Arsenal is facing increasing competition in their bid to sign Amadou Onana from Everton.
The Gunners consider the Belgian midfielder the ideal replacement for injury-prone Thomas Partey, who could leave the club at the end of this season.
Partey will have a season left on his Gunners deal at the end of this term, but Arsenal is not expected to extend it, so he will probably be sold.
The Ghanaian midfielder will have to be replaced, and Onana looks the perfect fit for that job. The midfielder will be open to leaving Everton, which should be good news for Arsenal, but a report from The Sun reveals Barcelona has joined the race for his signature.
The Catalans join the likes of Chelsea to battle it out to sign him when the next transfer window opens.
Just Arsenal Opinion
Onana has been a terrific player for Everton and he is someone who can do a good job at a bigger club.
We fought off serious competition from the likes of Manchester City and Liverpool to sign Declan Rice in the summer and could still pull off this transfer.
But that will require us to pay attention to movements around him, establish contact with his entourage and start working on the deal now.
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Amadou Onana is about power and aggression and of such cannot be the ideal replacement for world class Thomas Partey.
Such a player would have to be able to produce Hollywood passes like Jorginho while breaking up play and starting attack similar to Declan Rice, the Zubimendi, Lacottelli and Brighton form Caicedo.
Onana will definitely give Rice freedom but we need a Camavinga, Tchouameni, Frank dejong, Kilmich,
I fear Zubimendi might be too weak for the CDM role,
Frankie would do wonders but then rice will play 6 and we still need back up for rice. If we playing havertz as amf then we should trust that 65 m and we buy an extra cdm
Buy Onana