How Arsenal will make AT LEAST €13m from Nuno Tavares

Carlo Garganese

• Updated: 22 Apr 2025 20:28 BST
• 4 min read

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Arsenal are set to make at least €13 million - and potentially much more - from their soon-to-be former player Nuno Tavares.

According to multiple reports in the Italian media, Lazio will make the signing of Tavares from Arsenal permanent at the end of the season. Lazio will pay the Gunners €5m for this.

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Current ETV

Nuno Tavares

D (L)

Lazio

Nuno Tavares

D (L)

Lazio

€17.9M

ETV Range

€16.2M - €19.7M

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In addition to this, Arsenal will have a 20 per cent sell-on clause for when Lazio sell Tavares on - with many big European clubs said to be considering a summer move.

Such has been the left back's impact this season, Calciomercato report that Lazio value him at €40 million. This means that a sale at this price would bring in an extra €8m to Arsenal's coffers, but it is possible Lazio could sell for even higher.

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Nuno Tavares at Lazio

Last summer, Tavares joined Lazio from Arsenal on loan with an option to buy for just €5m.

The 25-year-old has arguably been the best left back in Serie A this season.

He has eight assists this campaign, which makes him the second top assists man in the league and one of the best in all of Europe.

Tavares has been a constant force of nature down the left flank, bombarding at speed past the full-back and whipping in dangerous crosses.

His performances have helped a Lazio side who endured something of a revolution last summer up to seventh in the table, just four points off the top four with a game in hand.

Lazio president Claudio Lotito said earlier this season that he would reject offers of as high as €70m for Nuno Tavares should they arrive.

Nuno Tavares at Arsenal

The Gunners signed the Portuguese left back from Benfica in 2021 for a fee of around €10m.

However, he struggled in his first season at the club - especially in the defensive phase - and was perhaps somewhat unfairly mocked by fans.

Tavares was loaned out to Marseille in the 2022-23 season where he impressed and even managed six goals in Ligue 1.

After Marseille were unable to make his move permanent he spent last season on loan at Nottingham Forest where he again failed to make much of an impact.

This season, though, Tavares appears to have exploded into the player Arsenal hoped they were signing from Benfica.

If he continues these performances, it will not be long until another giant club tries to sign him again.