{"id":1591,"date":"2026-08-19T11:15:03","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T11:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/footballars.xyz\/?p=1591"},"modified":"2026-08-19T11:15:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T11:15:03","slug":"ezri-konsa-transfer-news-arsenal-in-advanced-talks-to-sign-aston-villa-and-england-defender-football-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/?p=1591","title":{"rendered":"Ezri Konsa transfer news: Arsenal in advanced talks to sign Aston Villa and England defender | Football News"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Arsenal are in advanced talks with Aston Villa to sign Ezri Konsa.<\/p>\n

The Gunners’ interest in Konsa has lasted all summer, with Villa initially valuing him at \u00a360m – a valuation Arsenal were unwilling to meet.<\/p>\n

The 28-year-old has two years remaining on his contract at Villa.<\/p>\n

More to follow.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Analysis: Konsa is a perfect Arteta player – here’s why<\/h3>\n

Sky Sports’ Sam Blitz:<\/em><\/p>\n

If there’s one thing you need to know about Mikel Arteta, it’s that he loves players that win duels. Nobody was better at it than Ezri Konsa last season.<\/p>\n

The England international won more duels on the ground than any other Premier League player last season – finishing quite some distance ahead of his nearest challengers Virgil van Dijk and Gabriel – who looks set to be his team-mate next season.<\/p>\n

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Arsenal are in need of defensive reinforcement this summer with both William Saliba and Jurrien Timber both out injured, so need a player who can cover both right-back and centre-back roles.<\/p>\n

The Gunners do have Cristhian Mosquera and Ben White as cover in those roles – and both performed well in the Community Shield win over Man City – but the latter has a difficult injury record over the last two seasons.<\/p>\n

Arsenal also saw the importance of having good depth at right-back when Mosquera was forced to start the Champions League final with PSG out of position – which then resulted in the young Spaniard conceding a penalty.<\/p>\n

Should a move for Konsa be completed, Arsenal have filled an important part of their team – and would be very close to completing their transfer window from an incomings point of view.<\/p>\n

Can they find the forward player they have been looking the whole window for?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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