With Arsenal closing in on signing Riccardo Calafiori, they are likely to allow Jakub Kiwior to leave the club.
The Polish defender has been highly sought-after during this transfer window, with several clubs expressing interest in him.
During negotiations to sell Calafiori to Arsenal, Bologna discussed the possibility of signing Kiwior. Additionally, Juventus and Napoli have shown interest in him in recent weeks.
A report from Football Italia indicates that more clubs are now joining the race for his signature, including Inter Milan. The Serie A champions are actively seeking new defenders, especially after losing Juan Cabal to Juventus.
Inter Milan has now turned their attention to Kiwior and will make a move to sign him if Arsenal makes him available for transfer.
Kiwior is not interested in moving to Bologna, but he might consider joining a top Italian club like Inter Milan, where he has the potential to win silverware such as the Scudetto.
Just Arsenal Opinion
If Calafiori joins us, we might have to sell Kiwior because he will struggle to play games for us.
But for now, we need to focus on getting the Calafiori deal over the line as soon as possible.
I would believe that the current Gunners specialist defence backline personnel will go back to eight in numbers. When Arsenal completes their signing of Calafiori as follows: Rice, Tomiyansu, Saliba, Magalhaes, Kiwior, Zinichenko, Timber and the new Calafiori.
Those are eight in numbers. Just as it was last season. But Timber was out for the season with Acl injury.
But who among the eight is surplus to requirements? If I were Arsenal, I will keep Kiwior who has significantly improved and loan out Timber. But I am not Arsenal as I am Samuel who is a Arsenal supporter.
So, Arteta knows best.
Timber will be our starting left back in my opinion.
Loan out Timber??? Wow…😂😂😂😂😂not a chance mate.
These teams who’re interested in Kiwior why didn’t they go for Calafiori? Yes, he’s more expensive but it’s not out of their reach and surely the player’s quality is top of the agenda
I thought Kiwior did well when played at left back last season – he looked more steady than Zinchenko. It would be a shame to lose him in my opinion – a solid squad player.
If/when Calafiori arrives (very soon now, according to some reports but we’ve heard that before) Arsenal will probably need to trim their defensive options.
It’s good having plenty of players in the “defensive unit” to cover injury, suspension and all the competitions played but the problem is keeping them happy. We’ve seen that with Arsenal’s Raya/Ramsdale keeper dilemma.
I think that Kiwior is therefore the likely candidate to go, possibly on loan but given Arsenal needs to sell players this summer, more likely for a fee with an appropriate sell- on clause etc.