Arsenal have looked at signing “insane” £29m upgrade

It isn’t been probably the most thrilling summer time for Arsenal followers this yr.

Whereas they seemed good in preseason and have began their Premier League marketing campaign brilliantly, they have not strengthened a lot within the switch market.

As issues stand, the one new faces added to Mikel Arteta’s first staff have been Riccardo Calafiori and Mikel Merino. In reality, the membership have been far busier with outgoings than incomings over the previous couple of months, which has left some followers uncertain concerning the prospect of lastly dethroning Manchester Metropolis this season.

Nonetheless, there may be nonetheless nearly sufficient time for a late deal to be struck, and curiously, the North Londoners have not too long ago been linked to a ahead who scored for enjoyable final yr, though his potential arrival might spell hassle for Gabriel Jesus.

Arsenal switch information

In keeping with a latest report from transfers knowledgeable Ben Jacobs by way of GIVEMESPORT, Arsenal have proven curiosity in Feyenoord star Santiago Gimenez.

The journalist claims that the Gunners have “checked out” the Mexican worldwide this summer time, in addition to a number of different gifted strikers, together with Brighton & Hove Albion’s Evan Ferguson and Sporting CP’s Viktor Gyokeres, though he believes a transfer for the latter can be too costly this yr.

Jacobs doesn’t point out how a lot the previous Cruz Azul poacher would value the North Londoners, however earlier this month, it was reported that Feyenoord deemed a £29m supply from Nottingham Forest acceptable, just for the participant to show down the transfer.

So, if Arsenal might safe Gimenez’s providers for round that charge, then this deal looks like a no brainer, though his potential arrival could possibly be dangerous information for Jesus.

How Gimenez compares to Jesus

Okay, so the very first thing to level out is that, for the time being, it seems as if Kai Havertz is firmly Arteta’s first alternative for the quantity 9 place, and contemplating he scored eight targets and supplied seven assists in 18 begins there final season, it is not onerous to see why.

So, that implies that Gimenez would doubtless be preventing it out with Jesus for the backup function ought to he transfer to the Emirates earlier than tomorrow evening, which might make sense given the potential charge, however how do the pair stack up in opposition to each other?

Effectively, when it comes all the way down to a very powerful metric of all for a striker, output, it is the “insane” Feyenoord ace, as dubbed by U23 scout Antonio Mango, who comes out method forward.

For instance, in 41 appearances final season, he scored 26 targets and supplied eight assists and within the marketing campaign prior, he scored 28 targets and supplied three assists in 50 appearances, that means he averaged a purpose involvement each 1.20 and 1.61 video games, respectively.

In distinction, the previous Manchester Metropolis ace scored eight targets and supplied eight assists in 36 matches final season whereas scoring 11 targets and producing seven assists in 33 appearances the season earlier than, equating to a much less spectacular common of a purpose involvement each 2.25 and 1.83 video games, respectively.

Sadly for the Brazilian dynamo, it is not simply output the place the Mexican “machine”, as dubbed by expertise scout Jacek Kulig, has a bonus, it is also in availability.

During the last two seasons, the Gunners’ quantity 9 has missed 33 video games for membership and nation, whereas his potential alternative has missed simply 4 video games by damage.

In the end, whereas Jesus is an unbelievable expertise, his struggles in entrance of purpose and incapability to stay match are massive points, and whereas he has but to play in a top-five league, Gimenez seems like he could possibly be the right signing to both change the Brazilian or assist push him to get again to his sensible finest. Due to this fact, Edu and Co ought to do what they’ll to safe his signature earlier than the window slams shut.