Arsenal boss Unai Emery WILL let Nacho Monreal leave this week with left-back on verge of Real Sociedad transfer
ARSENAL are prepared to allow Nacho Monreal to join Real Sociedad this week if the veteran full-back asks to leave.
Monreal, 33, is in the final year of his Emirates contract and knows he will not be offered a new deal to extend his stay.
Manager Unai Emery is happy for the Spanish international to remain at the club this season and leave as a free agent next summer.
But he will not stand in Monreal’s way if the player decides to join Sociedad, who are offering him a two-year contract with the option of a further 12 months.
But Arsenal are expected to demand a nominal fee of around £3million for their longest-serving first team regular who joined from Malaga in a £8.5million deal six years ago.
Monreal was recently named as one of Unai’s three Arsenal captains for the season following Laurent Koscielny’s controversial recent move to Bordeaux.
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But the summer signing of £26million Kieran Tierney from Celtic has left him facing an uncertain future.
But Tierney is unlikely to be available to make his Arsenal debut until October at the earliest as he recovers from a summer hernia operation.
And would leave Sead Kolasinac as Arsenal’s only available left-back if Monreal does opt to leave.
