Gonzalo Higuain revealed how close he came to signing for Arsenal nine years ago and mentioned his surprise that the Gunners have signed his teammate Mesut Ozila for large sums of money a few days after being turned down.
Before going to Napoli, I had the opportunity to sign a contract with Arsenal. We negotiated, but they didn’t buy me, they bought Ozil for 80 million or so. They told me: “We don’t have a lot of money to spend. You are dear. “In the end I went to Naples. Two days later, I see that Arsenal are buying Ozil for 80 million euros.
