If Gabriel Martinelli isn’t performing, you can always count on Leandro Trossard to step up and deliver on the left wing. However, there has always been concern about the course of action to take in the event of Bukayo Saka sustaining an injury. The Englishman has certainly made the Arsenal right wing his own.
He’s been absolutely killing it in the attack; no one who’s filled in on the right wing since he established himself at the club even comes close. There’s been some buzz about Arsenal potentially signing a top winger in the summer. Although they haven’t explicitly stated their preference for a left or right winger, the majority of people seem to lean towards a right winger. Finally, Saka could face some competition. Mikel Arteta hasn’t been able to find a suitable Saka alternative at the club, so the Gooners won’t mind him spending some money to bring someone on board.
Over the weekend, we covered Give Me Sports‘ claim that Arsenal is serious about activating the £43 million release clause for Athletic Bilbao winger Nico Williams. Apparently, the Gunners have already had discussions with the winger’s entourage.
Well, there’s been a follow-up report about the winger that will interest the Gooners. Barcelona is looking to thwart Arsenal’s bid to sign Williams, according to Sport. The Spanish side, under their head coach Xavi’s orders, is looking to offload Raphinha to recruit Williams. Raphinha, who’s also been linked with Arsenal, has a lot of suitors, and it will be likely he’s sold, and if that happens, it could be bad news for Mikel Arteta.
Let’s hope that with the talks held between Arsenal and the La Liga winger’s entourage, he’ll only want Arsenal.
Williams has been doing really well with the Spanish team. In the final third, he’s their go-to guy for magic. This season, he’s been on fire with 7 goals and 16 assists in all competitions. It’s safe to say he’s playing at a world-class level. The 21-year-old Spanish player has already shown his skills in Spain. And if he can come to England and showcase performances like that, he could be the perfect alternative to Saka.
Some people might question spending £43 million on his acquisition, but it could turn out to be a great deal. Given his potential for future success, we could even consider it a steal. Saka’s injuries have always been a worry for the Gooners, but it’s time to put that worry behind us, and Nico Williams could help them do that.
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Arsenal has been a victim of poor purchases in recent times and we should not let that to continue. We should always go for the best. In as much I believe Nico Williams is not a bad player, however, we should go for a better player like Michael Oliseh to rotate with Saka and Martinelli.
What nonsense,
Buy another player and demoted the one who worked their asses off to get you where you are.
Then next year you’d demoted the new guy and bring someone else in.
If what am envisaging is correct I believe Arteta is aiming at a team where the competition is very much healthy, everyone has equal chances at the available slots in the first team, for example see how the Martinelli and Trossard competition worked out this year.
By the way Nico Williams is not a dedicated left winger, the dude is very very ambidextrous and can be found running both flanks effectivly.
Didn’t we read the same about Barcelona’s golden boy Fati. Well look how that has panned out for him?
I agree with #Amos promise. Olise all the way for me but would he want to be a squad player or the main man?
We were lucky with Trossard and Martinelli willing to rotate. I don’t think it would be the same with Saka and Olise.
I just can’t see that a right winger will be high on the agenda seeing that we might be selling most of centre midfield. Elneny, Partey, Smith-Rowe & Lokonga.
I’m seeing more gk, rb, cm and fwd
If as per Artetas comments Jesus is staying then I can see him rotating with Saka….and that will also mean a number of positions can be covered by Havertz Jesus Saka Martinelli and Trossard.. .it seems a new striker is coming in plus we have the young starlet in our Under18s to come through
If we won with Nico Williams, that would lovely. Great on either wing and also eve centrally sometimes ….. he’s still relatively young you too and despite all this, his best is yet future.
Just praying we give the Raphinha connection with us a break. We long moved on from the time we wanted him the most. H
Great perception of the situation at hand. I concur with you bra 100%. Buy the best for any position and demote the original player to second best. In that case you initiate a greater and better competition between the players. That’s a great idea.
Get niko pls forget about olise am sure he wont agree to rotate with saka , get this guy Rafik guitane next messi this guy can dribble this should get to edu
Nico williams cannot be a backup for Saka as Nico plays down the left side and not the right. He also looses the ball or gets tackled a lot with a poor pass percentage in the final third of the pitch of just over 60%, that’s almost every other pass, given back to the opposition. A very poor choice for Saka’s back up on many fronts, mainly quality and positioning.
Arsenal should never aim to buy a so called ” back up ” player, for any position, because that is what you have an academy team for. They should only buy players that are “better” than the player playing in that position and then demote the first team player as the “back up” .
That way the team keeps improving and doesn’t stand still. You always demote a player as a “back up”, but never buy a player as a “back up”. You then get better value for money regarding cost per game time, and it improves the team and also the academy players future. The only exception to that rule would be for goalkeepers, as they rarely get injured, and if so, it is not for long and they cannot get tired, like out players.
nope, not happening, not even vaguely