New Arsenal signing identified as the flop of the season

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Arsenal had a successful season overall, defying expectations and finishing in a strong position. The pursuit of the title may not define their campaign, considering the positive aspects of their performance.

The club made significant strides by adding promising players to their squad and offloading unwanted players before the summer transfer window closed. They are also expected to bolster their squad further this summer.

However, according to Standard Sports, Fabio Vieira is identified as the flop of the season at the Emirates. Despite displaying moments of good football his overall performance fell short of expectations in his debut season at the club.

The report further states that despite being signed for £34 million last summer, he failed to deliver consistently. It also emphasizes that Vieira has an important season ahead of him to prove himself.

Just Arsenal Opinion

Vieira did not get many playing chances to prove his worth, but whenever he plays, most people question if he has the physicality to do well in the Premier League.

The midfielder will learn from this season and we expect him to return in the second campaign much better than he is now.

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18 Comments

  1. The only way the “ Manchild” will learn is hitting the gym for a couple hrs a day & being loaned out to the orcs ( Stoke) or get rid Ala Lokonga.

  2. I won’t link an article that was written before the season started when we signed him ,(was told I knew nothing about football )(probably don’t ) that he wasn’t good enough and what I read he was a waste of money .
    But hey ho such is life .

    1. Maybe small and diminutive but his mentality is weak also if you’re that fragile, which he is, he needs to make up for it with aggression and tenacity which he doesn’t needs to be shipped and put it down to a bum buy…

      1. Correct. He is mentally weak. Shirks tackles, never up for pushing his limits and plays scared too with zero aggression. Won’t and can’t come good in the Premiership IMO.

  3. Unless Vieira has a skin like a rhino then he will know his first season was a difficult introduction. I expressed my surprise at his diminutive stature when checking his stats recently. There really aren’t many top players who are both small and physically lightweight to have made the grade and his transfer fee wasn’t exactly peanuts
    Hopefully, he’ll come back stronger next season

  4. I’ve been surprised to see him line up in centre midfield so often – I expected him to be used more out wide out higher up the pitch (replacing odegaard when needed rather than xhaka).
    Next season is make or break. I think his biggest problem has been dealing with the pace of the English game – there have been smaller players than him who’ve done very well in the pl. I hope we see improvement over the summer.

  5. Who remembers Junhino? Small diminutive players can make it in the prem but you have to have skill, strength and a big heart. Viera will never make it at Arsenal, he is not made for the job. Who ever scouted him wants sacking. I really dont know what we will do with him.

    1. I was thinking of Zola.
      I’m quite sure Vieira has the skill, I *think* he has the heart, but the other important part is the intelligence/awareness to be able to find space on the field – that’s where I think he’s been lacking.

  6. A keep saying he needs to be loan out immediately, maybe to one of those newly promoted clubs

    He has effectively blocked Smith Rowe slotting in.

  7. 72M down the drain for Nicolas Pepe or 35M for Fabio Vieira. I wonder who would be considered the bigger flop?

    Another flop again in this upcoming window and we could be able in trouble next season.

  8. I actually think people have been too harsh on him. Showed promise when played in his best position. Reasonable g/a for his first season too 🤷🏻

  9. Question is, who scouted him and came back to say this guy would be good for the premier league? And who signed off the acquisition. From his first game it was obvious he would never in a million years be suited to a physical league like the EPL. Please don’t bring Hleb and Cazorla into this, they were very different type of players.

  10. If he had cost the Club something in the region of £15-20m then this mistake might be more palatable. But to think that we passed on Guimaeres for a similar amount of money…Fabio Vieira really does seem to represent another fairly expensive mistake.Whilst diminutive players plucked from other Leagues have occasionally made it in the EPL most have not.Following a policy of buying Premier League proven players whilst more expensive in the short term usually reaps benefits in the longer term.That said its always worth taking a punt on a young foreign import provided he hasn’t cost too much in the first place.Both Lakonga and Tavares were worth the punt unfortunately they haven’t worked out but Arsenal won’t lose much…if any…money when it comes to selling them.If Arsenal are able to recoup a fraction on their expenditure on Vieira they will now have to presumably loan him into a more suitable League and hope that he shines there.Unfortunately his insipid performances in The Europa League would indicate otherwise.

  11. Vieira does not fit well in the inverted leftback setup. In this setup ur attacking creative midfielder/playmaker dictates better from the central right side of the pitch as their will be more space & balance. I can see Vieira thriving more with an inverted rightback setup and being the creative attacking midfielder/playmaker. If he doesn’t , EsR is also an option.

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