{"id":889,"date":"2026-04-06T17:51:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T17:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/?p=889"},"modified":"2026-04-06T17:51:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T17:51:38","slug":"arsenal-given-castello-lukeba-transfer-boost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/?p=889","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal given Castello Lukeba transfer boost"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Arsenal fans may be interested to hear that Fabrizio Romano rates the chances of Castello Lukeba leaving RB Leipzig at around 80-90% likely this summer.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The talented 23-year-old has impressed in his time in the Bundesliga and it makes sense that he\u2019s now seen as someone Leipzig could cash in on.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3dJIobOrecQ\">YouTube channel, Romano<\/a> says it now looks very likely that Lukeba will be moving on this summer, though he did not name a specific club the Frenchman could be joining.<\/p>\n<p>A recent report from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lequipe.fr\/Football\/Actualites\/Mercato-arsenal-travaille-sur-le-dossier-du-defenseur-du-rb-leipzig-castello-lukeba\/1658653\">The Team<\/a> stated that Arsenal were in initial discussions over signing Lukeba, so that could be one to watch out for in the weeks and months ahead.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL CAUGHTOFFSIDE APP FOR ALL THE LATEST &#038; BREAKING UPDATES \u2013 STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE! ON <span role=\"presentation\"><u><a id=\"m_-8842039462880764662OWA0ed77145-59b1-d579-11a5-1fee76b80340\" href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/gb\/app\/caught-offside\/id515902300\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/gb\/app\/caught-offside\/id515902300&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1772139200113000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0Cd9hGULNj_KnO1revzyC6\">APPLE<\/a><\/u><\/span> &#038; <span role=\"presentation\"><u><a id=\"m_-8842039462880764662OWAae4ab359-9a96-08aa-cd1c-c903ae7ad35f\" href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.caught.offsidetwo&amp;hl=en_GB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id%3Dcom.caught.offsidetwo%26hl%3Den_GB&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1772139200113000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0MJzfBPD3iKX-nmWn0ghkk\">GOOGLE PLAY<\/a><\/u><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Fabrizio Romano on Castello Lukeba transfer<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cThere is a lot of interest in Castello Lukeba,\u201d Romano said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe release clause is around \u20ac80m but the player can leave for less than this in this summer\u2019s transfer window. So there are several clubs following the situation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor Lukeba it\u2019s close to 80-90% the possibility to see him leaving already in this 2026 summer transfer window. There will be movement for the player for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Do Arsenal need Castello Lukeba?<\/h2>\n<p>Lukeba is a fine player at a good phase of his career, and it seems like he wouldn\u2019t cost a fortune.<\/p>\n<p>However, do Arsenal really need another centre-back? It\u2019s perhaps hard to see Lukeba getting much playing time due to the presence of William Saliba and Gabriel Magalhaes, while Cristhian Mosquera is a solid backup and Riccardo Calafiori and Jurrien Timber can also fill in in that position.<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><strong>Lukeba Castle<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><strong>TOTAL SCORE: 14\/25<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">Transfer fee<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">***<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">Performance<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">***<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">Achievements<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">**<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">Career phase<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">*****<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">Squad need<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>For that reason, see the table above as we\u2019ve given Lukeba to Arsenal a XX with our Transfer Fit rating system \u2013 find out more about how the scoring works here.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve also previously been told about Chelsea and Liverpool being among Lukeba\u2018s suitors.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End -->\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal fans may be interested to hear that Fabrizio Romano rates the chances of Castello<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":890,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-889","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\/889","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=889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/889\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}