188723\/a-look-at-arsenal-links-with-serie-a-duo\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fabrizio Romano<\/a>, the Gunners are now monitoring Fiorentina&#8217;s young right-back, Michael Kayode, who could be a potential replacement for Ben White.<\/p>\n<h2>Arsenal Interested in Fiorentina\u2019s Michael Kayode<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Watch: <\/strong>What Could Hamper Arsenal\u2019s Hopes of Winning the Premier League Title?<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Biggest Problem with YOUR Premier League Club\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2GNhwMen_Qo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Michael Kayode\u2019s Former Manager Has His Say<\/h3>\n<p>As per Romano, Kayode&#8217;s former manager, Antonio Soda, thinks that North London could be a suitable future destination for the defender. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.caughtoffside.com\/2023\/11\/26\/arsenal-transfer-news-michael-kayode-sought-by-gunners\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recent interview<\/a>, he said: \u201c(Future?) It depends on Fiorentina, which is an important club, but if they were to sell him, it would have to be a team like Arsenal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/11\/24\/arsenal-barcelona-martin-zubimendi-interest\/\" target=\"_self\">Arsenal Interested in &#8220;Next Sergio Busquets&#8221;; Face Stiff Competition From Xavi and Barcelona<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Soda, who managed the Italian at Serie D club Gozzano, also believes that he is a strong player who is capable of representing his nation in big tournaments very soon.<\/p>\n<h3>Recent Contract Extension<\/h3>\n<p>The 19-year-old joined the Florence-based club<em>\u00a0<\/em>from the fourth division only this past summer but has already impressed fans and managers with his ability. <em>I Viola <\/em>head coach\u00a0Vincenzo Italiano has called him a <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/arsenal-have-set-their-sights-on-fearless-right-back-hes-a-much-better-dribbler-than-ben-white\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;fearless&#8221;<\/a> player for someone who is so young. He is capable of taking on defenders and providing an added dimension to the attack.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/11\/23\/arsenal-seal-david-raya-permanent-signing\/\" target=\"_self\">Arsenal \u2018Seal\u2019 First Signing of 2024; Player Already Signed Long-Term Contract<\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, Romano adds that he is very happy at Fiorentina, having signed a contract extension three weeks ago. Whether Arsenal&#8217;s interest manifests into something concrete is one to watch.<\/p>\n<h3>Arsenal\u2019s Righ-Back Dynamics<\/h3>\n<p>The Gunners could do with a player of a different profile at right-back. Although he has performed admirably, current starter Ben White is a center-back by trade. Summer signing <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/08\/14\/jurrien-timber-arsenal-long-term-injury\/\" target=\"_self\">Jurrien Timber<\/a> is also on the sidelines after suffering a long-term injury on his league debut. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/11\/23\/bayern-munich-arsenal-takehiro-tomiyasu-links\/\" target=\"_self\">Takehiro Tomiyasu<\/a> who is starting in White&#8217;s absence is also linked with a move to Bayern Munich.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Kayode could definitely be a shrewd piece of business from Mikel Arteta and one to keep an eye on in the months to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal currently sit atop the Premier League table and are looking to solidify their spot by further strengthening their squad. According to Fabrizio Romano, the Gunners are now monitoring Fiorentina&#8217;s young right-back, Michael Kayode, who could be a potential replacement for Ben White. Arsenal Interested in Fiorentina\u2019s Michael Kayode Watch: What Could Hamper Arsenal\u2019s Hopes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4369,"featured_media":629391,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_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":[8,3,7188],"tags":[3190,31674],"class_list":["post-631988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal","category-premier-league","category-rumours","tag-arsenal-transfer-news","tag-michael-kayode"],"modified_by":"Delight Wellington","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631988","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=631988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631988\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/629391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=631988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=631988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=631988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}