'It's true' - Fabrizio Romano now issues huge Arsenal transfer update

Fabrizio Romano has revealed on the Que Golazo YouTube channel how much Arsenal will have to pay for Lisandro Martinez.

It appears that Arsenal and Mikel Arteta are looking to improve in their back four from last season which saw several of their key players such as Kieran Tierney and Ben White pick up injuries throughout the campaign.

The Gunners have already been linked with a move for youngster Aaron Hickey this summer to improve their depth in the full-back positions, but most recently they’ve been heavily linked with a move for Ajax defender Lisandro Martinez.

However, Romano has claimed that the defender will not be sold on the cheap this summer.

“It’s true that Arsenal are absolutely interested, they approached Ajax with a potential proposal of £30 million but for Ajax it’s not enough, absolutely. They want maybe £45-50 million for Lisandro and so it’s still early stages.

Also, it’s true that Erik ten Hag mentioned his name internally at Manchester United so it’s an open race for Lisandro but as I mentioned, for Antony, I don’t expect Ajax to sell so many players, they already lost Mazraoui, Gravenberch and Haller soon so many players are leaving the club.

So my expectation is they will ask for an important fee, as I mentioned, and it’s not going to be an easy negotiation, but for sure, Lisandro is top of the list as centre back at Arsenal.”

TIF Thoughts on Arsenal’s interest in Martinez…

One thing that could be alarming for Arsenal fans in terms of Arteta wanting Martinez is that he’s only five-foot-seven, which is relatively small for a centre-back, especially in the Premier League, so he may have to be part of a back three to thrive.

Also, the fact that Arsenal offered potentially £20 million less than what