Arsenal were interested in signing Calvin Bassey from Rangers in the summer transfer window, but did not push through the deal.
Bassey moved from Rangers to Ajax in a deal worth an initial £19.6million in July. The 22-year-old defender effectively became a replacement for Lisandro Martinez, who left Amsterdam to join Manchester United for £55m.
The Gunners, meanwhile, were looking for defensive reinforcements after offloading Konstantinos Mavropanos and Pablo Mari to Stuttgart and Monza respectively. In the end the return of William Saliba from his various loan spells in France meant Arsenal could pass on the signing of a central defender.
