Monaco are interested in signing Arsenal defender Shkodran Mustafi, according to reports in France.
The Gunners rate the 27-year-old at €30m (£27.5m), but the Ligue One side may yet baulk at the London club’s asking price.
Fans on Twitter are, though, excited that Mustafi could be offloaded before the end of the transfer window:
This excites me more than signing Pépé
— MR DT © (@MrDtAFC) 29 July 2019
This is like a new signing to our defence. Bring in a CB & the lad from Celtic & this has been the best transfer window since I can remember
— GoonerNick (@NickVann1987_) 29 July 2019
SELL SELL SELL
— Charles Taylor (@chesney_87) 29 July 2019
we'll pay for his flight & house.
just get him to Monaco.
— GoalFather (@TheGoalFather10) 29 July 2019
Never gonna get that price for him, lucky to get £20m
— ?Miki York? (@TheRealMikiYork) 29 July 2019
Take him for free for all I care
— . (@GRAPHICKZ_AG) 29 July 2019
Best week for Arsenal Fans
— afc (@Skrtbye) 29 July 2019
If they buy him for that amount.. We will donate Chambers, Elneny, Jenkison and Koscienly to them as bonuses.. Plus Micki and Iwobi…
— Wajir's Tweep (@Wajirstweep) 29 July 2019
Take him please
— Daud abdi (@Daudidegooner) 29 July 2019
I swear I am dreaming right now. Pepe and now this.
— Jags (@jagsviera) 29 July 2019
Although the transfer deadline in England is August 8th, the window in France closes at the end of August so there is some time for negotiations to take place.
Mustafi has struggled since arriving from Valencia for £35m three years ago, and reports have suggested that Arsenal have been trying to get the defender off the club’s books for a while.
It would be seen as a big achievement if the Gunners manage to recoup most of the money they spent on the German international.
If it could be done before August 8th, they could even use the money to spend on a replacement, but a lot would need to happen in the next nine days.
