The Gunners have reached an agreement with La Liga side Sevilla on the transfer of French central defender, Sebastien Squillaci, according to news from Sevilla FC. The Spanish side's official website announced this piece of news yesterday, saying that Squillaci will take the night plane to the Arsenal to sign for the Premier League side, pending a medical.
As of now, the estimated fees has yet to be 100% confirmed. Marca reported that the fees should be around 6.5 million euros, which was roughly the amount paid by Sevilla to Lyon a few seasons ago. However, Orgullo de Nervion has reportedly stated on their website that the fees might be a fixed 8 million euros plus add-ons, based on the fact that Squillaci is a French international who is in the prime time of his career.
The Arsenal Press have also recently speculated that Squillaci might be the player who Wenger might have mentioned about in his post-match press conference on Saturday as negotiations had been on-going with Sevilla since last Wednesday. With rumours reporting that Squillaci did not want to feature against Braga so as to avoid him from being cup-tied if he joins the Arsenal and had an argument with Sevilla manager Antonio Alvarez.
Just to summarise Squillaci's overall style of play, he is known to be a tough man (whom Arsenal need as always), who has played for Lyon and of course Sevilla and hence, having invaluable top-level experience which will benefit the Arsenal defence for sure. He's also a good marker and uses his intelligence to read the game and dangers even though he's not the quickest of all defenders. Take a glimpse of his action at Sevilla once again with the following video clip.
With that, there could be a new signing announcement on Monday, probably during afternoon, that is if everything goes well for the French defender. In the meantime, welcome to the Arsenal, Sebastien!
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As of now, the estimated fees has yet to be 100% confirmed. Marca reported that the fees should be around 6.5 million euros, which was roughly the amount paid by Sevilla to Lyon a few seasons ago. However, Orgullo de Nervion has reportedly stated on their website that the fees might be a fixed 8 million euros plus add-ons, based on the fact that Squillaci is a French international who is in the prime time of his career.
The Arsenal Press have also recently speculated that Squillaci might be the player who Wenger might have mentioned about in his post-match press conference on Saturday as negotiations had been on-going with Sevilla since last Wednesday. With rumours reporting that Squillaci did not want to feature against Braga so as to avoid him from being cup-tied if he joins the Arsenal and had an argument with Sevilla manager Antonio Alvarez.
Just to summarise Squillaci's overall style of play, he is known to be a tough man (whom Arsenal need as always), who has played for Lyon and of course Sevilla and hence, having invaluable top-level experience which will benefit the Arsenal defence for sure. He's also a good marker and uses his intelligence to read the game and dangers even though he's not the quickest of all defenders. Take a glimpse of his action at Sevilla once again with the following video clip.
With that, there could be a new signing announcement on Monday, probably during afternoon, that is if everything goes well for the French defender. In the meantime, welcome to the Arsenal, Sebastien!
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