Free transfer Austrian
Arsenal coach Mikel Arteta announced a few weeks ago that “the moment has come to increase the quality” next summer, with a view to the Gunners’ squad planning. According to English media reports, one of the people who could contribute to this project is the Austrian national player Florian Grillitsch. The 26-year-old can leave TSG 1899 Hoffenheim free of charge in the summer.
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In particular, in the center of midfield, the Premier League club could be threatened due to the impending departure of Mattéo Guendouzi, who will join Olympique Marseille for €11m, as well as the likely stay of Lucas Torreira at Fiorentina, who has a €15m purchase option. Euro owns, improve in the upcoming transfer window. Mohamed Elneny, whose contract is expiring and who has only made seven appearances this season, is also likely to leave the club. So far, the Londoners have only signed US national keeper Matt Turner, who will move from New England Revolution to the Thames for around 6.4 million euros.
The 33-time Austrian national player would be available for free and is a candidate to strengthen Arteta’s squad, which is in transition, in depth, reports the “telegraph“. The two relegation-threatened clubs Everton and Leeds United are said to have put out feelers for the midfielder. According to reports, Grillitsch had turned down an offer to extend the contract from TSG and wanted to devote himself to a new challenge after five years. Spain and Italy had also been traded as possible targets for the 26-year-old in the past few weeks.
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Arteta is going into his third season with the Gunners in the summer. Since taking office, he had changed the squad for around 260 million euros according to his ideas. “We managed to improve the balance in the squad a lot. Financially we’re in a much more stable position and the players we’ve invested in are playing. The balance is better spread across the team,” said the 40-year-old, who wants to take the next step in the summer to re-establish the club in the national top flight and the Champions League in the medium term.
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