Transfer insider Fabrizio Romano revealed Valencia star Cristhian Mosquera wants to move to ARSENAL despite being offered a new deal by his club, who turned down to bids from the Premier League giants.
Mosquera has just 12 months remaining on his current deal at the Mestalla, but Valencia have the option to extend this contract beyond 2026 and have been in talks over a new deal with the Spanish star.
Arsenal have been keeping close tabs on Mosquera’s progress for some time and tested Valencia’s resolve with an opening bid to lure the young defender to the Emirates in recent days.
But this offer was rejected out of hand by Valencia, with the Spanish outfit refusing to be bullied and holding out for a fee in the region of £17million for the highly rated 21-year-old centre-back.
However, now Romero has opened up and claimed that Mosquera wants to make the move to Arsenal – he said: ‘Valencia have offered a deal to Cristhian Mosquera with an important salary. My understanding is that Cristhian Mosquera’s desire is very clear Arsenal, Arsenal, Arsenal.
‘Cristhian Mosquera wants to play for Arsenal. Now it’s on Valencia and Arsenal to reach an agreement. The first bid €14-15million (£12-13m) got rejected, Arsenal will be back to the table.
‘For sure the conversation will continue club to club for Mosquera and the desire of the player is to go to Arsenal’
Valencia captain Jose Gaya has encouraged Cristhian Mosquera to ignore strong interest from Arsenal and ‘continue growing’ with the La Liga club: ‘I would like them to continue growing here because they can still bring a lot of joy to the fans,’ Valencia skipper Gaya told A Punt when pressed on rumours Cesar Tarrega, Yarek Gasiorowski and Mosquera could all leave the club this summer.
IcFootballnews Says…
Mosquera is a brilliant young defender that is developing very nicely at Valencia, this move to ARSENAL does not need to happen right now as he will not play every game.
It will be very interesting to see just how this all plays out that is for sure.
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