Arsenal’s transfer market is in full swing and Mikel’s team Arteta starts by securing the future of the door. According to the Daily Mail in fact, the Spanish goalkeeper David Raya he is reportedly very close to signing a contract to stay permanently with the Gunners, the club where he played on loan this season. There is talk of a transfer worth around €32 million, which the Gunners would pay to Brentford.
Raised in Blackburn RoversRaya moved to Brentford in the 2019/20 season for a fee of just over 3 million euros. He immediately found space and has grown in recent years, so much so that he is now ready to guarantee his club a significant capital gain. This year he has already been at Arteta’s service on a onerous loan (3.35 million euros for the one-year operation).
Raya himself has also managed to find space in his national team recently, convincing the coach From the Fountain to call him up for the European Championships in Germany as Unai’s deputy Simon. And if the Athletic Bilbao goalkeeper defended the posts against Croatia and Italy without conceding a goal, Raya played 90 minutes against Albania, also ensuring a clean sheet, also thanks to the long ball possession of his teammates. Then, in the round of 16 against Georgia, Simon returned to his place.