Overview
- On Saturday, July 11, reports citing Fabrizio Romano say Arsenal are in regular contact with Christos Tzolis’s representatives and that the player wants to join the club.
- Multiple outlets place a potential fee for Tzolis at about £32–£37.5m with several reporting a roughly £35m package is close to agreement.
- Progress on the Tzolis transfer is being held up while Arsenal await confirmation that Leandro Trossard will leave for Besiktas, with Turkish reports saying Besiktas have accepted Arsenal’s terms.
- Arsenal have also been linked to other Club Brugge targets, notably striker Nicolo Tresoldi, but Brugge appear reluctant to sell him this summer according to local reports.
- The club is balancing ambition and budget by pursuing lower‑cost, near‑term solutions like Tzolis and exploring pragmatic depth signings such as former centre‑back Dinos Mavropanos while planning fringe sales to fund transfers.