{"id":1631,"date":"2026-04-02T09:36:43","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T09:36:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/?p=1631"},"modified":"2026-04-02T09:36:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T09:36:43","slug":"agent-confirms-arsenal-interest-in-bayer-leverkusen-striker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/?p=1631","title":{"rendered":"Agent confirms Arsenal interest in Bayer Leverkusen striker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_65\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><strong>The agent of Bayer Leverkusen striker Christian Kofane has confirmed Arsenal are interested in signing the teenager.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kofame has put himself on the radar of top teams after an impressive debut season at Leverkusen.<\/p>\n<p>The 19-year-old signed for the German side from Spanish Segunda side Albacete last summer for just \u20ac5m and has scored seven times in 39 appearances across all competitions.<\/p>\n<p>Kofame made his Cameroon debut last year and has scored twice in four senior caps. The player\u2019s agent,\u00a0Eric Depolo, has now confirmed interest from Arsenal. He believes Kofame could cost \u20ac100m and be the North London side\u2019s striker for the next decade.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, Arsenal\u2019s interest is genuine. Mikel Arteta likes him very much,\u201d Depolo told <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DTalkingArsenal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DTalking Arsenal.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is contact between me and Arsenal. But their focus right now is on winning the league After that, everything will start to move.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is a \u20ac100 million player. With Kofane, Arsenal will have a top striker for the next 10 years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Read \u2013\u00a0Premier League players who shone in the international break<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>See more \u2013\u00a0Ederson says intense Premier League can aid Brazil\u2019s World Cup bid<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Follow the Football Faithful on Social Media:<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FootyFaithful\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thefootballfaithfull\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FootyFaithful_\">Twitter<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCUgN0WQEhxRbfTdlbkEG7zQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The agent of Bayer Leverkusen striker Christian Kofane has confirmed Arsenal are interested in signing the teenager. Kofame has put himself on the radar of top teams after an impressive debut season at Leverkusen. The 19-year-old signed for the German side from Spanish Segunda side Albacete last summer for just \u20ac5m and has scored seven [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1632,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1631","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\/1631","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=1631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1631\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}