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title: "Arsenal in talks with Sampdoria over Andersen deal"
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published: "2018-11-16T11:45:58Z"
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# Arsenal in talks with Sampdoria over Andersen deal

Arsenal are in talks over a deal to sign Sampdoria central defender Joachim Andersen in January.

[According to Secolo XIX, via Inter News](https://www.fcinternews.it/in-primo-piano/andersen-inter-in-pole-ma-arrivano-tottenham-e-arsenal-la-dirigenza-della-sampdoria-vola-a-londra-293046), Sampdoria’s CEO has travelled to England to speak with Arsenal and Tottenham over a potential deal for Andersen.

The report claims that Inter Milan are the favourites to land Andersen at this time, but Arsenal are still in with a chance of landing the Swedish defender.

Andersen has started all 12 of Sampdoria’s Serie A games this season and impressed at the back for the Italian outfit.

![Paolo Rattini/Getty Images Sport](https://cdn.readeverything.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/952698722.jpg)

He joined Sampdoria at the start of last season from Dutch side FC Twente, where he made 49 first-team appearances.

Secolo XIX claim that Arsenal would need to pay a significant fee, with Sampdoria looking for a substantial profit on the €1.5m they paid Twente for his services.

The 22-year-old has not yet been capped by Denmark at senior level, but has appeared 14 times for the under-21 team.