According to reports, Real Madrid are willing to sell Ukraine international Andriy Lunin to Arsenal and have set an affordable asking price.
The 25-year-old joined Real Madrid in 2018. Before this season, he had only made 17 senior appearances for the Spanish giants.
Lunin to Arsenal?
Lunin was Real Madrid’s third-choice goalkeeper at the start of this season, but he played regularly after Thibaut Courtois and Kepa Arrizabalaga suffered injuries.
He impressed as he made 31 appearances for Real Madrid, who won the Champions League and La Liga with his assistance.
However, Courtois returned to fitness during the final couple of weeks of the season and returned to the starting XI. This led to Lunin harshly being left out of Real Madrid’s team for the Champions League final.
It is now being reported that Lunin could leave Real Madrid this summer as he has his heart set on being a number-one elsewhere.
Arsenal signed Spain international David Raya on loan last summer as he replaced Aaron Ramsdale as their first-choice goalkeeper.
Raya has since made his move to Arsenal permanent for £27m, but the Premier League giants have reportedly joined Manchester United in the race to sign Lunin from Real Madrid.
According to a report in Spain, Arsenal are ‘particularly interested’ in Lunin and Mikel Arteta is ‘insisting the most on the signing’
It is said that Real Madrid president Florentina Perez ‘will not oppose his departure’ and ‘demands 25 million euros (£21m) from Arsenal to complete the signing’.
