Club Brugge of Belgium attacker, Emmanuel Dennis Bonaventure is said to have snubbed a summer transfer offer from AS Monaco of France as well as Newcastle United and Southampton of England, as he is keen on joining their English Premier League rivals, Arsenal instead, megasportsarena.com gathered.
Details of the report out of Queensland add that Bonaventure is now closer to a summer deal with The Gunners, as the London club have edged ahead of Monaco, Newcastle, Southampton and four other clubs to sign him from the recently-confirmed back-to-back Belgian champions in the upcoming transfer window.
Daily Mail reports that Bonaventure has also attracted interest from Brighton, Sheffield United and Watford of England as well as Sampdoria of Italy and Real Madrid of Spain, against which he scored a brace in the UEFA Champions League, after which he also hit target versus Manchester United in the Europa League.
All those feats have attracted attention for the 22-year-old attacker, who was born n Adamawa State, and Brugge are already looking at the prospects of cashing n on huge demand flowing after the Super Eagles’ fringe player, as the Belgian champs hope to rake in at least 25m Euros for him in the coming month, though that figure could be lowered because of coronavirus issues.
Bonaventure had earlier been linked with an exit from Jan Breydel Stadium last summer, but he stayed put with Black & Blue after signing a new deal with improved pay, and his value soared even higher all through the campaign, due to his goals and top form in domestic and continental matches, and Arsenal now look closest to hooking the lad, who joined Club Brugge in 2017 from Zorya Lugansk of Ukraine and has now won the Belgian First Division title twice in three years.
In his reaction to widespread speculation surrounding his future, the rave of the moment went on to admit he is seeking a new challenge elsewhere, after spending three years at Brugge and posted that he s ready to confront any competition he s bound to face for spots in a bigger team
Bonaventure, who finished the season with nine goals in 31 appearances, told Sky Sports: “I like challenges. I’ve been here for three years. My focus right now is I have one more game this season – the Cup Final – which I want to win, that’s really important to me.”
