Arsenal join Carvalho chase, and is Morata deal back on?

Gunners after Man United midfield target as Barcelona tipped to move for Nemanja Vidic

william-carvalho2.jpg
(Image credit: 2013 AFP)

THERE was a time when Arsenal's chances of beating Manchester United to the hand of a European hotshot were about as good as Sunderland's, or Swansea's, of beating the Red Devils in the cup. But with United falling faster than the rain over Somerset, ITV claims that Arsenal are the favourites to sign Sporting Lisbon's William Carvalho even though David Moyes has been tracking the midfielder for months.

It appears that Arsenal began to take an interest in Carvalho last month when they despatched Francis Cagigao to Lisbon to watch him in action for Sporting. As ITV notes, Cagigao is the man who discovered Cesc Fabregas in Barcelona's academy and Arsene Wenger still values his judgment a decade on.

Subscribe to The Week

Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.

SUBSCRIBE & SAVE
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/flexiimages/jacafc5zvs1692883516.jpg

Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

Sign up
Bill Mann is a football correspondent for The Week.co.uk, scouring the world's football press daily for the popular Transfer Talk column.