Fabio Vieira is currently thriving at Porto. This would’ve hardly been expected by those who were closely following him earlier in the season, but the Portuguese international is seemingly defying expectations. In his last five appearances, the midfielder has recorded five goal contributions, scoring three goals and laying on 2 assists. The most impressive thing about it is that he returned in all five games consecutively, distributing it equally in the process. This tally includes three goals in his last three appearances, which is quite impressive to say the least. He pretty much could’ve made it 6 from 6 by now had he managed to play against Braga on the 8th of March, however he will have a chance to extend it when Porto take on Estoril on Sunday.
This spell has come after struggling to grab a foothold this campaign. In fact prior to his current run, he had only managed two goals and two assists in the previous 26 games all season long. His current run is made more impressive when factoring in the spell prior to it.
Minutes were hard to come by as well in his second spell with Porto, as he was used mostly as a substitute in the first few games of the season. That is firmly behind him now as he is set to play a crucial role to secure Champions League football, for the Dragões, in the remainder of the campaign.
Looking at his current form, and the lack of a permanent buy option in his loan deal, you have to wonder if the diminutive midfielder still has a future with the Gunners. After joining from Porto in 2022, he has failed to nail a place within Mikel Arteta’s side, hence the lack of minutes throughout his Arsenal career. His profile makes him a perfect understudy to Martin Ødegaard, but the only problem there is that a clear pathway for Ethan Nwaneri would be blocked. All things considered, I don’t expect him to play any role within this Arsenal set up going forward. For this reason I simply don’t see the club keeping him beyond the summer when he comes back.
I could be wrong though, who knows what might happen if he continues the form he’s in?
I’ll leave it to you Gooners, does Fabio Vieira still have a future at Arsenal? Thoughts in the comments below.
BENJAMIN KENNETH
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His current form at Porto changes nothing except for perhaps making him a more attractive target for likely non-PL clubs.
I do think he has the second chance but at this time the competition is stiff with Nwaneri and Dowman to the first team and the transfers to be made in the summer like Nypan moleiro Rovella makes Vieira time of play little I don’t underestimate his quality forsure he’s upthere with Odegaard in teams of quality
No surprise to me anyway. Vieira lit up the league before we acquired him, and was a dud in the PL; couldn’t handle the pace and physicality of the league.
Now that he is back in Portugal, no surprise that he is finding form and putting up numbers. The difference between the leagues is massive, and Vieira couldn’t make the step up.
Same with Gyokeres; great player and talent, but no way he puts up 30 goals in 38 PL games. Gyokeres won’t approach those numbers in the PL, much the same as Vieira won’t produce like that in the PL.
Great for us; his productivity will draw interest and hopefully we can sell him quickly and recoup some of the 34 million we wasted on him in the first place.
Hope his good form continues, may just manage to break even at £34 mil
Good for him, hopefully he can continue shinning.
❤️to Fabio,but PL z a totally different league in terms of physicality.would really be Happy for him to stay at porto n make ends meet from there,,,but always a Gunner ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Move on for goodness sake.