![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/arsenal-eyeing-26-5m-ibrahima-bamba-transfer-after-making-request-to-guimaraes/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/1_Vitoria-Guimaraes-v-SL-Benfica-Liga-Portugal-Bwin.jpg&description=Arsenal are looking at transfer options to sign in January and in the summer but will need to fight off Atalanta and Spaniards Villarreal to buy midfielder Ibrahima BambaMikel Arteta looks ahead to Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang reunion against ChelseaArsenal are keeping tabs on Vitoria Guimaraes's defensive midfielder Ibrahima Bamba. The 20-year-old has an ever-growing list of admirers after breaking on to the scene in the Portuguese league, with Italian side Atalanta and Spaniards Villarreal making plenty of the running. But Guimaraes have been told the Gunners are also keeping tabs on Bamba's development and that they want to be kept abreast of any developments should they decide to let him leave. Bamba is valued at around £26.5million and has been watched by scouts from the Premier League club. The player is not expected to leave in January, although a big offer from one of his suitors could tempt his side to do business. Bamba, who joined Guimaraes in 2020, was born in Italy of Ivorian descent and in May this year was called up to train with a large group of players by Italy boss Roberto Mancini. Meanwhile, Eddie Nketiah is targeting next season to realise his "dream" of playing in the Champions League. The Gunners sit top of the Premier League heading into the penultimate round of fixtures before the World Cup but face a tough trip to Chelsea on Sunday lunchtime. Nketiah, 23, started out in Chelsea's academy before being released and later picked up by Arsenal, where he signed a new contract last summer, reportedly earning him in the region of £100,000 a week. Ibrahima Bamba in action for Vitoria Guimaraes ( Jose Manuel Alvarez/Quality Sport Images/Getty Images) His good goalscoring end to last season no doubt went a long way to securing those terms, as well as the number 14 shirt previously worn by Thierry Henry, as he hit five goals in his last seven Premier League games - including a brace in a 4-2 win at Stamford Bridge. Nketiah has yet to get off the mark in t){kind=link}
Arsenal are looking at transfer options to sign in January and in the summer but will need to fight off Atalanta and Spaniards Villarreal to buy midfielder Ibrahima Bamba
Arsenal are keeping tabs on Vitoria Guimaraes’s defensive midfielder Ibrahima Bamba.
The 20-year-old has an ever-growing list of admirers after breaking on to the scene in the Portuguese league, with Italian side Atalanta and Spaniards Villarreal making plenty of the running.
But Guimaraes have been told the Gunners are also keeping tabs on Bamba’s development and that they want to be kept abreast of any developments should they decide to let him leave.
Bamba is valued at around £26.5million and has been watched by scouts from the Premier League club. The player is not expected to leave in January, although a big offer from one of his suitors could tempt his side to do business.