Manchester united have today made a concrete approach to sign Lille defender Gabriel, with the player set to decide his next move this week.
Gabriel dos Santos Magalhães, known as Gabriel, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as defender for Ligue 1 club Lille and the Brazilian national team.
Gabriel is an Arsenal target and reports indicate that arsenal are the favourites to sign the defender with the mirror earlier today claiming that the player was undergoing medicals at the London club
A more recent report from Gianluca Di Marzio does cast some doubt over the Arsenal transfer, as they talk about the player needing more time to decide after Man United made a late bid to sign him.
As things stand, they report that the player is now looking for another 48 hours to make his mind up on where he wants to go.
That will be worrying from an Arsenal point of view because you would like to think the player has made his mind up if he undergoes a medical, and they will be wondering what he needs extra time to think about.
You still have to think that Arsenal are in pole position here and they’ll hope to get this over the line soon.
We are monitoring the situation. Reports indicate that Roma have made a serious bid for united returnee Chris smalling, a bid around £11m
