Arsenal are actively investigating a deal to sign Paris Saint-Germain winger Khvicha Kvaratskhelia this summer, per The Independent, as Mikel Arteta’s side prepares for a significant squad overhaul ahead of the next campaign.
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The 25-year-old Georgian joined PSG in January 2025 and has quickly made his mark, registering 20 goals and 15 assists across 69 appearances. In the current 2025/26 Ligue 1 season, he has scored 4 goals and recorded 3 assists from 21 appearances, averaging a 6.86 FotMob rating domestically. Those numbers look considerably more impressive in the Champions League, where he has four goals and three assists from nine matches, yielding a rating of 7.58. His overall goal involvement across the season sits at 0.61 per 90 minutes, and his non-penalty expected goals per 90 places him in the 93rd percentile among Ligue 1 players.
The man for the big occasion
Kvaratskhelia steps up his game noticeably in the Champions League, where he tirelessly patrols the left flank, making pressing runs, cutting off passing lanes, and covering Nuno Mendes’ forward runs. His standout recent performance came against Chelsea, scoring in both legs of the Champions League last-16 tie, contributing a brace and an assist across the two fixtures. That said, Kvaratskhelia’s domestic impact has appeared more scattered this season compared to last, with 13 starts in 22 Ligue 1 appearances and eight substitution exits highlighting his inconsistent deployment.
Kvaratskhelia has his own strengths: dribbling, two-footedness, and elite one-versus-one ability in tight spaces. His weakness, one PSG seemingly accept, is that he drifts in and out of games against defensively compact sides; precisely the type Arsenal often encounter in Premier League football.
The financial and contractual maze
PSG signed Kvaratskhelia in January 2025, and he has three years remaining on his contract, with the Qatari owners under no financial pressure to sell. Any move is expected to cost upwards of £160 million, and players such as Gabriel Martinelli and Leandro Trossard could depart to make room. Kvaratskhelia’s current market value is approximately €108.7 million, according to FotMob data, though Transfermarkt placed it at €90 million as of December 2025.
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PSG sources confirm Arsenal did make enquiries, but those close to the situation warn that any transfer remains a distant prospect at best. The honest assessment here is that Arsenal going after a player who last month publicly declared his ambition to become one of PSG’s greatest players, under a four-year deal, at a probable cost of around £150 million-plus, whilst managing Squad Cost Ratio constraints, sounds closer to a strategic probe than a genuine opening bid. But then, the most transformative signings always start exactly this way.