Reports suggest that Arsenal is considering making a move for Leicester City full-back Timothy Castagne during the summer transfer window. According to Belgian outlet Het Belang van Limburg, the Gunners, along with unnamed clubs in Spain and Italy, are monitoring the defender’s situation at Leicester.
Leicester is reportedly seeking a transfer fee in the range of €15m (£12.8m) to €20m (£17.1m) for Castagne. The player himself is said to be keen on leaving the club following their relegation to the Championship at the end of the 2022/23 season. Castagne’s versatility, being capable of playing as both a left-back and a right-back, makes him an attractive potential addition to Arsenal’s squad.
If Castagne were to join Arsenal, he would provide additional competition for players such as the continually injury-prone Takehiro Tomiyasu and Oleksandr Zinchenko. The 27-year-old Belgian defender has performed well for Leicester, and Arsenal scouts have been monitoring his progress closely. Mikel Arteta, Arsenal’s manager, reportedly desires more quality and depth in the right-back position. Although Ben White has been utilized in that role, he is better suited to playing centrally, and he will certainly need to return to that position if Saliba does not sign his new contract and needs to be sold. Therefore, acquiring a specialist right-back could a priority for Arsenal this summer.
Joining Arsenal would likely be an enticing opportunity for Castagne, and he would probably be tempted to accept a concrete proposal from the North London club. The 27-year-old is already well-adjusted to the Premier League, and his arrival could make an immediate impact for Arsenal.
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“Although Ben White has been utilized in that role, he is better suited to playing centrally”
I very much disagree with this statement, when BW plays CB for us he looks completely out of his depth. At RB his pace helps him recover when he needs to but at CB you rarely get a chance to recover, the 1 mistake is often costly.
I agree completely!
If Ben White couldn’t play RB and was just our 3rd choice CB, I’d be happy that he was good enough to come in when needed. I don’t recall him struggling too often at all, certainly wouldn’t say he looks completely out of his depth.
Agree, though, he’s far better at RB – he’s a worthy first team starter in that position imo.
👍 plus 1
I think we all agree that Ben White is very much a RB and not a CB. I think Tomiyasu provides excellent cover and I see little value in selling Tierney only to buy Castagne who is perhaps more versatile but certainly not better. That said, if he cost just €15M that is decent business, but I still think he would be surplus to requirements. We need a proper CB who can either play with Saliba or replace him. Who that is I’m not so sure but there are some names flying about. I thought Bella-Kotchap looked good for Southampton even in a bad team. Awful name but we can hardly use that an excuse not to buy him when we had Seaman in goal for a decade!
The question should be
Is replacing Kierney with Castagne going to make us better?
I don’t think so! So why are we doing it?
If it is because Tierney wants to leave because he is getting so little playing, won’t Castagne have the same problem?
👍 Would wish Tierney to stay, but the price is right for Castagne and he provides flexibility for RB/LB.
Why do people think we will be better with White as CB?
Thank God Saliba sign the contract if not, we need to sign another CB to replace him than White to replace him.
Even Tomiyasu is better than White as a CB.
Leave White as a RB and let me improve in that role.
He was awesome there last season.
If we sell Tierney (which I don’t like but Arteta have his reason) then Cash is not a bad idea but I will prefer a better LB than Zinc in that role, I don’t want Zinc in that role at all next season
Cos this ques kept coming to me that… Did Zinc perform like that because team never study him to be the weak link and immediately regress when teams knew he was our weak link at the back?
He never played like diz at City and Pep knew why he sell Zinc. Of he was that good,he won’t sell him.