Arsenal transfer news: Mauro Icardi 'meeting planned' while Barcelona willing to sell Arda Turan for £20m
The latest transfer news and rumours surrounding the Emirates Stadium
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Your support makes all the difference.Arsenal have been alerted to the availability of Barcelona midfielder Arda Turan after it emerged in Spain that the Catalans are willing to sell the Turkey international for £20m this summer.
Turan attracted interest from Arsenal during his time at Atletico Madrid, but he elected to move to their Spanish rivals in Barcelona in the summer of 2015 even though the club’s transfer ban meant he had to wait until January this year to make his club debut.
The 29-year-old has failed to break into the first team though and made just 18 La Liga appearances last season for the club, half of which came from the substitutes’ bench, and Spanish newspaper Sport claims that Barcelona are willing to sell Turan this summer with both Arsenal and Chelsea interested in the Turkey international.
The same newspaper claims that Turan is the only player who featured at Euro 2016 to be called in a week early for pre-season training, with the rest of Barcelona’s international contingent not expected to return to the club until 1 August.
Turan has been given instructions to report for pre-season training ahead of Barcelona’s tour to the United Kingdom, where they will undergo a training camp before playing matches against Celtic and Liverpool in Dublin and London respectively as well as venturing to Sweden to face Premier League champions Leicester City in Stockholm.
Meanwhile, Arsenal continued to be linked with a move for Inter Milan striker Mauro Icardi as their interest in Gonzalo Higuain cools due to his expensive release clause.
Icardi’s agent, his wife Wanda Nara, has already confirmed that Arsenal are one of many clubs trying to sign the Argentine, and Sky Italia report that Arsenal have stepped up their interest in him with a meeting report to have been arranged for next week.
Arsenal will begin their pre-season programme on Friday when they take on Lens before travelling to the United States to face the MLS All-Stars on 29 July.
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