{"id":76447,"date":"2025-08-18T22:40:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T22:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/76447\/"},"modified":"2025-08-18T22:40:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T22:40:09","slug":"arsenal-transfer-talks-ongoing-after-they-reject-e27m-opening-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/76447\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal transfer talks ongoing after they reject \u20ac27m opening bid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> FC Porto are still pursuing a deal to sign Jakub Kiwior from Arsenal, with talks ongoing as the player was left out of Sunday\u2019s squad to face Manchester United.<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/arsenal-fc-v-ac-milan-pre-season-friendly-1.jpg\" alt=\"SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE: Jakub Kiwior of Arsenal looks on during the Pre-Season Friendly match between Arsenal FC and AC Milan at the National Stadium on July 23, 2025. (Photo by Yong Teck Lim\/Getty Images)\" class=\"wp-image-334534\" title=\"Arsenal transfer talks ongoing after they reject \u20ac27m opening bid 2\" \/>Photo by Yong Teck Lim\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Tomasz Wlodarczyk reports for Polish outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meczyki.pl\/newsy\/pilka-nozna\/kiwior-moze-odejsc-z-arsenalu-konkretny-kierunek-nasz-news\/278318\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Meczyki<\/a> that <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycannon.com\/tag\/jakub-kiwior\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jakub Kiwior<\/a> could leave Arsenal this summer, with talks ongoing over a potential move to FC Porto.<\/p>\n<p>Porto previously submitted an initial bid for Kiwior of a \u20ac7m loan fee plus a \u20ac20m obligation to buy, effectively a \u20ac27m permanent transfer. But Arsenal rejected the offer as it didn\u2019t meet their reported \u20ac35m valuation.<\/p>\n<p>Even so, Wlodarczyk writes that Porto haven\u2019t given up and remain his most likely destination, with talks ongoing. <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycannon.com\/tag\/mikel-arteta\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mikel Arteta<\/a> will get the final say on whether to allow the defender to leave.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2226647307-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Jakub Kiwior of Arsenal shakes hands with teammate Kepa Arrizabalaga during the Pre-Season Friendly match between Arsenal FC and AC Milan at Nation...\" class=\"wp-image-333372\" title=\"Arsenal transfer talks ongoing after they reject \u20ac27m opening bid 3\" \/>Photo by Yong Teck Lim\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>As well as Porto, AC Milan are in the mix, with Kiwior preferring to leave the Premier League if he doesn\u2019t stay at Arsenal. Wlodarczyk adds that the matter could be resolved as soon as this week.<\/p>\n<p>Kiwior played a regular role in pre-season and was involved in Arsenal\u2019s media day last week, but he was then left out of Arteta\u2019s squad to face Manchester United on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>James McNicholas <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycannon.com\/2025\/08\/kiwior-transfer-stance-arsenal\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">previously reported<\/a> for The Athletic that Kiwior was open to leaving Arsenal for regular starts, though Arsenal aren\u2019t in a rush to move him on.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/arsenal-v-villarreal-pre-season-friendly-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"LONDON, ENGLAND: Christian Norgaard of Arsenal celebrates scoring his team's first goal with teammate Jakub Kiwior during the pre-season friendly match between Arsenal and Villarreal at Emirates Stadium on August 06, 2025. (Photo by Eddie Keogh\/Getty Images)\" class=\"wp-image-334533\" title=\"Arsenal transfer talks ongoing after they reject \u20ac27m opening bid 4\" \/>Photo by Eddie Keogh\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>With the World Cup coming up next summer, Kiwior is presumably hoping to secure his place in the Poland starting lineup. If he continues to have a fringe role in the Arsenal squad over the final couple of weeks of the transfer window, perhaps a move to Porto becomes more likely.<\/p>\n<p>Related Posts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FC Porto are still pursuing a deal to sign Jakub Kiwior from Arsenal, with talks ongoing as the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":76448,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[39117,218,39118,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-76447","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-fc-porto","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-jakub-kiwior","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76447\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}