Arsenal make fresh bid for willian carvalho.

According to The Sun , Arsenal have made a fresh
£28.5 million offer for Sporting Lisbon’s highly-
rated defensive midfielder William Carvalho.
The Portuguese international is currently in the
Czech Republic with his nation’s U21 side and
thoroughly impressed during their recent 1-0
European Championship win over England.
At 23, he has evidently outgrown his country’s
youth team ability-wise, and plenty of observers
feel that he is ready to move on from Portugal
and onto one of Europe’s elite clubs.
The Gunners have long been admirers of the
youngster, and after having a previous offer
rejected they have now upped their bid as they
look to bring in that elusive top quality defensive
midfielder.
“Arsenal have tabled a fresh £28.5million bid for
Sporting Lisbon’s William Carvalho. And the
Gunners could get their man if they stump up a
further £8.5m in add-ons to trigger the Portugal
midfielder’s £37m release clause,” the report in
The Sun states .

Following their impressive run towards the end of
last season, the Gunners were every bit as good
as Premier League champions Chelsea but doubts
remain over the strength in depth.
Central midfield has been an area of much
concern for years, and although Francois
Coquelin’s inclusion evidently improved the team
he has little in terms of competition for a first-
team place.

Last season, the Angola-born enforcer made 28
Portuguese top-flight starts and helped the club
achieve an impressive 76 points, their highest
tally for a number of years.
Carvalho will not only strengthen the Gunners in
that midfield area, but owing to his and
Coquelin’s young age they have the making of a
long-term partnership with the potential to really
dominate.