Olympiakos yet to receive formal offer from Arsenal for Kostas Manolas
Greek champions Olympiakos have confirmed that they have yet to receive any formal offers from Arsenal for reported defensive target Kostas Manolas.
The 23-year-old, who impressed in the World Cup for Greece, has been linked with a move to the Gunners as cover for first choice pairing Per Mertesacker and Laurent Koscielny.
Olympiakos strategic director Christian Karembeu admitted last week that potential suitors have made ‘enquiries’ and ‘proposals’ for the Greek centre back, but as of Tuesday afternoon there no official bids had been received.
Greek news outlet Sport24 report that Arsenal are in negoatiations with the player’s agents but Manolas is undecided whether to leave Piraeus and become third or fourth choice centre back at Emirates Stadium.
Naxos-born Manolas was one of his team’s star performers in Brazil as Greece reached the last-16, where they were knocked out on penalties by Joel Campbell’s Costa Rica side.
Since joining Olympiakos in 2012 he has won the Greek title in both his seasons in Piraeus and scored five goals in all competitions last season.
His current contract doesn’t run out until 2016, so any interested club would have to match Olympiakos’ £8million valuation in order to acquire the talented defender this summer.
Chris, do you think that he will come eventually? His arrival may solve our DM-issues as well, with Chambers to move there.
The English gossip needs to end. More over Wenger has lost his touch. Khedira should have been bought by now and a proven striker from the EL should have been included. I would have preferred Shane Long who is a British or for at least 1 season Eto. We need goals. 3 points is what we need in 90% of the games. Otherwise we will be the record breaking 4th team in EL. Do you think Wenger can land a proven EPL striker or a Super striker like Cavani by the end of the transfer window.
He lost the powerful Chis Samba in the past. He missed on Julio Cezar last time. He missed out Jaikilka. He will be missing out all the names which came up. I have not bought the expensive ticket this time because Ozil and Alexis can not give us the premier league trophy.