The Independent<\/a>as Mikel Arteta\u2019s side prepares for a significant squad overhaul ahead of the next campaign.<\/p>\nArsenal set sights on PSG\u2019s Kvaratskhelia in ambitious summer chase<\/h2>\n The 25-year-old Georgian joined PSG in January 2025 and has quickly made his mark, registering 20 goals and 15 assists across 69 appearances. In the current 2025\/26 Ligue 1 season, he has scored 4 goals and recorded 3 assists from 21 appearances, averaging a 6.86 FotMob rating domestically. Those numbers look considerably more impressive in the Champions League, where he has four goals and three assists from nine matches, yielding a rating of 7.58. His overall goal involvement across the season sits at 0.61 per 90 minutes, and his non-penalty expected goals per 90 places him in the 93rd percentile among Ligue 1 players.<\/p>\n
The man for the big occasion<\/h2>\n Kvaratskhelia steps up his game noticeably in the Champions League, where he tirelessly patrols the left flank, making pressing runs, cutting off passing lanes, and covering Nuno Mendes\u2019 forward runs. His standout recent performance came against Chelsea, scoring in both legs of the Champions League last-16 tie, contributing a brace and an assist across the two fixtures. That said, Kvaratskhelia\u2019s domestic impact has appeared more scattered this season compared to last, with 13 starts in 22 Ligue 1 appearances and eight substitution exits highlighting his inconsistent deployment.<\/p>\n
Kvaratskhelia has his own strengths: dribbling, two-footedness, and elite one-versus-one ability in tight spaces. His weakness, one PSG seemingly accept, is that he drifts in and out of games against defensively compact sides; precisely the type Arsenal often encounter in Premier League football.<\/p>\n
The financial and contractual maze<\/h2>\n PSG signed Kvaratskhelia in January 2025, and he has three years remaining on his contract, with the Qatari owners under no financial pressure to sell. Any move is expected to cost upwards of \u00a3160 million, and players such as Gabriel Martinelli and Leandro Trossard could depart to make room. Kvaratskhelia\u2019s current market value is approximately \u20ac108.7 million, according to FotMob data, though Transfermarkt placed it at \u20ac90 million as of December 2025.<\/p>\n
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PSG sources confirm Arsenal did make enquiries, but those close to the situation warn that any transfer remains a distant prospect at best. The honest assessment here is that Arsenal going after a player who last month publicly declared his ambition to become one of PSG\u2019s greatest players, under a four-year deal, at a probable cost of around \u00a3150 million-plus, whilst managing Squad Cost Ratio constraints, sounds closer to a strategic probe than a genuine opening bid. But then, the most transformative signings always start exactly this way.<\/p>\n\n\n
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