Arsenal might look to raid one other of the Premier League’s prime 4, in line with switch professional Fabrizio Romano.
The Gunners seem to have earmarked their precedence midfield goal – and it is somebody they’ve tried to signal earlier than. Supervisor Mikel Arteta has a historical past of holding tabs on former targets – not least David Raya, who he tried to check in his first switch window, solely to return to lastly seize over the summer season.Â
Falling brief with earlier makes an attempt to herald a Premier League midfielder doesn’t appear to have deterred the North Londoners from attempting once more, both.
Romano claims that Aston Villa’s Douglas Luiz is ‘top of [Arsenal’s] midfield list’ – however that Villa haven’t any intention of promoting the 25-year-old Brazilian worldwide – who’s valued at round £48m by Transfermarkt.
Supervisor Unai Emery definitely would not need to lose him. Talking after his facet’s 2-1 win at Tottenham on Sunday took them fourth within the Premier League desk, the previous Gunners boss stated:
“He’s a vital participant however can be very completely satisfied right here, so in fact we need to maintain him.”
Capped 11 occasions by Brazil, Douglas Luiz joined Villa from Manchester Metropolis for £15m in the summertime of 2019 – having by no means made an look for Pep Guardiola’s facet as a result of being denied a piece allow.
He has gone on to make 170 appearances for the Birmingham facet – 152 of which have come within the Premier League, the place he has established himself as among the best box-to-box midfielders in Europe.
This season has additionally seen the previous Vasco da Gama participant proceed to hone his purpose menace: having discovered the online a career-high seven occasions in all competitions final time period, he has already bagged six objectives in 19 outings in 2023/24 – together with a brace in final month’s 4-1 win over West Ham.
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Arsenal have reportedly made certainly one of Europe’s finest strikers their prime summer season switch goal.
The Gunners are additionally stated to be amongst a number of prime golf equipment chasing a Brazilian wonderkid in comparison with Lionel Messi.
However the North London membership’s January switch plans could possibly be impacted by Monetary Honest Play (FFP).