Report: Napoli have joined the hunt for Arsenal defender Sead Kolasinac

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Italian outfit Napoli have reportedly registered their interest in signing Arsenal defender Sead Kolasinac.

According to a report from TMW, the Serie A side are keen on the Bosnia international, whose chances of regular minutes at the Emirates Stadium in 2020/21 are slim.

The 27-year-old is behind Kieran Tierney in the pecking order, and he also even has Ainsley Maitland-Niles ahead of him.

Kolasinac arrived at Arsenal on a free transfer in 2017, and has made 105 appearances for the club.

TMW say Napoli want to add Kolasinac to their ranks, but must first make room.

And they could do that by selling Faouzi Ghoulam to Wolverhampton Wanderers, the report suggests.

Arsenal are hoping to make a number of sales in the next few weeks in order to fund moves for targets such as Thomas Partey and Houssem Aouar.

TBR’s View – Cash in for the right price

Kolasinac has been somewhat disappointing during his time at Arsenal.

He impressed upon first joining, with fans really taking to his physical style, but there have been question marks about him defensively.

It could be in Arsenal’s best interests to cash in now while the £100,000-a-week player (Spotrac) is in his prime and has a couple of years remaining on his contract before his value drops.