Comes from Jason Burt who is very reliable. He was linked to City and Liverpool last week, I think he will be very expensive, no ideea how he plays. And get this, his agent Giuliano Bertolucci is a close associate of Kia Joorabchian.

We can start the transition to Saliba - Carlos over the season. And develop the 433. This guy is old school fire and brimstone.

Would be a great signing but would appear to be a little out of our league.

Blimey - was wishlisting him the other day. Which one of yous is Mikel

Claude can you sign up to The Telegraph and share the story please

Thanks in advance

@lorddulaarsenal wrote:

Claude can you sign up to The Telegraph and share the story please

Thanks in advance

[size=xx-large]Mikel Arteta targets Sevilla's Diego Carlos to bolster Arsenal defence[/size]

The 27-year-old Brazilian centre-half is being tracked by a number of clubs around Europe, including several in the Premier League

Arsenal are interested in signing the Sevilla defender Diego Carlos. The 27-year-old Brazilian centre-half is being tracked by a number of clubs around Europe, including several in the Premier League, and has been targeted by Arsenal head coach Mikel Arteta and technical director, Edu as part of a proposed overhaul of the squad.

The pair are acutely aware that the heart of the defence is an area of weakness at Arsenal despite the club having seven centre backs on their books.
Of those, though, Sokratis and Calum Chambers are available for transfer while Pablo Mari and Shokdran Mustafi will miss the start of next season through long-term injuries.
William Saliba has returned from loan from St Etienne but although the Frenchman is extremely well-liked and will certainly be given his chance in the first-team he is still just 19 and it remains to be seen how he adapts to the Premier League.

It leaves Arsenal with 33-year-old David Luiz, who has signed a 12-month contract extension, and Rob Holding – whose future is also in doubt – as first-team central defenders, although Kieran Tierney has also played there as part of a three-man defence, at times, including Saturday’s FA Cup Final.

Carlos has been outstanding this season for Sevilla and has been tracked by a number of clubs including Arsenal even if the club will not be able to afford the release clause of €75million (£68million) in his contract, which runs until June 2024.

At the same time it is understood that Sevilla will accept less for Carlos but not a substantial reduction on that fee with a price of 60million euros (£54.5million) having been mooted. Again that may be too much for Arsenal despite their interest.

[The finances at the club are tight even if Arteta is lobbying for an overhaul of the squad this summer with the backing of Edu. The pair have drawn up a detailed plan of targets although they accept they may not all be attainable during this window.

The head coach is desperate, of course, to move on the highest-earner Mesut Ozil while there are players Arsenal could trade and top of that list is midfielder Matteo Guendouzi who has fallen out of favour under Arteta and is for sale.

The club are also hoping to strengthen in midfield and have identified 21-year-old Guendouzi as a possible makeweight in deals having shown interest in Atletico Madrid’s Thomas Partey.

Fun fact: The technological marvel that is The Telegraph's paywall only loades half a second or so after the article itself, so if you press "stop loading page" during this intervall you can read the entire article.

Not that insightful an article. Glad I didn’t spend any of Claude’s money on it

Yeah, seems like a nothing rumour unfortunately.

50m for him? Gabriel will cost lesser. Nothing rumour

60m euros psssssssshhhhhh. leave signings like this for the clubs competing for the top prizes who just need to put some finishing touches on their squad. we can't afford that and we're not there. we need young players with the potential to be elite. if arsenal want a diego carlos they need to find him when he's at nantes at 24, not after sevilla has shined him for the shop window.

Clrnc wrote:

50m for him? Gabriel will cost lesser. Nothing rumour

Gabriel is probably United bound. Confirmed they meet his agent by Bouhafsi.

HomeSteak wrote:
Clrnc wrote:

50m for him? Gabriel will cost lesser. Nothing rumour

Gabriel is probably United bound. Confirmed they meet his agent by Bouhafsi.

Fuck. 

I think we're set on central defenders and wingers right now. I don't believe for a second that we're seriously interested in this bloke.

Not sure Klaus - Arteta’s recent comments about emulating the Van Dijk transfer suggest otherwise

Quincy Abeyie wrote:
HomeSteak wrote:

Gabriel is probably United bound. Confirmed they meet his agent by Bouhafsi.

Fuck. 

Bouhafsi also said Napoli are still favourites for his signature didn't he?

Meatwad wrote:

60m euros psssssssshhhhhh. leave signings like this for the clubs competing for the top prizes who just need to put some finishing touches on their squad. we can't afford that and we're not there. we need young players with the potential to be elite. if arsenal want a diego carlos they need to find him when he's at nantes at 24, not after sevilla has shined him for the shop window.

Nothing wrong with spending big money on a 27-year-old CB if he's the right guy, that's the beginning of prime years for a CB. We can all love Saliba all we want, but he's still 19. Wouldn't hurt to get someone more established next to him.