Two years ago, there was a flurry of articles in Romania about Arsenal’s interest in an FCSB player named Ianis Stoica.
We covered it all at the time because it was a bit of a shambles, but the general consensus was that the club’s owner, Gigi Becali, did not want to sell, or at the very least wanted a lot of money for his starlet.
Stoica, now 20, is on loan at Universitatea Club, where he has five goals and four assists in 17 games. He recently spoke with Flashscore in Romania, where he was asked about Arsenal’s interest in 2021.
They don’t waste any time in asking him if he knew anything about it at the time, and if it was just press or something more serious.
“There was…,” he replied. There was something there. I can’t say what it is because that isn’t my job. I’m a participant. It was most likely something between the clubs.”
Stoica was then pressed further about it, as they wanted to know if he was aware of any discussions between the clubs.
He went on to say, “Yes, yes, but more than that, I really don’t know.”
So we appear to have confirmation from Stoica that Arsenal was interested in signing him back in 2021, but it was never to be.
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