Arsenal hold 'intensive talks' over Amadou Onana transfer – with Everton midfielder 'keen on the move' amid reports of £90m price tag

The Gunners splashed out £105 million ($133m) on luring Declan Rice away from West Ham in the summer of 2023. Another raid on a Premier League rival is now being planned with the January window open for business in 2024.

With questions being asked of Thomas Partey’s future at Emirates Stadium, Mikel Arteta is ready to reinforce his engine room. Onana is a proven performer in the English top flight, while also collecting nine senior international caps with Belgium.

Onana has plenty of potential still to be unlocked at 22 years of age, with Arsenal eager to be the ones to benefit from that future development. According to Belgian journalist Sacha Tavolieri, “intensive” discussions are taking place, and it is suggested that “things could develop quickly” from this point.

Any deal for Onana will not come cheap, with Arsenal needing to dig deep once more. It has been suggested that his price tag could be as high as £90m ($114m), although the Gunners would hope to bring any agreement in some way below that mark.