There are less than three weeks remaining for the transfer market to close. Arsenal have only made 2 signings this summer. They have signed David Raya on permanent basis which was their first activity. Later they signed Riccardo Calafiori from Bologna for £39 million. However, they need to make at least three more signings if they want to win the Premier League title. The Premier League is going start on 17 August. Gunners need to speed up their process. Edu Gasper is busy looking for options and may elevate Arsenal to the next level by signing on of their target.
Gunners need to sign a midfielder, striker and right winger. Currently they are focused on midfield position. Mikel Merino is heavily linked with a move to Arsenal. However, nothing new has came in attention about the deal. He is said to be very close and have agreed personal terms with Gunners. However, Merino was not the main target for Arsenal. They were looking to sign Martin Zubimendi. However, Zubimendi had no plan to leave Spain at first but now is being linked with Liverpool. Real Sociedad will not like to miss out on both their midfielders. They will like to keep at least one of Zubimendi and Merino. Gunners can make a move for one of their former target if Merino deal fails.
How can Edu Gasper lift Arsenal midfield
Sporting director Edu and Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta both like one Newcastle United star. The star is none other than Newcastle’s main man in midfield Bruno Guimaraes. Firstly, Guimaraes has been very good for Newcastle in the recent years. In addition, he is young, energetic and is highly versatile. Guimaraes had a great 2023/24 season. He played for Newcastle 50 times and was able to score 7 goals and provide 10 assists.
Bruno Guimaraes recently said that he has no plans to leave Newcastle. He said he is very happy at the club. In addition, he said he wants to be the part of Newcastle’s history. However, according to The Mirror, Arsenal are still interested in Guimaraes. Edu Gasper is still making a lot of moves this summer. It will cost Arsenal around £100 million if they want to sign Guimaraes. It means they have to spend big once again this season just as they did last season. Gunners signed Declan Rice last season for £105 million. However, the fans, club and manager are very happy with Rice. Same can be the case if they sign Guimaraes.
Guimaraes can elevate Gunners midfield
Bruno Guimaraes can be a very good addition to Gunners squad. He mainly plays as defensive midfielder. However he is equally very effective as central midfielder. Firstly, he has been very consistent throughout his career and very rarely gets injured. Guimaraes has only missed 8 games in his entire career so far. Then Guimaraes had a very good last season where he had a goal involvement every 2.9 matches. Edu Gasper can sign him and pair him with Martin Odegaard and Declan Rice.
Rice is set to play as number eight next season. Guimaraes has played 160 games as number six and 63 games as number eight. If he signs for Arsenal he will help them with defending and claiming back the possession. He can pass it to Rice or make forward run and assist Odegaard. Moreover, he can receive the ball from them and score himself like he did 7 times last season. Overall he could complete the Arsenal midfield and solve all of their current problems. However, as of now he is nowhere near to join Gunners this summer. It would be interesting to see if it changes in the upcoming days. The summer transfer market will close on August 30 at 11 pm UK time.
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