Arsenal have been conserving shut tabs on Ronald Araujo’s delicate contract scenario at Barcelona and are making ready an audacious bid to signal the defender this January.
Araujo is having fun with his fifth full season in Barcelona’s first-team having joined the Catalan giants from Uruguayan outfit Boston River again in 2018.
In that point, Araujo has racked up over 150 appearances in all competitions for Barca, serving to the membership win the 2022/23 La Liga title, the Copa del Rey and the Spanish Tremendous Cup.
Araujo returned from a critical hamstring harm final weekend to make his first look of the season in Barca’s journey to Barbastro, enjoying the complete 90 minutes in a powerful 4-0 victory.
However uncertainty has been rising over Araujo’s standing on the Camp Nou, with the Uruguay worldwide going through sturdy competitors for his place on the coronary heart of Hansi Flick’s defence.
Flick has landed on a settled centre-back partnership in Pau Cubarsi and Inigo Martinez and Araujo senses that it might be troublesome to pressure his approach again into the reckoning.
He’s additionally conscious that Barca are actively wanting strengthen their choices at centre-half over the approaching switch home windows, with Bayer Leverkusen’s Jonathan Tah a high goal.
It’s been extensively reported in each Italy and Spain that Juventus are pushing to signal Araujo on a mortgage deal this month and the Serie A membership are ‘anticipating a response from Barca subsequent week’, in accordance with Mundo Deportivo.
Nevertheless, the report states that Juve will not be alone of their curiosity, with Arsenal actively exploring a transfer for Araujo, whose Barca future is claimed to be ‘hanging by a thread’.
It’s claimed the Gunners are ‘keen to bid for him now’, with Mikel Arteta’s facet scouring the marketplace for defensive reinforcements to spice up their title cost within the second half of the marketing campaign.
Araujo present contract is because of expire in 18 months’ time and Barca are ready to take heed to affords for the Uruguayan ought to he proceed to stall over an extension.
Talking to Spanish radio station Cadena SER earlier this week, Araujo confirmed that negotiations had been ongoing relating to a doable new deal.
‘We’re speaking with the membership about my renewal,’ he defined.
‘However I’m absolutely centered on enjoying once more and getting minutes below my belt.’
Pressed on whether or not he was 100 per cent dedicated to persevering with with Barca, he bluntly repeated: ‘We’re speaking to the membership.’
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