Arsenal prepare for Gabriel Magalhaes exit with £44m long-term transfer target lined up

It was only going to be a matter of time until Arsenal’s stars began being linked with the biggest and best clubs on the planet. This is what happens when you step up your recruitment and find the gems that take your team to the next level and Gabriel Magalhaes has certainly been one of them.

Arsenal under the guidance of Mikel Arteta and Edu as a technical director has changed the way the Gunners find talents and whilst there are huge upsides regarding what they bring to the table there are drawbacks. Yet, these deficiencies are far from unfamiliar to the club.

Arsenal were a side that would find unknown stars and, under Arsene Wenger during the years of financial restraint, sell them on. This eventually stopped as Arsenal could spend more money but the mistakes in the market still see the club struggling to shift their surplus players in 2022.

The players signed under Arteta and Edu, have stopped the slide and turned the club in the direction of looking up the table again. Gabriel was one of the first, brought in during the first summer window of the Spaniard’s tenure.

Two years on, he is an established Premier League-level starter and according to the Independent, Juventus want the Brazilian after missing out on Kalidou Koulibaly. Arsenal are said to demand in excess of £50 million for Gabriel.

Supporters will certainly be irritated by the links but, if reports are to be believed, Arsenal are preparing for the worst-case scenario that they lose the 24-year-old. According to transfersdotcom, Bayer Leverkusen’s Edmond Tapsoba is a profile being considered.

Leverkusen value him at between €40million-€50million (£34million-£44million), despite being right-footed, he can play on either side of a defensive pairing. The