Arsenal in Talks Over Aston Villa Defender Ezri Konsa
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Arsenal want to sign a new player. He is Ezri Konsa. Konsa plays for Aston Villa. He is a defender. A defender stops the other team from scoring.
Arsenal talked about Konsa before. Now they are talking again. This is called a transfer. A transfer is when a player moves to a new club.
News about this comes from Paper Talk. Paper Talk shares news from newspapers about football transfers.
A man called Fabrizio Romano also shared news. He is a football journalist. He said Arsenal made contact about another player. This new player is at Atletico Madrid.
Nothing is final yet. Arsenal have not signed anyone. We will know more soon.
Vocabulary15 words
- defender
- a player who stops the other team from scoring
- transfer
- when a player moves from one club to another
- Paper Talk
- a news page that shares football transfer stories
- journalist
- a person who writes or shares news
- contact
- when one person talks to another for the first time
- club
- a football team and its organisation
- sign
- to agree that a player will join a new team
- reignite
- to start again something that stopped
- interest
- wanting to have or do something
- star
- a very good and famous player
- news
- new information about something
- report
- a story that gives information
- final
- finished and cannot change
- team
- a group of players who play together
- player
- a person who plays a sport
Quiz
Answer key
1. Aston Villa 2. A defender 3. No
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Arsenal want to sign a new _____. He is Ezri Konsa.
Konsa plays for Aston _____.
He is a _____. A defender stops the other team from scoring.
Arsenal talked about Konsa before. Now they are talking _____.
This is called a _____. A transfer is when a player moves to a new club.
News about this comes from Paper _____.
A man called Fabrizio Romano also shared _____.
He said Arsenal made _____ about another player.
This new player is at Atletico _____.
Nothing is _____ yet. Arsenal have not signed anyone.