Marquinhos has worked his way onto Nantes’ radar ahead of the new season.
Daily Express journalist Ryan Taylor has told GIVEMESPORT, Arsenal star Marquinhos could prefer to seal a loan move to Olympiacos for a key reason despite Nantes looking to ‘hijack’ the deal for Arsenal talent.
The Brazilian saw his time getting limited since linking up with Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal in a £3million switch from Sao Paulo last year.
As per reports of MailOnline, Marquinhos has worked his way onto Nantes’ radar ahead of the Ligue 1 season getting underway.
The report adds Ligue 1 giants are eager to sign the winger on loan despite his struggles while with Norwich City last season.
Taylor admits the Brazil under-20 international is destined to leave Arsenal on loan. He told GIVEMESPORT: “Obviously, I reported about Marquinhos being close to joining Olympiacos on loan. But French side Nantes have come in and tried to potentially hijack that deal.
“They could propose the idea of playing in a top five European league, which might be beneficial for Marquinhos, but Olympiacos are also in the Europa League qualifiers.
“Nantes have tried to hijack that deal but, from what I understand, he’s going to leave on loan whatever happens.
“I wouldn’t read too much into the fact that he was involved in the Emirates Cup. Obviously, Saka was ill. The Marquinhos links might rumble on because the season is starting and Arsenal have got a few injuries in that area, with Reiss Nelson being an example.”
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