Arsenal signed Jakub Kiwior from Italian side Spezia (picture: Getty)
Jakub Kiwior’s agent has named 3 golf equipment that wanted to signal the Poland defender ahead of Arsenal in January.
The Gunners bolstered Mikel Arteta’s defensive options final month with the £18m signing of Kiwior from Spezia.
The 22-yr-vintage, who featured for Poland at the Qatar international Cup, put pen to paper on a three-and-a-1/2 yr deal on the Emirates Stadium.
Kiwior is yet to make his Arsenal debut but became pictured inside the stands at some point of the interesting 3-2 finest League win over Manchester United.
Arteta has defined Kiwior as a participant with ‘big capability and traits’ and the defender’s agent says three Serie A giants were also inquisitive about securing his signature in January.
‘all the important Italian golf equipment apart from Inter Milan confirmed hobby, which includes Napoli, AC Milan and Juventus,’ Sasha Baranov informed tv Play.
‘but, with Napoli’s cutting-edge scenario, they didn’t want to alternate their crew in January and desired to maintain talks within the summer time.
Kiwior featured in all of Poland’s global Cup video games in Qatar (picture: Getty)
‘You all realize what happened at Juventus, while Milan additionally waited, and what takes place while the optimum League golf equipment come in.
‘when a aspect like Arsenal come along, it turns into difficult for a 22-12 months-old to mention no. If it was Juventus or another massive club coming in, it may properly have been the identical scenario, however Arsenal are the best side who genuinely driven the talks ahead.
‘We virtually didn’t assume it to all pass so fast, we thought he might live in January and go away Spezia in June.
‘Arsenal came in and the participant did now not positioned stress on his membership, he simply stated that if the circulate become to take place, then top, otherwise he changed into satisfied to attend.’
Kiwior will compete with Arsenal defender Gabriel for a place in Arteta’s facet and joins a Gunners crew sitting pinnacle of the gold standard League table.
After making Kiwior their first January signing, Arsenal secured offers for Belgium forward Leandro Trossard and Italy midfielder Jorginho.
The Gunners keep their best League identify project on Saturday with a journey to Goodison Park to stand relegation-battlers Everton.
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