After the start of a snail for the summer transfer window, things are starting to move for Arsenal, whose first team team is preparing before the pre-season.
Mikel Arteta and Andrea Berta work hard to identify and sign a new central center, but there are variables at stake, and we have to wait for concrete progress in the coming weeks.
Viktor Gyoking of Sporting Lisbon and Benjamin Sesko, who has become a high -level talent at RB Leipzig, seems to be the biggest priorities, having been reserved and followed for several months now.
The Gunners have a longer interest in the Newcastle United striker Alexander Isak, but Isak is the crop of the attacker’s harvest, and it was evaluated at 200 million pounds of exorbitant sterling.
Berta can still turn to a left field option. Indeed, the interest for Ollie Watkins of Aston Villa has been revised.
The last on Ollie Watkins in Arsenal
Watkins is a long -standing target at the Emirates, an offer of 40 million pounds sterling being even filed for the attacker of Aston Villa in January, but for the side of Unai Emery to reject him with force.
Arsenal fans might want an attacker with a little more panache and brass band surrounding their names, but England International, 29, is proven in the Premier League and Dynamic in its performance, prolific and creative.
In addition, he was at the center of a profiling profile in -depth by data analysts Gunners, also praised by the Podcastor Rohan Jina as “one of the best CFs in Europe”.
What should Arta do? Watkins is estimated at 60 million pounds sterling, which places it in a medium similar to Gyokerers; Sesko would cost more, and Isak is indeed even more expensive.
After scoring 35 goals and providing 23 assists in the last two Premier League seasons, it is clear that Arsenal would happen to the new number with this man.
However, for the whole quality of Watkins, and the insight with which his signature would be prevented, Arsenal also targets another striker who would represent a much more exciting business, even if he is not really new.
Arsenal ready to pay for superstar
According to the Spanish publication in AS, Arsenal is ready to pay a significant figure to sign Real Madrid Roddrygo attacker, who began the Xabi Alonso era on the backs.
The Spanish giants would be open to collecting the 24 -year -old this summer, and as stating that Arsenal could guarantee his signature with an offer worth 90 million euros (77 million pounds sterling).
Contacts between Arsenal and the entourage of the player having taken place since the end of the 2024/25 season, there is a real feeling that the developments could soon take place, if Rodrygo continues to derive on the outskirts with Los Blancos.
Why Arsenal wants Rodrygo
Hailed like a “world class superstar” by Luka Modric, Rodrygo is one of the most talented players in the world, but systematically transported the right side to accommodate tastes of Vinicius Junior and Kylian Mbappe.
In Arsenal, he would not have such problems. Bukayo Saka is fairly well in this area, and with the future of Gabriel Martinelli in the air, Roddrygo could be amazing.
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Roddrygo – Real Madrid statistics by position (24/25) |
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Position |
Applications |
Goals |
Aid |
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Right wing |
31 |
8 |
5 |
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Left winger |
12 |
6 |
6 |
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Center-forward |
9 |
0 |
0 |
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Statistics via the transfer market |
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Remarkably, the Brazilian international far exceeds his right performance when he was aligned as a left winger. The problem, of course, is that his opportunities in his favorite position have been rare.
Its fascinating mixture of creative quality, of connection game, and makes it a natural eye for the objective, makes the winger 207 km per week the perfect player to place himself alongside Saka, with such a remarkable talent which leaves the fans more excited as an agreement for Watkins, as crucial as to bring such an attacker.
Indeed, while Rodrygo only scored six times at La Liga last season, he missed a single luck, according to Sofascore. It was barely a year that demonstrated the entire scope of his skills, but he managed to show a deep ability rooted in the last third.
Arsenal needs it. They need objectives through the park, not just from a center-forward like Watkins. In addition, they need a player like Rodrygo who can balance his contribution. And according to FBREF, the South American star ranked among the 2% of the 2% of field circles and the attacks attackers in the best European leagues in 2024/25 for the completion of PASS, the most important 14% for the progressive ranges and the 20% the most important for the successful taken by 90.
A successful winning is recorded when a player beats his opponent by directly carrying the ball in front of them while retaining possession.
Thus, we have an attacker who could energize the Arteta front line, promoting the control focused on possession and driving forward itself.
If Arsenal has to increase its level next season and bring back to the House of Argenie, they need not only the quality of a scorer that someone like Watkins would bring but also the capacity of the big game of a series winner like Rodrygo.
His record for the Champions League speaks of itself, moreover its ascent in the most gargantuan outfit of football in Real Madrid.
Watkins, as previously discussed, is more than just scorer. Mobile and rounded, it ranked among the 3% the main attackers in the best five leagues in Europe the last mandate for the assists for 90. Given the clinical advantage in force of Roddrygo, you can only imagine the type of partnership that could be struck.
But such a duo would be billed by the skills of Roddrygo, his passion and his ability to become one of the best wingers of the Premier League.
Of course, Watkins is talented and has its own gaming experience, but someone could honestly say that it corresponds to Rodrygo, a real “superstar” which would lead Arsenal to heights previously unimaginable.
And that, of course, is without even imagining how the world class talents of Saka could raise the two players, and vice versa.
Arsenal is about to make a burst of brilliant signatures that could really bring Arteta’s project into a new sphere, an abundance for an abundance of silverware that is suitable for its elite class unit.
Watkins would provide Londoners with the focal presence they want, but Rodrygo, Arsenal would land a player capable of putting the glove against one of the best players around the world.
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