Arsenal currently have four senior players out on loan.
The biggest name of them all is Ethan Nwaneri, who is at manager-less Marseille right now, while Reiss Nelson was sent to the Gunners’ next opponents in the Premier League, Brentford.
Jakub Kiwior was sent out on loan to Porto in Portugal, but his deal contains an obligation-to-buy clause that will be triggered at the end of this season.
The other player Arsenal have loaned out is Fabio Vieira, and his current club, Hamburg, want to renegotiate his deal.
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Hamburg plan talks with Arsenal to change the terms of Fabio Vieira’s loan deal
It was a surprise to everyone when Vieira joined Hamburg on loan last summer.
The Portuguese midfielder is a fantastic player on his day, and many imagined that he would join a bigger club one that had not just been promoted to the Bundesliga.
Vieira got two red cards early on in his Hamburg career, but since then, the Arsenal loanee has been one of their most important players.
Hamburg have an option to sign the midfielder permanently for €20 million, which can be triggered when his loan deal comes to an end.
However, Bild have reported that the German side want to renegotiate the terms with Andrea Berta in order to lower that figure.
The outlet reveals that talks are being planned with the Gunners in April or May to get themselves a more favourable deal, as it is almost impossible for them to afford what has already been agreed.
For any of the above to happen, however, Hamburg need to avoid relegation, and Vieira must agree to join the club permanently.
There’s no guarantee that either will happen.
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Hamburg are five points clear of the relegation zone, but with 14 games still left to be played in the Bundesliga, anything could happen.
The German club are right to think about signing Vieira permanently, but the player seems to be dreaming of a different move.
In an interview earlier in February, Vieira revealed his desire to return to Porto.
He said, as per Buli News: “It’s the club I will always love. Porto is my club. I’m always open to a return to Porto.”
Vieira, who has been hailed as a ‘genius’, spent last season on loan at his boyhood club, but they couldn’t afford to re-sign him at the end of his spell there.
It remains to be seen if that will change this summer.
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