Following in Everton and West Ham United, Arsenal Wants to Bring in Athletic Bilbao Defender

DBasia.news – Arsenal reportedly followed the steps of Everton and West Ham United to bring in Athletic Bilbao defender, Unai Nunez in the transfer market next season.

Rumors of Nunez’s departure from Bilbao were strengthened after the Bilbao junior team dropout refused to sign a contract extension. Although Nunez’s contract expires in 2023, Bilbao management hopes that Nunez can sign a new contract while changing the value of his release clause. At present, Nunez has a release clause value of 30 million euros.

Reportedly, Nunez’s reluctance to sign a new contract with Bilbao is because he has not been guaranteed to appear regularly in the Bilbao first team. In this season, Nunez has more been a bench warmer.

The player who drove the Spanish Under-21 national team to win the U-21 European Cup title in 2019 only appeared in 12 parties on the La Liga stage this season.

This condition was also used by Everton and West Ham. Both clubs hope to recruit Nunez in the transfer market next summer. However, it was not only West Ham and Everton who were interested in recruiting Nunez.

“Arsenal has also apparently monitored the situation of Nunez in Bilbao. Finally, the three English clubs are competing to be able to recruit Nunez in the transfer market next summer, ” wrote the US report on Thursday (9/7).

In addition to his ability to appear at the highest level of competition, Nunez is also considered to be an asset and investment in the future. Even so, competitors for these three English teams also come from a number of other top European leagues.

From the arena of the Italian League, AC Milan is reportedly hoping to bring in Nunez. Even from the Ligue 1 stage, AS Monaco is reportedly ready to redeem Nunez from Bilbao in the transfer market next summer.

Nunez successfully entered Bilbao’s first team in the 2017/2018 season. In his debut season in the Bilbao first team, Nunez recorded 36 appearances in all competitions. However, in the last two seasons, his record appearance has declined.

In total Nunez has only appeared in 24 matches on the La Liga scene in the last two seasons, including this season. Overall, gas Nunez appeared in 68 parties in all competitions for three seasons while strengthening Bilbao.