Recruited from Spezia for 20 million euros a year ago, Jakub Kiwior arouses the interest of OM, looking for several defenders to strengthen Roberto De Zerbi's squad in the winter transfer window.
Despite a more than decent start to the season with a second place in the championship, Olympique de Marseille should be active during the winter transfer window. The idea is not to revolutionize Roberto De Zerbi's squad, which was already thoroughly rebuilt six months ago, but rather to make some corrections. The offensive sector should not be affected because it is rather in defense that the Italian coach is not fully satisfied with what he currently has. Two to three defenders could arrive depending on the departures, including a right-back and one or two central defenders with a starting profile to stick to the philosophy of the ex-Brighton coach.
In this sense, a Premier League player caught the eye of the Marseille board according to CaughtOffsideit is Jakub Kiwior, recruited by Arsenal from Spezia in Serie A in January 2023 for 20 million euros. First a starter for the Gunners, the Polish international (31 caps) lost his place this summer to rookie Riccardo Calafiori. His falling playing time makes him a player potentially on the move to Arsenal and this arouses much desire. The British media reveals that in addition to OM, Juve, AC Milan, Inter, Naples, Atalanta, Fiorentina, Bologna, Sevilla and Villarreal are also in the running… just that.
OM very interested in Jakub Kiwior
Colossal competition to afford the highly coveted Jakub Kiwior, a 24-year-old central defender also capable of playing as a left back. It now remains to be seen whether Arsenal will agree to part with him definitively while for the moment, it is rather a loan which is mentioned for the player under contract with the Gunners until June 2028. The profile of Jakub Kiwior sticks in in any case 100% what Roberto De Zerbi is looking for to support Leonardo Balerdi in defense. It will now be interesting to see if Mehdi Benatia and Pablo Longoria will push this path to the point of making an offer to Arsenal in order to make them the first big recruit of the winter on the OM side.
