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Rob Holding is expected to leave Arsenal before the transfer window shuts.
He is now the longest serving player at the Gunners, but, despite the season ending injury to Jurrien Timber, there is intense competition for places in the centre-back position, and the 27 year old finds himself down the pecking order under Mikel Arteta.
Despite being a popular figure in the dressing room, he is now at the stage of his career where he needs to be playing regular first team football.
Earlier in the summer, Turkish club Beşiktaş made a bid for him, but the amount they offered was considered derisory, and was rejected out of hand by the Gunners.
This time, several clubs in Spain are reported to be circling and one of them will be hopeful of completing a deal for a player who has won two FA Cup winners’ medals during his time at the Emirates.
Andy is an exiled English football fan living in Cyprus. He loves all sports but football is his abiding passion, and he still has dreams every now and then about scoring the winning goal in a Wembley Cup Final, even though his playing days are long gone. He follows most major leagues, across Europe at least, and has a favoured team in each. When he’s not watching, listening, reading or downloading podcasts about football, he spend his time worrying about his beloved Arsenal.