{"id":142,"date":"2026-03-26T16:19:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T16:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/?p=142"},"modified":"2026-03-26T16:19:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T16:19:17","slug":"arsenal-offered-chance-to-hijack-liverpool-move-for-real-madrid-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/?p=142","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal ‘offered’ chance to hijack Liverpool move for Real Madrid star"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Arsenal, despite losing the Carabao Cup final to Manchester City on Sunday, are still on course to win three trophies this season. Whether they do it is another question but they are still looking towards the summer with targets in mind.<\/p>\n

The 2025\/26 season could turn monumental for the Gunners, who are still fighting on three fronts. At the time of writing, they are top of the Premier League and still in two competitions \u2013 the FA Cup and the Champions League.<\/p>\n

Mikel Arteta, thanks to his spending last summer, has a squad stacked with quality and he\u2019ll be looking to turn that into silverware for his side\u2019s trophy cabinet.<\/p>\n

Read More: <\/strong>Jamie Carragher reveals Arsenal\u2019s primary \u2018worry\u2019, tells Arteta to replace \u00a364m star<\/p>\n

Having overtaken Liverpool as the best team in the country, that could have serious ramifications for the summer transfer window \u2013 and reports have suggested that Arteta and his entourage have been offered the chance to hijack Liverpool\u2019s plans.<\/p>\n

Arsenal offered chance to sign Liverpool-linked midfielder<\/h2>\n

Arne Slot\u2019s side, after winning last season\u2019s Premier League title at a relative canter, have been entirely off the boil in 2025\/26. That\u2019s despite spending a chunk of money on Alexander Isak and Florian Wirtz!<\/p>\n

And things could become bad to worse for the current champions of England as reports have insisted that Arsenal could swoop in and land a deal for one of their summer targets.<\/p>\n

Liverpool \u2013 as a means of reinforcing their engine room \u2013 have kept an eye on Real Madrid ace Eduardo Camavinga for a while.<\/p>\n

The Frenchman currently plays in the Spanish capital but has found game time hard to come by with just 12 La Liga starts to his name this term.<\/p>\n

What could play into Arsenal\u2019s hands, though, is the fact that Camavinga is reportedly eyeing a team that are playing in the Champions League in 2026\/27<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\u201cArsenal are keen to move away from a model they used in the past where they\u2019d sign players because of availability or relationships with key agents or intermediaries,\u201d CaughtOffside<\/em>\u2018s source explained.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019ve been offered Camavinga but they\u2019ll only go for it if they\u2019re convinced it\u2019s right for them. For now, they have other preferred targets.\u201d<\/p>\n

Arsenal have all-but guaranteed themselves a spot in Europe\u2019s most prestigious competition for next season but the same cannot be said for Liverpool.<\/p>\n

Manchester United, too, could look to enter the race for the 23-year-old thanks to their form since Michael Carrick\u2019s arrival \u2013 but you\u2019d argue that Arsenal are a more attractive option right now as they look on course to win the Premier League.<\/p>\n

The Arsenal-Real Madrid relationship could streamline Camavinga move<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Moving from Los Blancos is never easy for a player given they are leaving behind a guarantee of silverware \u2013 but the Gunners could offer the France international more minutes and the chance to become a key part of Arteta\u2019s evolution.<\/p>\n

On paper, it would be a rather simple transfer to make because of the relationship between Arsenal and his current employers.<\/p>\n

Martin Odegaard and Dani Ceballos have endured loan moves between the two in previous years \u2013 the former, of course, became permanent. <\/p>\n

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Statistic<\/td>\nCamavinga<\/td>\nRice<\/td>\nZubimendi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Minutes<\/td>\n1159<\/td>\n2585<\/td>\n2606<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Goals\/Assists<\/td>\n1\/0<\/td>\n4\/5<\/strong><\/td>\n5\/1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pass success rate (%)<\/td>\n91.5<\/strong><\/td>\n87.8<\/td>\n88.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tackles (per 90)<\/td>\n2.4<\/strong><\/td>\n1.9<\/td>\n1.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Interceptions (per 90)<\/td>\n0.5<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1.1<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Key passes (per 90)<\/td>\n0.5<\/td>\n1.9<\/strong><\/td>\n0.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Overall rating<\/td>\n6.76<\/td>\n7.32<\/strong><\/td>\n6.96<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>
Camavinga vs Rice vs Zubimendi \u2013 2025\/26 league stats per WhoScored (26\/03\/26)<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sandro Tonali of Newcastle United is another \u2013 and Premier League-proven \u2013 option that is on the radar of Arsenal it has been reported. <\/p>\n

Although Eduardo Camavinga hasn\u2019t endured the most luck this season under Xabi Alonso and now Alvaro Arbeloa, he\u2019s still very talented and could add expertise to the Arsenal midfield.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Arsenal, despite losing the Carabao Cup final to Manchester City on Sunday, are still on course to win three trophies this season. Whether they do it is another question but they are still looking towards the summer with targets in mind. The 2025\/26 season could turn monumental for the Gunners, who are still fighting on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":143,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}