Arsenal favourites to signal Kofane, his agent confirms

Arsenal are favourites to signal Bayer Leverkusen striker Christian Kofane throughout the subsequent switch window, in line with his agent Eric Depolo.

The Gunners are making ready for a busy summer season switch window, and there might be a change upfront with Gabriel Jesus coming into the ultimate 12 months of his contract on the London facet.

Jesus might be offloaded for a knockdown value, and the onus might be on touchdown a younger striker with potential, who can compete with Viktor Gyokeres and Kai Havertz subsequent time period.

In an interview with Day by day-Arsenal.com, Depolo has revealed that Arsenal have a real curiosity in Kofane and supervisor Mikel Arteta is an enormous admirer of the younger centre-forward.

He added that the Gunners have established contact with him concerning his consumer, however the membership are presently centered on profitable the Premier League earlier than planning for future signings.

He mentioned: “Sure, Arsenal’s curiosity is real. The supervisor (Mikel Arteta) likes him very a lot.

“I believe it’s too early to say, however on account of the truth that the participant speaks Spanish, like Mikel Arteta, and that William Saliba is initially from Cameroon, I’d say Arsenal are in pole place.

“Sure, there may be contact between me and Arsenal. However their focus proper now could be to win the league — from there every little thing will begin transferring.”

Enormous expertise

Kofane signed for Leverkusen from Albacete final summer season and has already managed over 1,700 minutes this marketing campaign. He has chipped in with 7 targets and eight assists from 39 appearances for the Bundesliga heavyweights throughout all competitions.

The striker didn’t rating towards Arsenal within the Champions League final 16 conferences this month, however he left an enormous impression. He offered loads of headache for William Saliba. The Gunners star was outsmarted by the Cameroonian a number of instances along with his motion and physicality.

Kofane replicated the feat within the 2nd leg on the Emirates Stadium. He was sturdy in aerial duels towards Saliba as soon as extra. The teen nearly introduced Leverkusen again into the sport at 2-0 down. David Raya made a stellar fingertip save to disclaim Kofane a incredible objective within the 87th minute.

His passing was additionally high notch in each of these ties. He misplaced simply 1 of 18 passes with a completion charge of 94% on the BayArena. It was fairly related on the Emirates with 16 out of 18 profitable (89%). Kofane positively handed the attention check, and Arsenal might make a critical transfer for him this summer season.

Sky Sport journalist Florian Plettenberg claims that he might be bought for a package deal between £52 million and £61 million on the finish of the marketing campaign. Arsenal might be ready to pay a premium payment for the striker, who has proven his big-game potential at Leverkusen.