23-year-old is pushing to leave Arsenal this month, he played in 5-0 win over Crystal Palace

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Arsenal defender Jakub Kiwior is now pushing to leave the Gunners before the transfer window shuts next week.

Mikel Arteta‘s side returned to winning ways with a 5-0 victory over Crystal Palace on Saturday. Kiwior, who doesn’t play too often, came off the bench for the last nine minutes against the Eagles.

Jakub Kiwior is pushing to leave Arsenal

Arsenal signed Jakub Kiwior from Spezia exactly a year ago for £20 million (Sky Sports).

The Pole was never brought in to be the first-choice – he has always been behind Gabriel Magalhaes and William Saliba in the pecking order at the Emirates.

However, Mikel Arteta has used him at left-back on a few occasions in the absence of Oleksandr Zinchenko over the last few months.

Kiwior, however, isn’t satisfied with the game time he has received, claims CalcioMercato. The Pole wants to be playing a lot more, but unfortunately for him, that doesn’t look likely at the moment.

So, the report claims that the 23-year-old is pushing for a farewell in the coming days, and Italian giants AC Milan are keen to sign him.

It has been reported that a Fikayo Tomori-like deal would satisfy everyone – a loan deal with the option to make that permanent in the summer.

Arsenal should not let Kiwior go

Arsenal know better than any other club how bad things could get if they lose one of their key defenders – just look at what happened after William Saliba got injured last season.

Rob Holding just couldn’t perform at the Frenchman’s level, and many feel that is the biggest reason why Arsenal did not win the Premier League title.

Arsenal looked a lot better with Jakub Kiwior at centre-back in the back end of last season, and that is exactly why they need to keep hold of him now.

The Pole is a really talented player, and even though he’s never likely to start ahead of Gabriel or Saliba, he’s an excellent backup who could really help the Gunners in the coming months.