{"id":20990,"date":"2022-06-13T18:00:43","date_gmt":"2022-06-13T22:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/06\/13\/bernd-lenos-agent-provides-update-on-future-and-assures-german-is-arsenals-clear-no-1\/"},"modified":"2022-06-13T18:00:43","modified_gmt":"2022-06-13T22:00:43","slug":"bernd-lenos-agent-provides-update-on-future-and-assures-german-is-arsenals-clear-no-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/06\/13\/bernd-lenos-agent-provides-update-on-future-and-assures-german-is-arsenals-clear-no-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Bernd Leno\u2019s agent provides update on future and assures German is \u2018Arsenal\u2019s clear no.1\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The agent of Arsenal star Bernd Leno has on Monday spoken out over his client\u2019s future, at the same time providing something of a bizarre personal insight into the goalkeeping situation in Mikel Arteta\u2019s squad.<\/p>\n<p>The future of German international Leno has of course taken its place front and centre in the headlines when it comes to ongoings at the Emirates over the course of the last 48 hours.<\/p>\n<p>This comes with the shot-stopper subject to altogether intense interest on the part of Premier League newcomers Fulham.<\/p>\n<p>The Cottagers are understood to have identified Leno as their first-choice option to reinforce the club\u2019s ranks between the posts ahead of next season, desperate to prolong their stay back in the top-flight of English football beyond 12 months.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">? EXCL: Fulham in talks to sign goalkeeper Bernd Leno from Arsenal. 30yo among <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FFC<\/a> options + currently favoured candidate but nothing agreed. Has 1y on contract &amp; keen to stay in London. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AFC<\/a> have Ramsdale, Turner, Hein. W\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gunnerblog?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@gunnerblog<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheAthleticUK?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TheAthleticUK<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XkWakC9g20\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/XkWakC9g20<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David Ornstein (@David_Ornstein) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/David_Ornstein\/status\/1535619294461034496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 11, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Monday, it therefore came as no surprise when the subject of his client\u2019s future was put to the 30-year-old\u2019s agent.<\/p>\n<p>And, during an interview with German outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/altobelli13\/status\/1536318623169527810\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bild<\/a>, Joannis Koukoutrigas first took advantage of the opportunity to, somewhat bizarrely, suggest that Leno remains the \u2018clear no.1\u2019 on the red half of north London.<\/p>\n<p>This of course comes despite the ex-Bayer Leverkusen star having long been usurped by Aaron Ramsdale in the Arsenal pecking order.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is a German national goalkeeper, has always performed well at Arsenal and is an absolute team player,\u201d Koukoutrigas explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor me personally, Bernd is also the clear No.1 at Arsenal. With all due respect to the competitors.<\/p>\n<p>From here, Leno\u2019s representative went on to confirm Fulham\u2019s interest in the experienced shot-stopper, albeit with the capital outfit far from the only club in the race for the out-of-favour Gunners star:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFulham is trying hard to get Bernd. Very professionally. This is also true for some other clubs and shows his status. But, as I said, for me he is the No.1 at Arsenal and we are therefore also relaxed.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Bernd Leno\u2019s agent has spoken out over the Arsenal goalkeeper\u2019s future.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JGTCogZhZt\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/JGTCogZhZt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Standard Sport (@standardsport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/standardsport\/status\/1536352918265282560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 13, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/arsenal-confirm-brazilian-forward-as-their-first-signing-of-the-summer\/\">Arsenal confirm Brazilian forward as their first signing of the summer<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/arsenal-fans-convinced-that-they-have-spotted-gabriel-jesus-transfer-hint-in-erling-haaland-announcement\/\">Arsenal fans convinced that they have spotted Gabriel Jesus transfer hint in Erling Haaland announcement<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 The agent of Arsenal star Bernd Leno has on Monday spoken out over his client\u2019s future, at the same time providing something of a bizarre personal insight into the goalkeeping situation in Mikel Arteta\u2019s squad. The future of German international Leno has of course taken its place front and centre in the headlines when [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-20990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20990"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20990\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}