Football.London report that both Werder Bremen and Wolfsburg have made approaches for Nuno Tavares, though the player would currently prefer to stay in England and play in the Premier League.
With two years left on his deal, Arsenal would be open to selling the former Benfica man, but they’re seemingly yet to receive any offers from their Premier League rivals.
West Ham United are reportedly interested, but they’re yet to make an approach.
Sky Sports News had previously reported that Werder Bremen and Wolfsburg are interested in Tavares this summer.
The Gunners reportedly value Tavares at around £13m, having signed him for £8m from Benfica in 2021. The 23-year-old is also attracting interest from unnamed clubs in England and Italy.
Tavares finally made his return to training with Arsenal recently, after his loan spell with Marseille last season and subsequent participation in the u21 European Championship over the summer.
The defender didn’t initially have a number on his shirt or his shorts in training pictures, after he lost the number 20 to Jorginho. But he’s now seemingly been assigned the number 28.
For the time being, Tavares often appears to be training separately from the main group, joining up with Albert Sambi Lokonga, Cedric Soares, and Folarin Balogun, who have all also been linked with transfers.
Marseille had reportedly looked at making Tavares’ deal permanent after his loan, but they didn’t have an option to buy and didn’t end up agreeing on a price before sending him back to Arsenal.
As it stands, Oleksandr Zinchenko is probably Arsenal’s first-choice left-back, but the Gunners also have Kieran Tierney, Jurrien Timber, Takehiro Tomiyasu, and Jakub Kiwior, all of whom have played the role before.
If Arsenal get a good offer for Tavares, they’ll probably consider it.
