On Monday, Calciomercato stated Riccardo Calafiori is one step away from joining Arsenal for a deal around €50m. It was also reported Bologna have left him out of the travelling squad for their pre-season training camp in Valles.
This is backed up by TuttoMercatoWeb, who state the Gunners are ‘almost there’ to seal the deal for the defender.
Bologna have ‘practically closed’ an agreement with Mikel Arteta’s side. It’s claimed there will be a ‘definitive white smoke’ for the agreement between the two clubs in the ‘next few hours’.
Basel will be entitled to receive a percentage of the future sale, which, as per the report is around 40%. Bologna are still trying to find an agreement [likely to lower the percentage] with the Swiss club, and are confident of sorting this out in a ‘very short time’.
TMW claim this is the last detail that’s left for the Italian club to sanction the centre-back’s transfer to the Premier League side.
They add Arsenal are offering €40m plus €5m for Calafiori, which is less than what was reported by Calciomercato yesterday.
