Arsenal has been monitoring the Turkish defender for several months and has been linked with a move for him since the start of the year. Kadioglu further enhanced his reputation with his performances at Euro 2024, but Arsenal has yet to secure his signing.
Recent reports indicate that Arsenal has made an offer of €20 million to Fenerbahçe for Kadioglu, but this amount seems insufficient. Fenerbahçe is reportedly seeking closer to €35 million, which has opened the door for other clubs, including Brighton, to pursue the player.
Journalist Florian Plettenberg has revealed on X that Brighton is making progress in negotiations to sign Kadioglu, with his current club aiming for around €35 million from his departure.
While Kadioglu may naturally prefer to join a bigger club like Arsenal, he could be swayed by Brighton’s persistence and decide not to wait for Arsenal’s next move.
Just Arsenal Opinion
Kadioglu is one of the players we have consistently been linked with a move for in 2024, but we seem to have more than enough cover in the positions that he can play, and that is probably why we are not pushing to sign him.
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It doesn’t look to me like Arsenal were really interested in signing him so no big deal if he goes to Brighton. I hope he enjoys the seaside, despite the pebble beach.
I wish though, with a third of the final month of the window gone, that Arsenal would move closer to signing the players that they are, presumably, still interested in.
Other clubs appear to move pretty briskly in concluding their business. Quite right too as you need to give new signings as much time as possible to settle in prior to the season starting. Arsenal appears sluggish to me. The interest in a player is there (Merino, for example, weeks ago now) but then the saga begins.
Who do you believe though, one publication says we are close to signing Merino, another one says we haven’t even made a bid. Tottenham and Chelsea have just got Solanke and Neto without any drama ( not saying I would like us to sign those 2 ) whereas our negotiations seem to take an age.
I believe only that Arsenal hasn’t signed him. They appear, through many different reports, to be interested in him and the report saying they’ve agreed personal terms hasn’t been denied as far as I know.
What else, if anything, Arsenal have done is obscure to say the least. If Arsenal really has not even approached Real Sociedad yet, then they are either leaving things very late or perhaps they are no longer interested.
I think you sum it up well with the comparison with other clubs. Generally, they see, they negotiate, they complete. With the best will in the world, I don’t think you can say that about Arsenal’s approach.
Edu and MA stated for the record that they had already made their analyses and plans back in the early part of 2024 for the club’s desired transfer window. MA has also stated a great desire to get the players he wants in as soon as possible. I believe that some transfer windows basically work out this way (such as with Havertz, Rice & Timber last season).
On the other hand I believe most windows do not end up going according to Plan A but require much more time and manipulation under a Plan B, C, etc. If there is a problem I believe it usually comes from not having a realistic enough Plan A (perhaps due to making it in Feb/March). The delay in working through Plan B can be costly depending on the market circumstances (or beneficial).
Ultimately, what counts is the result after the dust settles. They will be judged on the results by both fans and ownership.
Yes, it all goes by results and it’s the ownership that has the ultimate veto. As always, fans will be spectators to the decisions made.
I suppose that I just don’t have that much confidence in what’s gone on/not going on really so far in this window. That’s both buying and selling.
Eddie’s transfer is the best example of the latter so far. Taking “resolute” stands over not one but two unrealistic valuations (£50m then £30m) isn’t a great advert for the thinking in our “transfer department” when it looks like he’ll be sold for about £25.5m (with payment deferred until next summer to boot).
They are obviously not beating us. Just like with Zubimendi, we are no longer in for him. We signed Calafiori and Merino seem to be close. The same goes with many players we have been scouting. I think Arsenal is the first choice for many players nowadays. Let’s see who we sign instead of Neto as Saka back up.