According to reports, Inter Milan are keen on signing Arsenal defender Jakub Kiwior as the Gunners close in on Bologna s Riccardo Calafiori.
have made Italy centre-back Calafiori one of their top summer targets as Mikel Arteta looks to make his defence even more impenetrable.
Several reports on Saturday morning claimed that there is now an agreement between Bologna and the Premier League club.
after some top work from he 22-year-old s agent.
David Ornstein of The Athletic and transfer guru Fabrizio Romano swiftly backed up the reports from Italy.
that there is a full agreement between Arsenal and Bologna thanks to a breakthrough in talks, with the Gunners expected to pay €45million (£37.9million) in total with a sell-on clause included.
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The signing of Calafiori who starred for Italy at Euro 2024 after helping Bologna qualify for the Champions League will result in one or two outgoings in the Arsenal defence.
Kieran Tierney has returned from his loan spell at Real Sociedad and will surely leave permanently, while ex-Spezia defender Jakub Kiwior has been strongly linked with a return to Italy.
The Polish international has been linked with Napoli, AS Roma, AC Milan, Bologna and now Internazionale in recent months.
It was recently revealed by Romano that after Bologna asked about him.
Arsenal will reportedly let Kiwior leave this summer, with a loan deal including an obligation to buy not ruled out.
The 24-year-old only joined the Gunners in January 2023, signing a five-year contract after completing a £20m switch to the Emirates.
Minutes have been hard to come by for Kiwior, who impressed during a spell starting left-back between December and March last term.
As we say, a potential exit has been accelerated by the signing of Calafiori, who will leapfrog Kiwior in Arteta s pecking order.
