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Arsenal target sensational swoop for Ibrahima Konate from RB Leipzig

By Ross Kennerley

LISBON, PORTUGAL - SEPTEMBER 17: Ibrahima Konate of RB Leipzig looks on prior to the UEFA Champions League group G match between SL Benfica and RB Leipzig at Estadio da Luz on September 17, 2019 in Lisbon, Portugal. (Photo by Quality Sport Images/Getty Images)
LISBON, PORTUGAL - SEPTEMBER 17: Ibrahima Konate of RB Leipzig looks on prior to the UEFA Champions League group G match between SL Benfica and RB Leipzig at Estadio da Luz on September 17, 2019 in Lisbon, Portugal. (Photo by Quality Sport Images/Getty Images) /
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Arsenal target sensational swoop for RB Leipzig central defender Ibrahima Konate as Gunners consider centre-back reinforcements in summer transfer window. (Photo by Quality Sport Images/Getty Images) /

Arsenal have added RB Leizpig defender Ibrahima Konate to their list of summer transfer window targets as they consider a move for the highly-rated RB Leizpig man.

Already certain to be a busy summer in north London, the list continues to grow each week as speculation circulates, with transfers in and out needing to take place in almost every position across the team.

Despite offloading two centre-backs in January in Shkodran Mustafi and Sokratis, Arsenal are still heavily stocked in that department but all could change come the summer with more departures expected.

Mikel Arteta currently has two central defenders (right sided ones at that) away from the club on loan, with in-house options Calum Chambers, Rob Holding and David Luiz making up the rest of the group.

Arsenal target sensational swoop for RB Leipzig central defender Ibrahima Konate as Gunners consider centre-back reinforcements in summer transfer window

That hasn’t prevented the Gunners from drawing up a list of targets, with the Evening Standard reporting they’ve thrown their hat in the ring for RB Leipzig’s Ibrahima Konate.

The 21-year-old makes up one half of a formidable centre-back pairing for Julian Nagelsmann’s side alongside Dayot Upamecano, a player that Arsenal have also been heavily tracking over recent seasons. German outlet BILD reported back in the summer of 2019 that Leipzig turned down a hefty £54.7m bid from Arsenal, who along with the rest of Europe have now missed out as Upamecano will join Bayern Munich at the end of the season.

His fellow countryman is no major downgrade, however, as Konate continues to earn praise across Europe as the quintessential modern centre-half.

He’s being tracked in the hope he could become available in the summer, but the club are not alone in his signature with big-hitters across the continent – including Chelsea and Liverpool – keen on luring the promising defender away from the Red Bull Arena.

Is he someone Arsenal could logistically snare?

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