• Mavropanos set to join Premier League side for a fee of £1.9m • Young centre-back expected to be sent out on loanArsenal are set to sign the Greek defender Konstantinos Mavropanos from PAS Giannina for a fee of £1.9m (€2.1m). Mavropanos is regarded as one of the best defenders to emerge in Greece in the past 10 years. His physicality is a big asset and essential for him to be successful in the Premier League. Mavropanos is still young and Nikopolidis says he needs to improve to have a chance of playing for the Arsenal first team. At Arsenal he will face totally different situations so he must work very hard on this to succeed.”

Source: The Guardian January 03, 2018 17:15 UTC