Arsenal to sell €20m star in January

Tom Weber

Updated: 19 Nov 2024 11:26 GMT
3 min read

Mikel Arteta, Arsenal, 2024/25 — © IMAGO

Arsenal are willing to sell Jakub Kiwior in January, according to a report.

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The Gunners' season is not going to plan. Injuries have derailed Mikel Arteta's campaign and Arsenal are already a whopping nine points off top spot, currently occupied by Liverpool.

2024/25 has also not been great for some of the Gunners' stars on a personal level. Defender Jakib Kiwior, for example, is struggling to get minutes after proving to be a reliable utility man last term.

Signed from Spezia for €19.5 million in January 2023, the Poland international has been a good servant to the Gunners, but Arteta has barely utilised him this term.

To date, the versatile defender has only played 98 minutes in the Premier League and speculation surrounding his future has been rampant.

Arsenal to sell Kiwior

In light of the injury crisis at Arsenal, which has also affected the defensive department, logic would dictate that Arsenal would not consider selling any of their players until the summer, but this does not appear to be the case.

According to Charles Watts, Arsenal are willing to listen to offers for Kiwior in January amid repeated links of the 24-year-old with the likes of AC Milan and Napoli.

“With the January window fast approaching, I think we’re going to see plenty of stories linking Jakub Kiwior with a return to Italy,” Watts told CaughtOffside.

"It’s been a familiar theme during the last couple of windows and I’m expecting no different this time around. There was a chance Kiwior could have gone in the summer, but Arsenal decided to keep him for squad purposes.

"But when you see the game time he’s had so far this season and consider that teenage Myles Lewis-Skelly has been used ahead of him at times recently then it’s tough to see the Poland international getting many minutes.

"So if a decent offer arrives for Kiwior from Italy then I think it’s one that Arsenal would consider and I don’t think Ben White’s injury will impact their thinking.”