Dalian Yifang demand £25m for Arsenal transfer target Yannick Carrasco
Dalian Yifang demand £25m for Arsenal transfer target Yannick Carrasco Advertisement Metro Sport ReporterTuesday 11 Jun 2019 11:45 amShare this article via facebookShare this article via twitterShare this article via messengerShare this with Share this article via emailShare this article via flipboardCopy link659Shares Advertisement Yannick Carrasco is eager to leave Dalian Yifang this summer (Picture: Getty)Carrasco is said to be earning approximately £170,000 per week in China but is believed to be willing to lower his wage demands in order to secure a return to Europe.AdvertisementAdvertisementLast week, Carrasco confirmed his intention to leave China, saying: ‘From a family point of view, I would rather play in Europe and stay closer to my family.‘The adjustment for my family was also difficult over there [China].’Emery’s desire to improve his squad this summer has been made more difficult due to the club’s restrictive transfer budget which is reported to be between £40-45m.More: FootballRio Ferdinand urges Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to drop Manchester United starChelsea defender Fikayo Tomori reveals why he made U-turn over transfer deadline day moveMikel Arteta rates Thomas Partey’s chances of making his Arsenal debut vs Man CityConsequently, Arsenal are exploring ways to pay for Carrasco which could include staggering payments over a period of time or including various performance related add-ons in the deal.Carrasco previously played for Monaco and Atletico Madrid prior to his move to Asia and famously scored in the 2016 Champions League final against Real Madrid.Emery is keen to add a goalscoring winger to his ranks as Henrikh Mkhitaryan was Arsenal’s next-top goalscorer behind Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette last season with only six Premier League goals.More: Arsenal FCArsenal flop Denis Suarez delivers verdict on Thomas Partey and Lucas Torreira movesThomas Partey debut? Ian Wright picks his Arsenal starting XI vs Manchester CityArsene Wenger explains why Mikel Arteta is ‘lucky’ to be managing Arsenal Comment Yannick Carrasco has made it clear that he wishes to return to Europe (Picture: Getty)Arsenal will have to pay £25m for Yannick Carrasco after his club Dalian Yifang set their price for the Belgium international, according to the Evening Standard.The 25-year-old has been on Arsenal’s radar since January and almost joined on loan before Unai Emery switched his attention to Barcelona’s Denis Suarez instead.Suarez’s failure to make an impression in north London means that the club have revisited a potential move for Carrasco and they made an enquiry about taking him on loan with an option to buy.Dalian Yifang are reluctant to loan Carrasco out and would rather offload him permanently in order to reinvest the funds on securing a replacement.ADVERTISEMENT
Jamaican athletes had a good start on the opening day of the Commonwealth Games being held in the Gold Coast in Australia. Jamaica secured victories in several team and individual events on Thursday morning. Olympian Alia Atkinson qualified for the final of the women’s 50 metres breast stroke swimming event in convincing fashion after winning her semi-final. She touched the wall in 30.53. Seconds to take the event ahead of, England’s Sarah Vasey and Tatjana Schoenmaker of South Africa third. Atkinson had earlier won heat one in 30.98 seconds.The sunshine girls opened their netball competition in Pool A with a crushing 88-30 win over Fiji. Jamaica’s captain Jhaniele Fowler Reid scored 40 goals from 43 attempts on 93 percent shooting accuracy, with Romelda Aiken converting 24 of 32 tries and Rebeca Robinson 15 of 16.In the meantime, the Jamaican female basketball team opened campaign on a winning note after stopping India 66-57, thanks to Jennifer George who scored a game high 19 points and grabbed 19 rebound, while Captain Sasha Dixon supported with 12 points, 6 assists and 4 rebounds. The Jamaicans will next face New Zealand on Saturday morning Jamaica time.Other victories for Jamaica came in the men’s squash event, where Lewis Walters and Chris Binnie successfully advanced to the round of 16. Walters first shut out Peter Creed of Wales 3-1 to win his round of 64 match, and followed up that with a 3-0 win over Daniel Zamit Lewis of Malta in the round of 32.Top Caribbean player Chris Binnie took out Saurav Ghosal of India 3-2 in his round of 32 game, and earlier he blanked regional opponent Jason Doyle of St. Vincent and the Grenadines 3-0 in the first round.In badminton, the Jamaican team lost 5-love to Singapore in the mixed team event.
Itte Detenamo from the tiny Pacific Island of Nauru, won the three gold medals on offer in the +105kg division.The super heavyweight division ended the weightlifting competition of the XV Pacific Games.Detenamo has now won that weight division for the third consecutive time.The Nauruan won the snatch with a weight of 167kg, clean and jerk lift of 203kg and the overall total of 370kg.The snatch category silver medal went to Lauititi Lui of Samoa with a lift of 160kg and Andrius Barakauskas of New Zealand won bronze lifting the bar at 145kg.And in the clean and jerk, Lui (202kg) got silver and David Liti of New Zealand settled for bronze (113kg).The overall silver medal was won by Lui and bronze to Liti.No Papua New Guineans competed in this division.