Arsenal are interested in signing Real Sociedad’s midfielder Mikel Merino, especially after the performance he gave in the Euros 2024;
That performance was enough to convinced the Gunners to sign the player.
The Gunners have submitted a bid to Real Sociedad for the Spanish midfielder. The bid is around €30 million,
But the Spanish club has rejected the bid, and they want the Gunners to increase their bids in order to sign the player.
The club is looking for a much higher amount for the midfielder.
As he is one of the best midfielders that Real Sociedad have, and they do not want the player to leave at a cheap price.
It is already believed that Mikel Merino will join Arsenal this summer; the player is already ready for the transfer to happen;
He has completed all his negotiations with the Gunners and has agreed the personal terms with the club.
After a very long time, the Gunners might be able to solve their problem related to the left center midfield;
The only thing that is stopping this transfer from happening is Real Sociedad.
The Spanish Giants want more money from the Gunners, and the Spanish club wants to maximize their profits from the player.
Will Mikel Merino join the Gunners in this transfer window?
Every Arsenal is just waiting for this transfer to happen; they all want to see the player at the club,
As everyone thinks that the midfielder can really help the club to win the league,
But if anyone considered that what happens if the transfer does not happen?
If, by any reason, the Spaniard is unable to happen, what will the Gunners do?
The Spanish midfielder is very eager and very happy to join the Gunners, but his current team,
Real Sociedad, is making things very hard for Arsenal.
The club not interested in selling the midfielder, and they will only sell the player if they get a really good offer for the midfielder that they cannot refuse.
But what will Arsenal be going to do if they are unable to sign Mikel Merino in this summer transfer window?
If the Gunners are not able to sign the midfielder for any reason, then they might get into trouble as they need a new midfielder for this season,
But if they fail to sign the player, then they might be playing the whole season with one less midfielder.
Last season too, they did not have enough midfielders in the team, and it cost them the league title. If Gunners fail to sign the midfielder,
Then the manager, Mikel Arteta, needs to reassess their midfield strategy in order to maximize the use and potential of their current midfielders.
Other options that Arsenal have if the midfielder does not join
Well, the Gunners have Jorginho and Thomas Partey who can provide cover in the midfield area,
But the Italian midfielder’s performance in the preseason was a little bit concerning,
And on the other side, Partey has a long list of injuries, which suggests that the club cannot rely on him entirely.
There might be a slight chance that if Mikel Merino does not joins Arsenal than Mikel Arteta might use Ben White or Jurien Timber as an inverted midfielder.
Who might come in the midfield and join the midfield while he is attacking.
Mostly all the players in Arsenal can adapt any style of football and can play anywhere;
They can play at all the places where the manager wants them.
Other than Ben White or Jurien Timber, the other player that has played as an inverted midfielder is Oleksandr Zinchenko.
We have seen how exceptional performances he has given while playing as the inverted midfielder;
Even this year in the pre-season he has given some very good and exceptional performances.
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