Arsenal transfer news: Mikel Arteta receives 'positive reports' over £327k Aaron Ramsdale replacement

Arsenal person reportedly shortlisted 22-year-old Boca Juniors goalkeeper Leandro Brey arsenic a transportation people for the January 2025 window.

It was each alteration successful the goalkeeping section astatine the Emirates implicit the summer, arsenic the Gunners unsurprisingly took up their enactment to motion David Raya from Brentford connected a imperishable deal.

After spending 1 play arsenic Raya's backup, erstwhile fig 1 Aaron Ramsdale jumped vessel for Southampton connected transportation deadline day, and helium was replaced by on-loan Bournemouth antheral Neto.

The Gunners besides added a mates of youthful options to their ranks successful the signifier of Tommy Setford and Lucas Nygaard, arsenic Arthur Okonkwo departed for Wrexham connected a imperishable deal.

Setford has already appeared for Arsenal successful the EFL Cup - which Neto is ineligible for - alongside 16-year-old Jack Porter, who became the Gunners' youngest-ever starter successful the competition against Bolton Wanderers successful September.

Arsenal scout Brey 'multiple times'

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There is nary proposition that Arsenal volition person Neto's indebtedness into a imperishable deal, though, and the Brazilian is expected to instrumentality to Bournemouth erstwhile the existent run concludes.

Rather than beforehand Setford, Nygaard, Porter oregon Alexei Rojas to the relation of fig two, The Mirror claims that the Gunners could prosecute a woody for Boca's Brey aboriginal adjacent twelvemonth instead.

The 22-year-old Argentinian has seemingly already been scouted by the North London giants 'multiple times', and 'positive reports' person been passed connected to caput manager Mikel Arteta.

Brey is inactive contracted to Boca Juniors until New Year's Eve 2027, but the shot-stopper would supposedly beryllium unfastened to a mid-season power to Arsenal, who could hold to indebtedness him backmost to his existent nine for the remainder of the season.

Who is rumoured Arsenal people Brey?

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Formerly of Los Andes, Brey joined the Boca Juniors ranks for a nominal interest of €394,000 (£327,731) successful aboriginal 2022, and the 22-year-old is starting to marque a sanction for himself successful South America.

Brey has made 22 elder appearances for Boca Juniors crossed each competitions, keeping 11 cleanable sheets - including 5 successful his past 5 league appearances - portion conceding conscionable 16 goals.

An Argentina Under-23 international, the 2002-born shot-stopper was selected to question with his state for the 2024 Olympics successful Paris, but helium was an unused substitute passim La Albiceleste's tally to the quarter-finals arsenic the experienced Geronimo Rulli guarded the posts.

Brey stands astatine 6ft 3in gangly and started retired arsenic a defender during his childhood, but helium was released from the Los Andes academy portion playing outfield earlier being reinstated arsenic a goalkeeper.

Arsenal instrumentality to Premier League enactment astatine location to Ipswich Town connected Friday evening, wherever a triumph volition instrumentality them supra Nottingham Forest and Chelsea into 2nd spot successful the top-flight table.

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