Arsenal eyeing Barcelona academy product Marc Cucurella

The Spanish defender played for Barca’s youth teams from 2012 to 2017.

The Gunners are thinking of signing him during the summer transfer window.

Arsenal are keen on signing Getafe on-loan midfielder Marc Cucurella, reports in Spain claim. According to El Desmarque, the 21-year-old is on the radar of a number of clubs this summer including La Liga duo Sevilla and Atletico de Madrid, with Bayer Leverkusen and Borussia Monchengladbach also monitoring the situation.

However, the Gunners seem as the frontrunners for now are willing to pay the €25 million release clause to sign him. The Barcelona youth product made just one first-team appearance for the Blaugrana during his time there – against lower league Real Murcia in a Copa del Rey appearance two seasons ago – before spending last season on loan at Eibar.

The Spain Under-21 international has once more impressed this campaign on loan at Getafe, who have an option to make the move permanent for €6m in summer, but Barca will retain a 40% clause to buy him back permanently. The link to Arsenal, in particular, is an interesting one now that Mikel Arteta is in charge at the club.

Back in 2017, Cucurella was linked with a move to the Premier League and Manchester City were said to have made an offer to take him to the Etihad. Arteta was part of Pep Guardiola’s coaching staff at that time and there’s every chance that his interest in the player has gone with him to London.