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title: "Arsenal handed boost in their pursuit of Jonny Evans"
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author: "Luke Osman"
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published: "2018-01-26T18:33:40Z"
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# Arsenal handed boost in their pursuit of Jonny Evans

Arsenal have been handed a boost in their pursuit of West Brom defender Jonny Evans.

The Gunners have been chasing the Northern Ireland international since the summer and with their need to recruit a new central defender only intensifying, they are lining up a January swoop for the player.

Recent reports indicated that Arsenal lodged an offer worth £10 million, along with out of favour defender Mathieu Debuchy, in an attempt to secure Evans’ services.

However, as quoted by the [Evening Standard](https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/west-brom-ready-to-sell-arsenal-target-jonny-evans-confirms-alan-pardew-a3750941.html), Baggies boss Alan Pardew denied these claims, but conceded that Evans could depart the Hawthorns in the near future.

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> That’s not a deal that’s been put to us… someone has released that and it’s not true. Jonny is still at the football club and we haven’t had a bid put to us that is anywhere near acceptable. We’ve had a couple of enquiries of what we would be looking for, and the answer has been ‘we’re not going to tell you’. You make a bid and you’ll get some gauge.

> What I will confirm is what you already know, Jonny Evans is a target for other clubs, we might sell if the price is right, that’s that deal, everything else is pure speculation.

It’s believed that Evans has a release clause of £3m if West Brom are to be relegated this season, and this possibility appears to be somewhat likely given their awful form in the Premier League this season.

However, a January sale remains very much on the cards and if Arsenal can match Evans’ valuation, it seems a move this month is likely.