{"id":781,"date":"2026-04-06T04:28:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T04:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/?p=781"},"modified":"2026-04-06T04:28:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T04:28:18","slug":"real-madrid-target-maxence-lacroix-arsenal-handed-major-boost-in-christian-kofane-chase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/?p=781","title":{"rendered":"Real Madrid target Maxence Lacroix; Arsenal handed major boost in Christian Kofane chase"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-blocks\">\n<div style=\"word-break:break-word\" class=\"first:font-bold md:text-lg text-base paragraph-content\"><b>Sunday&#8217;s speculation features a boost for Arsenal in their pursuit of Christian Kofane and Real Madrid&#8217;s move for Maxence Lacroix.<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"word-break:break-word\" class=\"first:font-bold md:text-lg text-base paragraph-content\"><b>Christian Kofane&#8217;s<\/b> agent spilled the beans last week after admitting Arsenal are interested in a deal to sign his client. The talented teenager has caught the eye at Bayer Leverkusen with the Gunners holding initial talks. Arsenal have now been handed a boost in their bid to sign the Cameroonian centre-forward, with <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Plettigoal\/status\/2040009744253952132\" target=\"_blank\">Sky Germany<\/a> revealing that Bayern Munich are not planning to rival the North Londoners at this stage.<\/div>\n<div style=\"word-break:break-word\" class=\"first:font-bold md:text-lg text-base paragraph-content\">Also of interest to Arsenal is <b>Anthony Gordon.<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transferfeed.com\/transfers\/ao-tanaka-leeds-united-southampton\/36975589\" target=\"_blank\">Football Transfers<\/a> tell us that a transfer tug-of-war between the Gunners and Liverpool is set to take place this summer. Both sides want to add Gordon to their ranks with a bidding war expected.<\/div>\n<div style=\"word-break:break-word\" class=\"first:font-bold md:text-lg text-base paragraph-content\">Real Madrid&#8217;s search for a centre-back has turned to Selhurst Park. After cooling interest in <b>Ibrahima Konate<\/b> and <b>William Saliba<\/b>the Spanish side have locked in on another Premier League-based Frenchman. DefensaCentral claim <b>Maxence Lacroix<\/b> is on Real&#8217;s radar after an impressive season at Crystal Palace that earned him a France debut last month.<\/div>\n<div style=\"word-break:break-word\" class=\"first:font-bold md:text-lg text-base paragraph-content\">Sticking with the Spanish side, <b>Edward Camavinga<\/b> looks likely to be on the move. Having seen his status decline with Los Blancos, a transfer has been mooted. However, Media Foot say PSG are not in the running in a boost to Premier League suitors.<\/div>\n<div style=\"word-break:break-word\" class=\"first:font-bold md:text-lg text-base paragraph-content\">According to the same outlet, Paris Saint-Germain are interested in <b>Gabriel Martinelli.<\/b> An offer of \u00a350m could reportedly be enough to sign the speedster from Arsenal in the summer.<\/div>\n<div style=\"word-break:break-word\" class=\"first:font-bold md:text-lg text-base paragraph-content\">In other London-Ligue 1 connections, Chelsea are plotting more business with sister-club Strasbourg. <b>Valentin Barco <\/b>could be the latest name to pull on the blue shirt of both clubs, say <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/4162645\/chelsea-valentin-barco-strasbourg-liam-rosenior-transfer-news\/\" target=\"_blank\">talkSPORT.<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"word-break:break-word\" class=\"first:font-bold md:text-lg text-base paragraph-content\">Finally, Southampton are eyeing a move for Leeds midfielder <b>In Tanaka<\/b>. Last season&#8217;s Players&#8217; Player of the Year hasn&#8217;t quite been as important this time around, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transferfeed.com\/transfers\/ao-tanaka-leeds-united-southampton\/36975589\" target=\"_blank\">Transfer Feed<\/a> reporting that the Saints keen on a summer deal, regardless of whether promotion is achieved.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday&#8217;s speculation features a boost for Arsenal in their pursuit of Christian Kofane and Real<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":782,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=781"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/781\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}