Arsenal may miss out on defender Gabriel Magalhaes after the Lille ace spoke of his admiration for Frank Lampard.
There has been alot of speculation in the media over the past few months about just whom both Arsenal and Chelsea will sign in order to get their back-line sorted out for the start of next season.
Both have had issues at the back this season and both need to spend some serious money in order to improve that, and one player that both have been eyeing up over the past few weeks is that of Megalhaes, who is making a real name for himself over the in the French League.
But it seems that Megalhaes prefers the move to Chelsea after the defender opened up about the Chelsea legend in a recent interview with UOL, in which he said: “He was a great player without a doubt. He is one of those players that I admired on the small screen, but we have to be calm with all this.”
On the transfer window, he added that returning fourth-placed Ligue 1 side Lille to another year of Champions League football is his priority, Gabriel noted: “It is early and I renewed my contract with Lille until 2023. “The focus now is to return to play and end the season at a high level, and qualifying Lille for the 2020-21 Champions League.”
The man has clear ability that is ready to make a big move to one of the big clubs in Europe, and it will be an interesting watch to see whether he chooses a move to Chelsea in the summer, or chooses a move to Arsenal, as both will do well to sign him up.
£30 million is not alot of money to spend on a player this season and we believe that he could be a decent signing for either club.