{"id":645150,"date":"2024-08-24T07:06:53","date_gmt":"2024-08-24T11:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=645150"},"modified":"2024-08-24T07:06:53","modified_gmt":"2024-08-24T11:06:53","slug":"bologna-loan-arsenal-jakub-kiwior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/08\/24\/bologna-loan-arsenal-jakub-kiwior\/","title":{"rendered":"Serie A Side Target \u2018Really Consistent\u2019 Player from Last Season at Arsenal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Arsenal might soon add another player to their outgoing transfers list, with Serie A side Bologna willing to take Jakub Kiwior on loan.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Loan Move to Bologna on the Cards for Jakub Kiwior?<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Arsenal Undecided on\u00a0Kiwior\u2019s\u00a0Future<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Italian transfer expert\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/gianlucadimarzio.com\/it\/kiwior-bologna-calciomercato-news-24-agosto-2024?s=08\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Gianluca Di Marzio<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0has reported that Bologna <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">are<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> interested in submitting what he describes as a &#8216;costly&#8217;\u00a0loan offer for Arsenal defender Jakub Kiwior. The offer includes an option to buy. However, whether the Gunners are willing to accept such a proposal is unclear.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Read More:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/08\/21\/arsenal-eddie-nketiah-nottingham-forest-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Clubs \u2018Close to\u00a0Agreeing\u2019\u00a0\u00a330 Million Fee for\u00a0\u2018Sensational\u2019\u00a0Arsenal\u00a0Striker<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Despite not being injured, Kiwior\u00a0was<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/08\/18\/arsenal-jakub-kiwior-transfer-possibility\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0left\u00a0out<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0of the Arsenal squad for the season opener against Wolverhampton Wanderers.\u00a0This\u00a0raised questions about the\u00a0Pole&#8217;s\u00a0future in North London.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Journalist Fabrizio Romano had earlier stated there was a<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/thedailybriefing.io\/p\/excl-major-chelsea-and-arsenal-deals\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0\u201cserious possibility\u201d<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0of Kiwior leaving Arsenal in this window. He added that the defender was open to returning to Italy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">It is also to\u00a0be noted\u00a0that during the negotiations between Bologna and Arsenal involving Riccardo Calafiori,\u00a0Kiwior&#8217;s name did come up. But the player\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1813955308404048198\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">wasn&#8217;t\u00a0keen<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0on joining the Italian club despite being offered the chance to play in the Champions League.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Apart from Bologna, Fiorentina were also said to be interested in Kiwior.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Is\u00a0Kiwior\u2019s\u00a0Place at Arsenal Under Threat?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The former Bologna defender Calafiori\u00a0was brought in\u00a0to replace Kiwior and Oleksandr Zinchenko. He is an upgrade on the Arsenal players and should soon feature regularly for the Gunners.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Read More:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/08\/20\/arsenal-loan-aaron-ramsdale-wolves\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Arsenal Receive Tempting Offer From Premier League Side for\u00a0\u2018Fan Favourite\u2019<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">As things stand, Kiwior\u00a0has no way of getting\u00a0into the starting lineup this season.\u00a0He has Calafiori, Zinchenko, and Jurrien Timber above him in the pecking order. Though he was a\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurosport.com\/football\/premier-league\/2023-2024\/mikel-arteta-says-arsenal-defence-critical-in-premier-league-title-race-praises-william-saliba-jakub_sto10087920\/story.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8220;really consistent&#8221;<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0in the team last season, he might not get enough playing minutes this time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Kiwior can get a regular run of games only if the\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">above-mentioned players<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0fall prey to a long-term injury. But he will not be ready to wait for something like that to happen and would want to start games soon. Thus, the only option for him is to leave Arsenal.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal might soon add another player to their outgoing transfers list, with Serie A side Bologna willing to take Jakub Kiwior on loan. Loan Move to Bologna on the Cards for Jakub Kiwior? Arsenal Undecided on\u00a0Kiwior\u2019s\u00a0Future Italian transfer expert\u00a0Gianluca Di Marzio\u00a0has reported that Bologna are interested in submitting what he describes as a &#8216;costly&#8217;\u00a0loan offer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5155,"featured_media":631417,"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":[3,8,7188],"tags":[3190,700,9699],"class_list":["post-645150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-premier-league","category-arsenal","category-rumours","tag-arsenal-transfer-news","tag-bologna","tag-jakub-kiwior"],"modified_by":"Ricky Carroll, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645150","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=645150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645150\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/631417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=645150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=645150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=645150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}