Arsenal is considering recruiting Sevilla's Lucien Agille midfielder as an alternative to Thomas Partey, who will almost certainly leave the Emirates this summer.
Arsenal targets “new kante” to replace Thomas Partey
According to The Athletic, Lucien Agoume is one of the names that are included in the potential target list of Arsenal, in the context of Thomas Partey will expire the contract at the end of June and the two sides have not reached an extension agreement.
Partey's departure forcing coach Mikel Arteta to strengthen the middle line. And Agoume, who was once considered a “new Kante” thanks to its impressive interception ability, is emerging as a remarkable choice.
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Although Arsenal has close to the agreement to recruit Martin Zubimendi from Real Sociedad for a fee of 51 million pounds, the team leadership continues to expand the scope of searching personnel to prepare for the 2025/26 season.
Lucien Agoume has just experienced the impressive season in the Sevilla shirt, contributing greatly to help the Andalucia team stayed La Liga when it reached the 17th place. Previously, the 2002 -born player from Sochaux training furnace, which once produced stars like Ibrahima Konate, Marcus Thuram or Maxence Lacroix.
He moved to Inter Milan in 2019, but could not find a foothold at Giuseppe Meazza and had to wander through many clubs in loan. This summer, Agoume officially signed a long -term contract with Sevilla after playing relatively stable here in the 2023/24 season, where he learned from veterans like Sergio Ramos.
Although born in Cameroon, Agoume has played a French U21 team 10 times, but has never been summoned to the national team.
On the side of Partey, coach Arteta did not want to let the Ghana player leave, but the negotiation process had been in a deadlock and ESPN said that a new agreement was almost impossible.
Joining Arsenal from Atletico Madrid on the last day of the transfer period in October 2020 for 45 million pounds, Partey played 167 matches and scored 9 goals. However, he was often absent due to injury in the 2023/24 season and only came back in the final stage, contributing significantly to help Arsenal reach the Champions League semi -finals.
Although not winning a big title with Arsenal, Partey has appeared in the victory over Man City at the British Super Cup 2023 on the penalty shootout. When asked about the future, the 31 -year -old midfielder frankly shared: “The most important thing is that you feel happy and feel like you are at home. When you are young, you can play anywhere. But when you have a family, you have to think of more things, where they feel fine, financial, future. I am an Arsenal fan, but I can't decide everything, that's the job of the representative and the club. And I, I just want to enjoy football.