Arsenal are at the moment dealing with a midfield disaster forward of their greatest week up to now of the fledgling 2024/25 marketing campaign.
Martin Odegaard appears set to overlook round three weeks with an ankle harm that he picked up throughout Norway’s win over Austria on Monday night time, whereas new signing Mikel Merino stays out after struggling a shoulder harm in his first Gunners coaching session.
Declan Rice will miss this weekend’s north London derby via suspension, that means that Mikel Arteta can be pressured into a serious midfield reshuffle.
The present points that Arsenal are struggling in the midst of the park is a reminder of how shortly occasions can conspire in opposition to you on the prime stage and of the significance of squad depth for a crew difficult on a number of fronts.
And whereas Arteta just isn’t at the moment in a position to make use of the switch market to assist him following the closure of the window, it will seem that the crew are plotting additional midfield additions subsequent summer time.
In keeping with Spanish outlet Fichajes, the Gunners are certainly one of 4 groups who wish to signal Bayern Munich’s attacking midfielder Jamal Musiala on the finish of the present season.
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The report claims that Arteta’s males have ‘proven curiosity’ within the participant, highlighting his capacity to function each centrally and on the flanks. Nonetheless, they are going to face extraordinarily stiff competitors in the event that they do need to land the 21-year-old former Chelsea youth prospect.
That’s as a result of Manchester Metropolis, Actual Madrid and Barcelona are all bringing within the Germany worldwide, who lit up this summer time’s European Championship. Madrid need to add one other midfielder to switch veteran Luka Modric, Metropolis are mentioned to see Muisala as a long-term Kevin De Bruyne alternative, whereas Barcelona consider he would match their challenge.
Musiala has a contract that runs till 2026, that means that Bayern will probably see subsequent summer time as their closing change to get a giant price for the participant who’s valued by Transfermarkt at €130million, ought to a brand new deal not be agreed.
In FourFourTwo’s opinion, a possible chase for Musiala subsequent summer time could possibly be an interesting one to look at. If the midfielder continues his present trajectory he has the potential to be certainly one of his era’s greatest gamers and a transfer to a different certainly one of Europe’s heavyweight golf equipment can be a becoming subsequent step.
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