Speculation linking Arsenal with Manor Solomon is increasing by the day, and as well as reports, the player’s agents have a move could be on the cards in the summer, with a small chance it may even happen this month.
Earlier this week, The Guardian said the Gunners are eyeing the Shakhtar Donetsk winger with a view to making a move at the end of the season.
The report acknowledged that Solomon may be expensive due to his contract running until 2023, and the Gunners not having the funds for pricey acquisitions this month.
Now, football.london has delivered another exciting report which, if true, suggests Solomon to Arsenal this year could be on the cards.
The outlet says Solomon is “highly interested” in a move to Arsenal, while a source close to the player “revealed exclusively” that he would be “delighted” if the Israel international joined the Gunners, but admitted “there is still a long way to go” before a move happens.
football.london also reported that Pini Zahavi is involved in talks between club and player – the Israeli ‘super agent’ is reportedly in touch with Arsenal technical director Edu.
Zahavi is not Solomon’s representative and would be acting as an intermediary between the two parties as the player is already registered to Israeli agents Shlomi Ben Ezra and Gilad Katsav.
Ben Ezra has spoken out about the interest – he recently told YomPod (quoted by ZRAFC) that the chances of his client signing for Arsenal this month are “50:50; you never know”.
However, he adds that Solomon would prefer a move in the summer, one of the reasons being uncertainty about their players’ futures – “at least 10 players would leave Arsenal” – but “we won’t say no to AFC”.
Ben Ezra also believes that Arsenal are interested in signing Solomon – who can play across the front line – to feature on the wings, but apparently there’s also interest in the player from the “top 15 clubs in the world”, with RB Leipzig mentioned.
Earlier this week, fellow agent Katsav told Sport5 in Israel that he thinks “anything can happen” having been asked about Solomon potentially moving to Arsenal.
Katsav did also say that a deal is more likely in the summer than right now, believing the winter window is difficult and even more so at present due to current events.
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Solomon looks like a great shout for Arsenal, a young, talented and versatile player with an impressive CV and plenty of room to develop.
That he can play across the whole front line is something that Mikel Arteta could really do with, especially on the left with no established LW currently in the team.
And based on the increasing speculation as well as the comments made by Solomon’s agent, it looks as though this link really has legs and a player Eduardo Hagn compared to Eden Hazard could well be on his way to us – if not in January, then in the summer.
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