{"id":642700,"date":"2024-07-05T09:05:12","date_gmt":"2024-07-05T13:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=642700"},"modified":"2024-07-05T09:05:12","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T13:05:12","slug":"arsenal-plan-talks-for-calafiori","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/07\/05\/arsenal-plan-talks-for-calafiori\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal Surge Ahead of Chelsea in the Race for Riccardo Calafiori"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arsenal have surprised both fans and rivals by showing an urgency to sign Bologna defender Riccardo Calafiori as their transfer plans begin to gather pace.<\/span><\/p>\n

Arsenal Accelerate Efforts to Sign Riccardo Calafiori<\/span><\/h2>\n

Further Talks Planned<\/span><\/h3>\n

After it was revealed<\/span> a few days back that Arsenal were closely <\/span>monitoring <\/span>Calafiori’s<\/span> situation<\/span><\/a> Fabrizio Romano has provided a<\/span> crucial update<\/span><\/a> on their plans. According to him, the<\/span> North London club has submitted a long-term proposal to the <\/span>player’s<\/span> camp.<\/span><\/p>\n

Calafiori has given the green light to the move, provided Arsenal can agree on terms with Bologna. Meanwhile, the Londoners are preparing for a further round of talks with both the defender and his team. <\/span>It <\/span>is believed<\/span> they will have to pay a transfer fee of around \u00a342 million to sign him.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The next step is to <\/span>strike an agreement<\/span> with Bologna, which <\/span>shouldn’t<\/span> be a problem given how eager the club are to bring Calafiori to the Emirates.<\/span><\/p>\n

Arsenal’s<\/span> deal for Takehiro Tomiyasu is supposed to <\/span>play a vital role<\/span> in this transfer saga. <\/span>The Japanese international <\/span>was signed<\/span> from Bologna in 2021 <\/span>and<\/span> the<\/span> transfer established a healthy relationship between both parties, which <\/span>might benefit<\/span>\u00a0the Gunners in the negotiations.<\/span><\/p>\n

Juventus No Longer the Favourites to Sign Calafiori<\/span><\/h3>\n

Manager Thiago <\/span>Motta’s<\/span> decision to abandon Bologna for Juventus had left a bad taste in Club director Giovanni <\/span>Sartori’s<\/span> mouth, and the move has ended up spoiling the Turin <\/span>club’s<\/span> attempts to sign the prized defender.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Sartori had refused to entertain <\/span>the idea of<\/span> selling his player to a direct rival. <\/span>He said<\/span><\/a>:<\/span> “<\/span>I <\/span>don\u2019t<\/span> think he will go to Juventus, it will probably be abroad.<\/span>” <\/span>Moreover, the huge price tag was another reason the transfer to Juventus fell through.<\/span><\/p>\n

English club Chelsea are said to be still interested in the Italian left-back. But rivals Arsenal are now the clear favourites to sign Calafiori.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Arsenal have surprised both fans and rivals by showing an urgency to sign Bologna defender Riccardo Calafiori as their transfer plans begin to gather pace. Arsenal Accelerate Efforts to Sign Riccardo Calafiori Further Talks Planned After it was revealed a few days back that Arsenal were closely monitoring Calafiori’s situation Fabrizio Romano has provided a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5155,"featured_media":642784,"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":[3,8,30],"tags":[3190],"class_list":["post-642700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-premier-league","category-arsenal","category-news","tag-arsenal-transfer-news"],"modified_by":"Alex Richards, LWOF Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642700","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\/5155"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=642700"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642700\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/642784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=642700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=642700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=642700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}