Holec congratulates Jakub Kiwior as his £22M move to Arsenal is close to being finalised
A former MSK Zilina teammate of Jakub Kiwior’s has wished the Poland international ‘good luck’ on his official Instagram account as the Polish defender nears the conclusion of his £22 million transfer to Premier League leaders Arsenal.
Those who have been following Kiwior’s meteoric ascent to fame will be as surprised as Holec by this latest development. The elegant central defender has played as recently as the 2020/21 season, with Zilina’s reserve squad in Slovakia’s second division.
His wait may soon be over as he is close to joining an Arsenal team that is now five points ahead at the top of the Premier League.
This report from Tuttomercatoweb suggests that Arsenal is close to signing Kiwior to a five-and-a-half-year contract. Furthermore, the Gunners will make an initial deposit of £22 million. Spezia, a team in Serie A, thereby reaped a huge windfall from the sale of a player they had acquired for next to nothing 18 months before.
Over the weekend, the versatile Kiwior, who drew attention at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, will face a medical examination. Maybe even before Sunday’s massive match at the Emirates Stadium against bitter rivals Manchester United.
Former Zilina teammate Holec, based on his emoji selection, was not expecting to see Kiwior join one of the largest and most storied teams in international football so soon after they shared a dressing room at the Stadion pod Dubnom.
‘Good luck’, Holec writes, accompanied by a ‘mind-blown’ emoji.
The addition of Kiwior to Arsenal’s roster would likely increase competition for the starting left-footed centre-back position, currently occupied by Gabriel Magalhaes. Leandro Trossard of Brighton and Hove Albion was announced as a Gunners player on Friday afternoon, making him Arteta’s second signing of the window.
