Arsenal Negotiated With Amadou Onana, The Everton Player

 

Arsenal are reportedly holding “intensive talks” regarding a transfer for Amadou Onana, with the Everton midfielder said to be “keen on the move”

The Gunners splashed out £105 million ($133m) on luring Declan Rice away from West Ham in the summer of 2023. Another raid on a Premier League rival is now being planned with the January window open for business in 2024.

With questions being asked of Thomas Partey’s future at Emirates Stadium, Mikel Arteta is ready to reinforce his engine room. Onana is a proven performer in the English top flight, while also collecting nine senior international caps with Belgium.

Onana has plenty of potential still to be unlocked at 22 years of age, with Arsenal eager to be the ones to benefit from that future development. According to Belgian journalist Sacha Tavolieri, “intensive” discussions are taking place, and it is suggested that “things could develop quickly” from this point.

Any deal for Onana will not come cheap, with Arsenal needing to dig deep once more. It has been suggested that his price tag could be as high as £90m ($114m), although the Gunners would hope to bring any agreement in some way below that mark.

Some player stats He played in several prominent clubs:

Hamburger SV:

Onana joined 2. Bundesliga club Hamburger SV in mid-2020.[4] He made his professional debut for the club in the first round of the 2020–21 DFB-Pokal on 14 September 2020, coming on as a substitute in the 60th minute against 3. Liga side Dynamo Dresden. He scored a header in the 89th minute of the match, which finished as a 4–1 away loss.[5]

Lille:

In August 2021, Onana joined Ligue 1 club Lille on a five year deal.[6] He made 32 league appearances in 2021–22, scoring once.[7]

Everton:

Onana signed for Premier League club Everton on a five-year contract on 9 August 2022 for a reported £33m including add-ons.[8] He scored his first Premier League goal for Everton, a header from a corner, in a 2–1 home defeat against Southampton on 14 

January 2023.[9]