Fiorentina have slapped a €30 million (£23m) price-tag on Stevan Jovetic, who is reportedly being monitored by Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool.
The 22-year-old is under contract at the Stadio Artemio Franchi until 2016, so Fiorentina are really holding all the cards at this point and can pretty much state whatever price they like. Arsenal’s involvement in any transfer for the Yugoslavian will not only depend on what happens elsewhere, but it will also come down to whether the club want to break their record transfer fee by £8 million. That alone looks like a big stumbling block as we all know Arsene Wenger isn’t likely to spend £20 million on a player.
Daniele Prade, sporting director of Fiorentina, had this to say on the potential sale of Jovetic this summer:
‘Since the start of last season we have said that we are not selling Jovetic. There is, however, an agreement with the player that [should we get an offer] above a certain figure, we will sit down and evaluate the offer.’
He added:
‘So far we have not received an offer for the player. He is a top player and we will only consider offers above €30million.’
There is no doubting that he is a fantastic player, but I cannot honestly see the transfer happening, purely because we are highly unlikely to spend £23 million on Jovetic. Besides, we already have Lukas Podolski and Olivier Giroud.
What do you guys think?
Should Wenger splash the cash on Jovetic if RVP leaves, or is there a player out there that is being overlooked that you would like to see come in?
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He would be perfect of what I’ve seen in YouTube.
Lol anyone can look good on YouTube. We would be absolutely retarded to pay 23m for him, he’s a great player but we should pay 15m max.
Am begging the board of gunner to pls buy this guy jovetic so that the attack can look sharper and dangerous to any defender.
Me too I can’t c this happening but I wish it would as it would shut up som of the tw@t critics
He’d feel at home in the purple if he did turn up.
Don’t worry Jack, Arsene never pays more than he thinks a player is worth.
This is why we miss getting so many.
With 29 players still at the club that are over 21 its a matter of lets see who is leaving first. there is no way arsenal will buy more players until some leave. i would say at least 5 need to find new clubs permanently or for next season just for us to bring in one. after that it can be a.case of one out one in. thats the strategy we used last summer and that strategy saw wenger improve the team from 4th to 3rd
Wenger will never buy Jovetic for that amount. We don’t need him so why spend. Some people want to buy every player that becomes available. It is very silly. Thankfully Wenger is smart.
I’m sure u r not arsenal fan Scott boy cause u talking shit guys a lot of tottenham fans r leaving comment such as Scoty boy
he will help arsenal of beating man city man-u and any other top team cause this guy iz much better then louwandaski wat ever hiz name is. and plus his young as will.so i think he would suits arsenal.
so, people want us to spend double on a player that scored less that Giroud and Podolski last season? How does that make any sense?