Fenerbahce have reportedly agreed personal terms with Arsenal’s Leandro Trossard, but claims of club-to-club negotiations have been denied.
Following rumours in the Turkish media in recent days, Gary Jacob reported for The Times that Leandro Trossard had agreed personal terms on a three-year deal with Fenerbahce.
Jacob claimed that Arsenal would be willing to let Trossard leave, and that they’d be likely to want a fee of around £20m. But no such fee has been agreed at this stage.
The report added that Trossard has been trying to get an improved contract at Arsenal since last summer, as he currently earns £90,000 a week, below many of his Gunners teammates.
Fenerbahce are likely to be able to beat the net wage Arsenal are offering due to their more favourable tax laws with regards to footballers.
Some of the reports in Turkey had suggested that after agreeing personal terms with Trossard, Fenerbahce were involved in transfer fee negotiations with Arsenal.
Yet Fabrizio Romano reports that Fenerbahce are not currently in concrete talks with Arsenal, having not received any formal bid or approach from the club for the winger so far.
That doesn’t necessarily conflict with the report in The Times, which was simply about the agreement on personal terms and specifically stated that there was no fee agreement.
But it does raise the question of why Fenerbahce wouldn’t have made any approach if personal terms really are done.
Hopes of an agreement with Fenerbahce were a long shot to begin with. The club have never spent £20m on any player, ever, with their record signing standing at €19.5m (£16.8m).
It would be a surprise to see them smash that record for Trossard this summer, but you never know.