DBasia.news – Premier League club, Arsenal reportedly has a new transfer target for their defense. The team from North London was reported to want to recruit John Stones, who currently defends Manchester City.
The defense has indeed been a thorn in the flesh for Arsenal in recent seasons. Their defender’s performance has always been inconsistent and it has made them lose a lot of points this season.
Unable to bear this situation, Mikel Arteta has began to haste. He began to look for additional energy for their defense this summer.
The Sun claims that Arsenal now have potential targets for their defense. They are interested in recruiting John Stones from Manchester City.
According to the report, Mikel Arteta wants to bring Stones to North London next season.
As a former coach at City, Arteta knows that Stones has great talent. But he has been unlucky as his performance did not improve due to injury.
But Arteta is optimistic that he can revive the performance of Stones which made him interested in purchasing him next summer.
The report also claims that Manchester City will not prevent the departure of Stones next summer.
Pep Guardiola is reported to have run out of patience with the defender. As he has always been injured which caused his performance to be inconsistent.
That is why City are ready to sell Stones to Arsenal next summer.
According to the circulating reports Manchester City will not set a high dowry for Stones.
The England national team defender was reported to be released in the range of 30 million pounds next summer.