Arsenal and Chelsea fight over ‘VERY UNHAPPY’ Premier League star

Robin Bairner

• 21 Jun 2023 07:59 BST
• 3 min read

Arsenal and Chelsea have been given encouraging news should a deal for any of their transfer priorities fall through.

The Premier League giants have been told that Everton midfield powerhouse Amadou Onana would be keen on playing for either team, with his future apparently lying away from Goodison Park.

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According to Het Nieuwsblad, the 21-year-old Onana is “very unhappy” at Everton and “absolutely wants to leave the club” this summer.

The Dutch source reports that both Arsenal and Chelsea have the player on their shortlist.

Onana down the list of options

Everton have put an asking price of €55 million on the midfielder, though this price tag looks high for a player with an Estimated Transfer Value (ETV) of €25.5m. Signed from Lille for €35m last summer, this is likely to be an accurate estimation of the Toffees’ price, though.

Certainly, it looks a figure that is unlikely to tempt Arsenal or Chelsea into a move at present, with both clubs having other priorities in the transfer market.

The Gunners, for example, are negotiating a move for West Ham’s Declan Rice, and though they want two midfielders this summer, with Granit Xhaka and Thomas Partey set to leave, Mikel Arteta’s side are unlikely to see value in Onana at €55m.

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Any transfer to the Emirates Stadium is unlikely to be imminent, with Arteta focusing on three priority deals at the moment: Rice, Kai Havertz and Jurrien Timber.

Chelsea are also after an expensive first option, with the club having worked hard to take an edge over their north London rivals to close in on an move for Moises Caicedo of Brighton.

Onana has been capped six times by Belgium, but the Everton man has not played a role in this international break because of a minor injury issue. It remains to be seen if he will play for the Toffees again, having taken an apparently firm stance against doing so.