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Arsenal tried to use Takehiro Tomiyasu in swap deal to sign £40m player
Takehiro Tomiyasu could be on his way out of Arsenal this summer amid reports the Gunners are ready to sell the defender.
ไ, and if all had gone to plan, the defender may have already left the club.
Indeed, according to Steve Kay, speaking on KS1 TV, Arsenal’s initial plan was to use Tomiyasu as a makeweight in the Riccardo Calafiori deal earlier this summer.
Arsenal offered Takehiro Tomiyasu in Riccardo Calafiori deal
൲Kay shared what he knows about Tomiyasu and the man.
ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ“There was actually talks when Arsenal were doing the Calafiori deal of him possibly going back there, because they’re like-for-like players they’re exactly similar players. From what I’ve been told, Arsenal did actually offer, but because Bologna needed to pay Basel half the fee what Arsenal paid them, bringing in a player in a swap deal didn’t make sense,” Kay said.
Bologna return could still be on the cards for Takehiro Tomiyasu
๊As Kay says, a swap deal for Calafiori didn’t make the world of sense due to the complication in the deal surrounding what Basel were owed.
🦄However, that said, a move back to Bologna may still be on the cards for Tomiyasu.
🌳The Italian club have plenty of money to spend having sold both Calafiori and Joshua Zirkzee this summer, and, as Kay says, Tomiyasu is a like-for-like replacement for Calafiori.
ꦓGiven that the player already knows the club and the area very well, getting Tomiyasu to agree to a move may not be too difficult.
💛The proposed Tomiyasu – Calafiori swap deal didn’t quite work out this summer, but don’t be surprised if the Japan international still ends up back in Serie A at some point this summer.
🌱The defender could still end up back at Bologna at some point, as this is a move that makes a lot of sense.