Arsenal are reportedly interested in signing Shakhtar Donetsk defender Dodo as they attempt to find a replacement for Hector Bellerin. The Spanish right-back has been out on loan this season with Real Betis and appears unlikely to return to the Emirates Stadium next term.
football.london understands that Arsenal are set to open talks with the La Liga outfit regarding the permanent transfer of the academy graduate, with just a year remaining on his current Gunners deal. Should an agreement be found between the two clubs, then that would see Bellerin bring to an end his 11-year association with Arsenal having arrived from Barcelona in 2011.
Any permanent deal would leave Edu with a significant choice to make over the right-back berth at the Emirates Stadium. Takehiro Tomiyasu was only signed last summer and despite appearing to be Mikel Arteta ’s first-choice, has been hit with a multitude of injury problems.
