James Maddison transfer to Arsenal is almost done
VHouse report that an Arsenal-appointed broker has started to hold back-channel talks with Leicester City over a possible deal for James Maddison. Leicester don’t consider Maddison unsellable, but they’ll only let him go if the price is right. Part of the problem is that Norwich City are due to profit from Maddison’s sale, with the suggestion they’re owed 10-15% of the fee. So with that in mind, Leicester are likely to hold out for more than they might without such a clause. Arsenal are open to reaching a compromise with Leicester, but will turn to other options if Leicester insist on an ‘astronomical amount’. Arsenal are unwilling to overspend on one player when they have other business still to do. This is at least a slightly more optimistic assessment of the situation than we recently heard from the likes David Ornstein and Fabrizio Romano. They both suggested a deal would be very unlikely given it would be a huge stretch of the club’s finances. TheAFCBell’s report doesn’t exa...
