According to Mundo Deportivo, Sevilla’s Ever Banega is close to completing an £18m move to Arsenal, with the player’s agent believed to be in London to finalise terms for a deal that would see the Argentine link up with his former boss.
At 30, the midfielder is soon to be entering his twilight years and, should the switch be completed, he would become the third player in his thirties to be signed by Unai Emery since the Spaniard took the reins in the summer.
The maestro has chalked up eight goals and five assists this season, four and two of which, respectively, came in the Europa League as his side topped their group.
After a tabled contract offer was withdrawn and with his current deal at the Emirates expiring at the end of the season, one of the Gunners’ longest-serving players of the current crop, Aaron Ramsey, is set to depart in the summer – Banega is regarded as the Welshman’s replacement, but some Arsenal fans aren’t happy with the thinking behind the move.
You can find the best of the reaction on Twitter below, as the Gooners ripped into Emery…
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