Noni Madueke, Piero Hincapie, and Jakub Kiwior (Photo by Eddie Keogh, Lars Baron, Yong Teck Lim/Getty Images)
Piero Hincapie and Jakub Kiwior transfers are directly linked
Arsenal’s interest in Piero Hincapie is directly linked to Porto’s attempts to sign Jakub Kiwior.
The recruitment team are understood to view the Ecuador international as the ideal replacement for Kiwior, should his move to Portugal go through before the end of the transfer window.
So a lot depends on whether Arsenal and Porto can agree the final details on a deal for Kiwior, but also on whether Arsenal can simultaneously find an agreement with Bayer Leverkusen that works for Hincapie.
So at the time of writing this column it is still quite a complicated situation.
There were suggestions that Kiwior was going to be travelling to Portugal on Tuesday to complete his medical with Porto, but I was always told that wasn’t the case.
From what I understand there are still things that need to fall into place before Kiwior is allowed to leave and it doesn’t take a genius to work out that those things centre around whether a replacement comes in.
Arsenal have spent this window building a squad they believe is perfectly equipped for the club to be able to compete on all fronts and to be able to deal with any injury issues, so the last thing they want is to leave themselves short in a key area just before the deadline, especially with the possibility that Oleksandr Zinchenko could leave as well.
Piero Hincapie in action for Bayer Leverkusen (Photo by Stuart Franklin/Getty Images)
They also need to ensure that a deal for Kiwior is in place, however, before pushing the button on a replacement as the squad simply does not have space for any more arrivals unless there are also departures.
So it’s a bit of a complicated one that the club are working on in the final days of window.
Jakub Kiwior fee looks a bit low – why are Arsenal so bad at selling?
I do think the Jakub Kiwior fee feels a bit low, although the overall number of the deal does shift a bit depending on who you speak to.
The final number coming from the Porto side of things certainly seems to differ from the final number Arsenal believe they…
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