Brighton has an abundance of talent for both wings. On the right wing they have March, Minteh, Mazilu, and Adingra. On the left wing they have Mitoma, Adingra, Osman, and Sarmiento
And now, Sky Sports Florian Plettenberg reports that Mainz’s Brajan Gruda (20) is very close to joining Brighton! The Seagulls anticipate spending around 30 million euros on the deal. Gruda is a winger, and last season he racked up 4 goals and 3 assists in the Bundesliga.
🚨🔵 EXCL | Brajan #Gruda is very close to join Brighton with immediate effect!
Total verbal agreement is done. 20 y/o winger and top talent from Mainz 05
was already on-site. The bosses and Fabian Hürzeler convinced him to make the move.⚠️ Understand there’s already an… pic.twitter.com/zPrR7IOsza
— Florian Plettenberg (@Plettigoal) August 12, 2024
As a Gooner, you must be wondering, “What does this revelation have to do with Arsenal?” Given how packed Brighton’s wings are, they’d be easier to negotiate with for a winger and surely the Seagulls will have already planned for one of them to bem oving on to make room and to finance their own deal.
Arsenal were last weekend rumoured to be eyeing their winger Simon Adingra, with them moving to sign another winger who probably fits in with their new coach Fabian Hurzeler’s plans.
Some claim that Arsenal could struggle if Bukayo Saka were to sustain an injury. Well, the dynamic Adingra, who can play on either wing, could alleviate the Saka injury worry (if it happens), as, in his swoop, Mikel Arteta could get his ideal attack signing. When not filling in for Saka, the Ivory Coast international has the potential to compete with Gabriel Martinelli and Leandro Trossard on the left wing.
Arsenal can still have a fantastic season without a front-line signing, but another versatile winger will certainly give Arteta the ‘squad depth’ he craves..
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i can see merit in your point, and Brighton do seem to be overloading their forward numbers, may be in anticipation of departures
I have seen Adingra mooted too
but for me Joao Pedro looks a better fit for Arsenal profile, right age, much taller at 1.88m (vs 1.75m), more goals, and can play centre forward as well as cover the wings, and Brazilian
much much cheaper than the big name big money strikers linked, and perhaps young enough and ego content to start on the bench
could Joao Pedro be an Edu/Arteta out of left-field deadline day surprise?
We’ll see. He only seems to have “appeared” in the frame as a possible Arsenal signing very recently. I would still go for an out and out striker as a priority, but quality examples are few and far between – and expensive.
I would like to see Arteta go for Kirou Mitoma than Andingra
Adingra is a very interesting player, but he plays with his right foot, I think MA wants a left-footed player for RW.
At the very beginning of the transfer period, in connection with AFC, I heard the name of Viktor Tsygankov, fast and technically proficient, who could replace not only Saka but also Ode.
I’d be honest, the Adingra guy would be more important to Arsenal than any other seagull guy. He has the potential to operate in both wings, he is young, energetic, hungry and alway ready to improve. Saka would have the load reduced on him if we bring in Adi!
Bring in the Ivory Cost International is a good idea, but this has not to do with sriker issue. We already know what our current strikers can do. They fail to shine in big games. If we are realky serius to win EPL this season, let us bring in a very strong striker.