{"id":23219,"date":"2022-07-10T12:01:01","date_gmt":"2022-07-10T16:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/07\/10\/arsenal-submit-offer-for-left-back\/"},"modified":"2022-07-10T12:01:01","modified_gmt":"2022-07-10T16:01:01","slug":"arsenal-submit-offer-for-left-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/07\/10\/arsenal-submit-offer-for-left-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal submit offer for left-back"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<hr>\n<p>Arsenal are understood to have submitted an offer for a left-back.<\/p>\n<p>The player in question is Benfica\u2019s Alex Grimaldo, with Portuguese outlet A Bola claiming that the Gunners have made a \u20ac7m offer for the Spaniard and are set to intensify negotiations over the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Given Arsenal already have two senior left-backs on their books in the form of Kieran Tierney and Nuno Tavares, adding a third player may seem a bit overkill.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">? Arsenal have now submitted a \u20ac7m offer for Benfica left-back Alex Grimaldo &amp; are set to intensify negotiations over the coming weeks. [<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/abolapt?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@abolapt<\/a>] <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/afc?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#afc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IOTdnYwnSy\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/IOTdnYwnSy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 afcstuff (@afcstuff) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/afcstuff\/status\/1546137775568830464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 10, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nHowever, it makes a lot more sense when you look back at the 2021\/22 season Tavares had. The defender has shown quality going forward, but the defensive side of his game is very much lacking and he cost Arsenal several goals last season.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, going back to Arsenal\u2019s interest in Lisandro Martinez earlier this summer, it was reported that Arsenal were keen to land the Argentine because there are major concerns about Kieran Tierney\u2019s injury record, leading the club to believe they need another player in to cover.<\/p>\n<p>Martinez now seems more likely to make the switch to Manchester United, but Grimaldo, who is a natural left-back, would obviously provide cover for Tierney whilst also bringing some European experience.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"gg101-at-label absolute\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<div class=\"gg101__brandbox--item flex aic gg101__brandbox--item_no-border\" data-segment='{\"block_widget_id\":\"1706224\",\"block_widget_type\":\"cta-shortcode-button\",\"brand_id\":780937,\"brand_name\":\"Betfred\",\"offer_text\":\"Get u00a360 in bonuses when you bet u00a310\"}'>\n<div class=\"gg101__brandbox--item__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"gg101__brandbox--item__image\">\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-json\/xm-link\/BetfredBetting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow sponsored noopener\" class=\"gg101__brandbox--item__link\">\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" src=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/165x165_betfred-logo.png\" class=\"\" alt=\"Betfred Brand Logo\">\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"gg101__brandbox--item__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-json\/xm-link\/BetfredBetting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow sponsored noopener\" class=\"gg101__brandbox--item__link\">Get \u00a360 in bonuses when you bet \u00a310<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"gg101__brandbox--item__get-wrapper\" style=\"background-color: #0e65bf\">\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-json\/xm-link\/BetfredBetting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow sponsored noopener\" class=\"gg101__brandbox--item__get flex aic jcc mla\"><span class=\"cjbb__fraction only_fraction\" style=\"color:white;\">BET NOW<\/span><\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gg101__brandbox-t-and-c\">18+. 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Please play responsibly. begambleaware.org<\/div>\n<p>Grimaldo, 26, has been on Benfica\u2019s books since 2016 when he joined from FC Barcelona\u2019s B team.<\/p>\n<p>He has since made 246 appearances for the Portuguese powerhouse, scoring 19 and assisting 50.<\/p>\n<p>Grimaldo also has just one year left on his current contract, which may explain the relatively low fee being offered by Arsenal.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/10-best-forwards-to-pick-for-your-2022-23-fantasy-premier-league-side\/\">10 best forwards to pick for your 2022\/23 Fantasy Premier League side<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/10-best-midfielders-to-pick-for-your-2022-23-fantasy-premier-league-side\/\">10 best midfielders to pick for your 2022\/23 Fantasy Premier League side<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal are understood to have submitted an offer for a left-back. The player in question is Benfica\u2019s Alex Grimaldo, with Portuguese outlet A Bola claiming that the Gunners have made a \u20ac7m offer for the Spaniard and are set to intensify negotiations over the coming weeks. Given Arsenal already have two senior left-backs on their [&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-23219","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\/23219","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=23219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23219\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}