{"id":13914,"date":"2026-04-29T12:37:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T12:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/13914\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T12:37:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T12:37:18","slug":"arsenal-e50m-real-madrid-defender-finds-transfer-increasingly-attractive-as-arteta-wants-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/13914\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal: \u20ac50m Real Madrid defender finds transfer \u2018increasingly attractive\u2019 as Arteta \u2018wants\u2019 him"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta is keen on bringing Alvaro Carreras to the Emirates Stadium, according to a report, which has also revealed that the Real Madrid left-back is willing to make the move to the Gunners.<\/p>\n<p>Riccardo Calafiori and Myles Lewis-Skelly are the two recognised left-backs in the current <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/arsenal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arsenal<\/a> squad.<\/p>\n<p>Piero Hincapie is also able to play as a left-back despite being a centre-back by trade.<\/p>\n<p>Although Hincapie is on loan from Bayer Leverkusen at the moment, Arsenal plan to make it permanent at the end of the season.<\/p>\n<p>There does not seem that there is any immediate need for Arsenal to sign a new left-back, but, according to <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.caughtoffside.com\/2026\/04\/29\/sources-mikel-arteta-going-all-in-left-back-club\/\" target=\"_blank\">CaughtOffSide<\/a>, that is precisely what the north London club are planning to do.<\/p>\n<p>The report has claimed that Arsenal\u2019s \u2018interest\u2019 in signing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/tag\/alvaro-carreras\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alvaro Carreras<\/a> from Real Madrid in the summer transfer window \u2018particularly strong\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/who-will-win-the-2026-ballon-dor-yamal-the-runaway-early-favourite\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Who will win the 2026 Ballon d\u2019Or? It\u2019s Kane v Olise as it stands<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Arsenal manager <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/tag\/mikel-arteta\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mikel Arteta<\/a> is said to be \u2018an admirer\u2019 of the 23-year-old Spanish left-back and \u2018wants to make a summer move\u2019 for the Madrid star.<\/p>\n<p>Carreras joined <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/real-madrid\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Real Madrid<\/a> from Benfica in the summer of 2025 for \u20ac50million (\u00a343.3m), but he could be tempted to leave Estadio Bernabeu for the Emirates Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>CaughtOffSide has reported that \u2018Arteta\u2019s willingness to offer Carreras a meaningful role within the squad has made the move increasingly attractive from the player\u2019s perspective\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Real Madrid unlikely to sell Alvaro Carreras to Arsenal<\/p>\n<p>In football, you just do not know, but it is hard to see Madrid sell Carreras so soon after signing him.<\/p>\n<p>Carreras is supposed to be the long-term option for Madrid at left-back, and his encouraging performances this season suggest that Los Blancos made a good signing in him.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/10-transfer-mistakes-2025-fixing-2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ten Premier League transfer mistakes from 2025 that need fixing in 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old has made 24 starts and two substitute appearances in LaLiga and has played nine times in the Champions League for Madrid this season.<\/p>\n<p>Fran Garcia and Ferland Mendy are the other two left-back options in the Madrid squad.<\/p>\n<p>Garcia was close to leaving for Bournemouth in the January transfer window, and there is a very good chance the 26-year-old will leave Estadio Bernabeu for good this summer.<\/p>\n<p>Mendy is a very good left-back, but the 30-year-old has had injury problems and fitness issues.<\/p>\n<p>Carreras is the number one left-back for Madrid, who have no reason whatsoever to sell him anytime soon.<\/p>\n<p>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/premier-league-team-season-25-26\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arsenal 3 Man City 4 in Premier League XI of season so far<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta is keen on bringing Alvaro Carreras to the Emirates Stadium, according to a report,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13915,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[2421,366,1707,82,367,273,83,8260],"class_list":{"0":"post-13914","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-madrid","8":"tag-alvaro-carreras","9":"tag-arsenal","10":"tag-front-page","11":"tag-madrid","12":"tag-mikel-arteta","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-real-madrid","15":"tag-uncategorized"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13914\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}