Arsenal in Negotiations to Sign Dutch Duo: Jurriën Timber and Jeremie Frimpong

Arsenal is in deep negotiations with Ajax to sign Jurriën Timber, but if it is up to The Gunners it will not stop there. The London club wants to sign another Dutchman and has reserved tens of millions for this.

The German BILD reports on Tuesday evening that Jeremie Frimpong has put himself in the spotlight with the Londoners, who are looking for an attacking defender. This season, several players have played as right back at Arsenal, such as Ben White, Thomas Partey and Japanese Takehiro Tomiyasu. Mikel Arteta wants a wing defender who can be of great value to Arsenal offensively and is thinking of Frimpong, who was also linked to Manchester United at an earlier stage.

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However, the Dutch defender, who decided to cancel the European Championship with the Dutch Juniors last month, is not the only candidate for Arsenal. Manchester City’s Joao Cancelo would also be high on the list, while the name of Benny Henrichs (RB Leipzig) is also mentioned. Frimpong is known to have a departure wish at Bayer Leverkusen and the club also expects a departure from the right back, so that the 22-year-old footballer has good papers for a switch to the Emirates Stadium.

In any case, Arsenal does not expect that Frimpong can be picked up in Germany for a pittance, because, according to German reports, the club has reserved around forty million euros for the arrival of the right back, who has scored eight goals and seven assists this season. came in the shirt of Bayer Leverkusen. Next summer, two Dutchmen could therefore make the switch to The Gunners.