After Liverpool and Everton, Arsenal joined the race to get Lyon's Malick Fofana winger. This is a 20 -year -old young talent that has once been wearing Belgium.
Not long ago, Everton contacted Lyon to ask to buy Fofana for 36 million euros but were rejected. According to French media, to own Fofana, the teams are pursuing this player need to spend no less than 40 million euros.
Lyon is experiencing a volatile summer of 2025 when they broke up with a series of pillars such as Rayan Cherki (to Man City), Alexandre Lacazette (to Neom), Jordan Veretout (joining al-Arabi) or Nemanja Matic (termination of the contract). Basically, this team really wants to keep Fofana, but financial difficulties can force them to sell their jewel to avoid trouble.
Returning to Arsenal, the price of 40 million euros that Lyon assigned to Fofana did not actually exceed the ability to pay for the northern representative of London. The problem that the Gunners face is just that they are at risk of having excess force if the former club midfielder Gent to the Emirates.
Should know, Arsenal recently reached an agreement to recruit the left -wing player Eberchi Eze from Crystal Palace. This cult deal costs about 69 million euros. With the appearance of Eze, Arsenal need to liquidate Leandro Trossard or Gabriel Martinelli before receiving Fofana, if they do not want the squad to be too cramped.