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David Ornstein suggests people are telling him something worrying for Arsenal about Riccardo Calafiori
Riccardo Calafiori looks as though he could be Arsenal’s first signing of the summer.
The Italian’s move to the Emirates appears t🅺o be imminent, with a fee of aroundꦜ £42m mooted.
Arsenal look set to splash the cash on Calafiori, but there is some fear tha𒁏t the Gunners are getting the rough end of this dea🅠l.
Indeed, ဣspeaking on , David Ornstein has shared some insight into Calafiori, and he claims that he’s heard💙 from his contacts within the game that the Italian is being overpriced at £42m.
Riccardo Calafiori is overpriced
Ornstein shared what he knows about the Italian.
“I think they’re asking for around €50m (£42m), which many people within the gameꦇ f🌳eel is significantly above his market value and they are suggesting to me that has been inflated by the fact he did ok for Italy at the Euros and there’s another complication that Basel are due maybe 40/50% of any future transfer,” Ornstein said.
Calafiori’s price sounds right
£42m for a player who has never played in the Cham꧑pions League would’ve sounded ridiculous at one point in time, but the reality is that footba🍷ll transfers have become beyond ridiculous.
We live in a world where Antony and Mykhaylo Mudryk cost upwards of £80m, there’s seemingly no rꦿhyme or reason as to why any player costs any specific amount anymore.
Calafiori’s £42m is comparable to the £50m deal Arsenal did for Ben White a few years ꦐago. Both men were a similar age when they moved a🌳nd played in similar positions.
While White was playing in a struggling Brighton team and ಌwasn’t capped for England, Calaf🏅iori is an Italy international playing for a high-flying Bologna side.
From the outside l🐷ooking in, £42m genuinely sounds about right for a player of this age and this pedigree. Apparently though, people within football think he’s a tad too expensive, whi🐠ch doesn’t bode well for Arsenal.