Arsenal transfer boost as European sides queue up for Jakub Kiwior | OneFootball

Mikel Arteta is happy to keep the defender, who has fallen down the pecking order

Target: Jakub Kiwior

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Arsenal defender Jakub Kiwior is a target for AC Milan and Porto this summer.

The Poland international, however, has slipped down the pecking order following the arrival of Christian Mosquera this summer.

Kiwior was left out of the Arsenal squad for their opening game of the Premier League season at Old Trafford last weekend.

AC Milan and Porto are understood to both be interested in signing the centre-back before the transfer window closes this summer.

Arsenal and Mikel Arteta would be happy to keep hold of Kiwior, but could be tempted into selling if an offer is too good to turn down.

Kiwior may also express a desire to leave Emirates Stadium if he is going to struggle for game time this season.

The 25-year-old has been with Arsenal since 2023, arriving from Spezia for around £20million, and he has offered cover at left-back and in the heart of defence.

Kiwior has failed to nail down a regular spot in the first team, though, and a move away from the Gunners may offer that.

Porto have shown the most concrete interest so far, with reports in Poland earlier this summer claiming they had a bid turned down.

AC Milan hold a long-term interest in Kiwior and are tracking the defender in case he decides to leave.

Kiwior is one of several players that Arsenal are looking to shift in the final few weeks of the transfer window.

Albert Sambi Lokonga, Fabio Vieira, Karl Hein, Oleksandr Zinchenko and Reiss Nelson could all leave.

The future of Leandro Trossard is uncertain, too. The Belgian has not signed a new contract and Arsenal have been scouting left wingers.