Arsenal had bid rejected for potential superstar this summer!

Arsenal reportedly made an £18 million offer for Sporting CP star Joelson Fernandes.

Joelson’s father and his agent has come out with the story how the club from North London wanted to sign him but the deal never went through.

“It had to be a thoughtful decision, because my wish as a father and agent, on the day that Joelson Fernandes leaves Sporting, is to be friendly and through the big door, but not through the back door,” Eusebio Mango Fernandes told Guinea Bissau news outlet O Democrata.

“It was an extremely difficult and very complicated process because there were tough moments in the negotiations for Joelson Fernandes to stay at Sporting.

“My wish was always for him to stay at the club, but due to his quality as a footballer, he had calls from several European clubs.

“Despite these very tempting offers, as an agent, I ended up dispensing with these invitations, despite knowing that I needed that millionaire offers, but I thought that in life money isn’t everything, because we must be aware that there’s a word called ‘gratitude’, for that, we are grateful to Sporting for what they gave.”

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