Jude Bellingham would have thrived under Arteta at Arsenal, but does his price tag prevent him from having the opportunity.
As per speculation, Jude Bellingham is set to depart Borussia Dortmund this summer. Do you believe he is a midfielder who could come to Arsenal in the summer and change the club’s midfield into something special? Maybe then some people will agree that Arsenal already has the best midfield unit. Hold that thought but, with Liverpool out of the running for the English midfield sensation the race might be wide open.
At one point, it appeared that Bellingham would only move to Liverpool if he returned to play in England. We now know that there is no obvious favourite for him in England; we even asked why Arteta and Edu couldn’t take advantage of it.
According to the Express, that is something they would have done, but it is improbable. They claim Arsenal will not enter a transfer battle with Manchester City or Real Madrid (two clubs who are said to be willing to break the bank for the former Birmingham man), not because Bellingham isn’t the right fit for their midfield but because they aren’t the type of team that engages in transfer battles that only end up being a battle of who pays the most.
Arsenal’s refusal to entertain transfer battles in the cases of signing Dusan Vlahovic, Lisandro Martinez, and Mykhailo Mudryk are examples of when Arsenal had the opportunity to compete with other teams to sign them but chose not to. Arsenal’s philosophy of not participating in transfer battles may lead them, like Liverpool, to opt out of the competition for Bellingham.
At the moment, the Dortmund man’s price is rumoured to be as high as £130 million, which is even more than Edu could pay for Rice. Bellingham could be a better choice if Arsenal does not sign Rice, but his high price tag prevents him from joining Arteta’s project.
Darren N
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It really shows the state of the game that for two seasons now we’ve been endlessly, and depressingly, bombarded with endless Jude Bellingham transfer stories. Yes, he’s a good footballer, yes his agent has grown bored of the lack of cash hes making on the player, but the amount of headlines has long passed saturation point. Frankly, I couldn’t care less if he joins Liverpool, Utd, City, Real or us. His agent will be behind the endless speculation, and therefore pushing for wages and a fee that I’m not sure Arsenals current team ethos would mean a comfortable fit. Any player we pay a massive fee for would pose that issue, hence big money transfers are likely to be for key positions, and that means defensive and defensive midfield players, or an out an out striker.
Presumably, Bellingham’s a very good club player, or he wouldn’t make Southgate’s squads, but on the very few chances I’ve had to see him, I always think that at Arsenal we have an English player who can do all that, and scores more goals.
If ESR is at last over his growing/eating/injury issues then we’d have no need for a Bellingham.
If only that were the case. Like England managers stretching back to Robson, he has a tendency to pick ‘favourites’ rather than form players, and players from the ‘right’ clubs. By which we mean the NW reds and spurs. it always worries me when our players get picked as if England dont do well – guess who gets the blame. To this day pundits still claim Graham Rix is the reason England didn’t reach the 82′ semis.. Of course in the modern era it’s much easier to qualify for tournaments than days of yore, with more chaff than wheat in the groups, and sadly, due to FIFA’s and UEFA’s insane greed, likewise the group stages of international tournaments. It’s also easier for above average footballers to look like World beaters. Eh jude?
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I think it has priced him out of many clubs’ reaches. That price tag is more suited to a highly productive young inverted RW like Saka
Bellingham is hardly a game-changer. If he is that expensive, Martinelli should’ve cost more in England as a homegrown LW
To answer the headline question….I bloody hope so.
Of all the players that have been linked with Arsenal, I
am most impressed with Bruno Guimares , others are just
middle of the road players, but two Southampton pl.
remind me of Camavinga. I would love them at Arsenal !!
Jude is good but not exciting enough. Comes with too
many expectations!!
Vastly overated player.
Never played a premier league game.
Pass on his price tag, and hope we also pass on Rice if his fee is 80 million or more.
Neither of the 2 are game changers, and for their rumored fee we could bring in a top midfielder (like Onana) with enough left over to get someone else as well to add depth.
Personally I prefer both Caicedo and Onana over Rice. They have versatility to play as an 8 or a 6, where Rice is a DM, and I think both have a higher ceiling than Rice.
I’ll add I would be pleased if we brought Musah back as a midfielder; he’s underrated in my opinion and would be fantastic surrounded by our quality players.
Jude Bellingham and Declan Rice are two different of players, one is a marquee box to box midfielder the latter a powerful defensive midfielder.
Arsenal present set could accommodate both, but that’s not going to happen.
Bellingham is more the Arsenal type of player of the two, but they are quite a few players like him that will be available just bubbling below the radar.
Secondly his price tag is a bit on the heavy side.
Smith Rowe is the exact type of player to Bellingham and he has one clear advantage over the Dortmund man, he’s a cleaner striker of the ball, but injuries makes him unreliable
But very interesting time ahead because Arsenal need two midfielderz in both Rice and Bellingham moulds
The guy for us is Milonkovic Savic.
Maybe not spelt correct but this guy is quality
Yes he’s a top top talent, the problem is he’s 28yrs old and with Xhaka, Partey and Jorginho all in their thirties, that’s a very aging midfield.
I remember the same hype about Jadon Sancho. If Bellingham is rated at £130m what is Musiala worth? Anyway we could not afford his (or his agent’s) wage demands so let’s stick to a formula that seems to be working.