Arsenal target available for cut-price – his ‘future is up for auction’
According to reports, Arsenal are among the clubs interested in Napoli star Fabian Ruiz and he is ‘up for auction’ heading into the summer.
The 25-year-old came through the ranks at Spanish side Real Betis. He played 50 times for them in La Liga between 2015 and 2018.
After an impressive season in 2017/18, Napoli paid his €30m release clause to bring him to Serie A.
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The centre-midfielder has been a key player for Napoli over the past four seasons. He has played over 150 times across all competitions.
His form for Napoli enabled him to make his debut for Spain in 2019. He has been capped 15 times since then.
Ruiz has been linked with a move to the Premier League in recent months. He is out of contract in 2023.
Italian outlet TuttoMercatoWeb (via Sport Witness) are reporting that Arsenal are among ‘a lot of clubs’ interested in him. Barcelona and Real Madrid are also named as admirers of Ruiz.
If he does not commit his future to Napoli, they may be forced to sell him this summer in a cut-price deal. It is stated that the player’s ‘future is up for auction’.
Elsewhere, Ian Wright claims Premier League rivals will target Arsenal defender Gabriel Magalhaes after his “mistake” in their 2-1 win against Wolves.
The Gunners had looked on course to lose ground on the sides above them. But ultimately ran out victorious as Jose Sa palmed an Alexandre Lacazette effort into his own net.
For Wolves’ goal, Gabriel – scorer of the only goal as Arsenal won at Molineux earlier this month – gifted possession to Hwang and he nipped in ahead of Aaron Ramsdale to finish.
Wright said: “If you’re all of those teams (who play Arsenal next) you’ll still be feeling you can have a go.
“They’ll look at Gabriel today with that mistake… you know you have to target him simply because he’s got that in him. You want to put him under that kind of pressure. To see if he’s going to make that kind of mistake.
“There are that teams are going to press Arsenal high and try to take the chances and put them under pressure early. If they do that then we’ll have to see if Arsenal have the character to keep coming back from it.”
