Arsenal ‘progress past initial stages’ in deal to sign three-time title winning defender
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta is moving closer to agreeing his first transfer as manager at the Emirates, with talks progressing to sign Layvin Kurzawa from Paris St-Germain.
The report via Sky Sports Transfer Centre claims talks have ‘progressed past the initial stages’ and Arsenal are hoping to tie up a deal this month for the PSG defender, despite his contract being up in the summer.
The 27-year-old is being viewed as the perfect solution to the current defensive crisis at the north London club and there was little doubt in Arteta’s vision that bolstring the back was going to be the top priority in January.
Kurzawa signed from Monaco in 2015 for €23 million, but Arsenal are expected to do a deal for a considerable reduction of what PSG paid their rival’s.
