ARSENAL target Caglar Soyuncu produced a howler to gift Russia a goal as the World Cup hosts played their final warm-up match.
The Gunners are set to move for the Turkey centre-back after the defender confirmed the Premier League side “are interested in me.”
A fee around £30million has been touted, but Arsenal chiefs may want to think again.
Picking up the ball deep inside his own half, the 22-year-old panicked and gifted the ball to Fedor Smolov who played a neat interchange with his team-mates before Aleksandr Samedov fired Russia ahead.
Take nothing away from the finish, but Soyuncu will not want to see the highlight reel.
His performances for Turkey have been impressive up until now and the manager kept his faith in the Freiburg man by keeping him on for the entire duration of the contest.
Hosts Russia are massive outsiders for the World Cup having failed to win their last seven matches.
They face a group that consists of Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Uruguay.
But they will need to tighten up at the back if they are to progress from Group A.
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Wolfsburg’s Yunus Malli found acres of space through the middle, drove towards goal and unleashed a shot from distance that hit the target.
Turkey won’t be heading for the World Cup but Russia can now look forward to opening the tournament against Saudi Arabia on June 14.
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