Fabián Ruiz will be one of the most coveted footballers during the next summer transfer market. Beyond the fact that the Spanish midfielder, statistics aside (5 goals and 4 assists), is signing one of the best seasons since he arrived in Naples in 2021/2022, his contractual situation leaves the Partenopeo club in a very delicate situation . And it is that The connection of the former Real Betis player ends in June 2023 and, according to Italy, he would have rejected the possibility of signing a new contract with the Neapolitan team. That is why next summer becomes the last possibility for Aurelio De Laurentiis to obtain an economic return for Fabián Ruiz. ORNo footballer for whom Napoli paid around 30M euros in 2018. Hence, the suitors of the Spanish international are already doing the math and preparing their offers to close an operation that is not expected to be easy due to the number of interested teams.
According to the British newspaper Mirror, Arsenal would be following the Napoli player very closely and even the footballer’s agents would have already met with members of the board Gunner to “meet the demands” of the player. And it is that, While the Partenopeo team wants to receive at least 18M euros plus bonus for the transfer, Fabián Ruiz “is looking for a four-year contract”, the same number of seasons that his Neapolitan adventure would have lasted if he left next summer. Looking ahead to the possible incorporation of the Spanish midfielder, whose sale would help clean up Napoli’s accounts, from England they point out that “Arsenal is carrying out provisional checks” during this season. “The technician of the GunnersMikel Arteta, is a great admirer of his compatriot and he believes he would bring the kind of qualities he has tried to instill in his group in North London.”
However, and although Fabián Ruiz is one of the main objectives of the London team during the next summer market, the race for the Spanish international will be neither short nor easy. And it is that there are many, and very important, teams that have shown their interest in the 25-year-old player. Clubs of the stature of Real Madrid or FC Barcelona. From England they also include the two Spanish teams in the fight for the Napoli player, who would have been on the radar of whites and Catalans for a long time. The big European clubs will thus take advantage of the need for the Neapolitans to release important players to raise money and take, without excessive cost, one of the fittest midfielders in both Serie A and the European continent.