Arsenal is looking to strengthen its midfield. A number of good midfielders have been linked.
Douglas Luiz of Aston Villa, Amadou Onana of Everton, and Martin Zubimendi of Real Sociedad are the three most commonly mentioned players.
In this report, I’d like to tell you how Onana is just a bid away from being a gunner. Everton manager Sean Dyche was recently asked if he would be prepared to let anyone leave, and he hinted that he would for the appropriate price.
Dyche said, “We are in a position to do the best we can with the team we have got but we are in the position where if the right deal came along…”
He added, “But you’ve seen how quiet it is in January, and we are certainly not thinking of players going out of the building.” There were reports that Arsenal and Everton were in talks for Onana, but Dyche denied this but did not rule out the club taking a hard position if a reasonable bid came in for the Belgian.
Dyche continued: “He’s been heavily linked before I was here and after. It’s just another story. He’s an Everton player, so any decision that we make on players, it will be us that decide.”
My interpretation of Dyche’s statements, he is not dismissive of talks about Onana leaving. He is not like Thomas Frank, who stated that he did not want Ivan Toney to be leaving Brentford. I’d like to think that if Arsenal could present Everton with a realistic offer for their midfielder, they’d be willing to negotiate his departure.
Unfortunately, Arsenal is unlikely to raise a fee in the £50 million range since they want to be on good terms with FFP after overspending last summer.
An Onana-Arsenal deal is one to keep an eye on. Who knows, Arteta and Edu might yet find a way to seal a deal.
Daniel O
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Onana is not the player I would give my right hand to have at Arsenal. But his age and PL experience are two very positive attributes. With these you would think that good coaching and playing along top players could turn him into a top player himself.
So yes, if Everton would not run greedy and ask for a ridiculous fee
Onana would definitely be the best buy after Jurrien Timber and Declan Rice. With Onana, Rice, Partey, Odegaard, the Arsenal MF would be impenetrable and marauding opponents to a point where we will start thinking we don’t need a Striker anymore, which need.
I have watched Onana closely on a number of occasions, and for a man of his physical stature he does not seem to impose himself on matches like Rice does for example.That said Everton are not a possession based team like Arsenal and he is used by them in a fairly defensive role rather than as a box to box operator which I feel he is suited to and where he might be effective for us..There are better options out there in my opinion but they are unlikely to be available in this transfer window so we should exercise patience until we are not restricted by FFP regulations.
I actually don’t see as our type of player. He’s strong, athletic, young and tall and that’s it. He’s not a technical oriented player which is important in any part of our midfield and his passing is not that top propably because he’s playing at Everton but generally he doesn’t look like a arteta type of player
Bring back Charlie Patino and play him or ESR. Give another role to your very emotionally love Kai Havertz. He has failed to provide the needed support that Xhaka and Partey provided to make our attack score goals. Patino, ESR or Zinchenko can save the club millions for a good striker
From what i have seen from him, i doubt we will be after him. I dont think he is great controlling the ball and he is just a bit of a nuisance player. Not for me!!!!
Sadly I don’t expect that we’ll bring in any players this month. We need a few players and we need to cut loose some players but unfortunately, I don’t see it happening until the summer
If we had not overspent in the summer this deal could have been easily clinched. Rice and Timber were fantastic acquisitions but Havertz and Raya were not needed at all. Havertz simply does not fit the system and Ramsdale is much better than Raya. I hope we sell some fringe players and get Onana.