Arsenal ready to increase transfers to help Nicolas Pepe and Kieran Tierney negotiate

Arsenal is expected to strengthen its transfer coffers by selling the Polish international under 21, Krystian Bielik, to Derby County, world champion.

Bielik arrived at the Gunners from Legia Warsaw in 2015, but he has never played a senior match for the club, since he was the victim of three loans to Birmingham City, Walsall and Charlton Athletic.

The last of these trips was the most successful since Bielik helped the Addicks get a promotion from League One last season, beating the man of the match while Lee Bowyer's team defeated Sunderland 2 to 1 in the Wembley final.

And he is now ready to face his former championship club as he prepares to move to Derby for £ 10 million, while new boss Phillip Cocu changes his team at Pride Park following the departure of Frank Lampard to Chelsea.

The money put in the bank helped the Gunners to sign Lille striker Nicolas Pepe and left-back Celtic Kieran Tierney, with the two contracts expected to be finalized with payments over several years.

Bielik – who can play both in defense and in the midfield – said he wanted to move around he did not want to be watched by Unai Emery before the European Championships. less than 21 years of this summer, where he had played for Poland.

"My future is unknown, but there is one thing I can say for sure: I will certainly not return to the Arsenal U-23 team," he told the Polish press via Goal. com.

"At this point, it would not make sense.

"If I do not get the opportunity to join the first team permanently, I will have to look for other solutions.

"I feel like a senior player now, so I want to play senior football.