As per Football Insider, Arsenal are ready to ignite their interest in Portuguese winger Pedro Neto.
Last summer, Arteta was looking for a reliable winger and considered Wolves’ Pedro Neto. However, it is no secret that a move to sign Neto or any other well-known winger did not materialise, and with Reiss Nelson seemingly inundated with offers from elsewhere it looks like we are going an extra surprise backup on the wing.
As per Dean Jones, Neto, who’s only made 18 appearances for Wolves (missing a number of games due to injury), would be a player Arteta and Edu would find easy to sign as they’ve already done their research on him, and his recent injury problems would not be so important if he was only intended to be an occasional player.
Jones told Football Fan Cast, “He fit a lot of what they were looking for at the time, so I don’t think they would necessarily feel that just because it’s gone badly for him since then that it would have been the case. Even if he cropped up again on the market, I’m not sure they would be totally willing to turn their back on him and not even look at the situation again, to be honest. In hindsight, you could say they had a lucky escape, but I’m not sure that’s the case.”
There’s a clear hint that another top winger will be recruited to add depth to Arsenal’s wings. If it is Pedro Neto, Mousa Diaby, or Wilfred Zaha, who’ve also been linked, then it will be well and good. Where Arteta’s project is headed, it will be better not to overdepend on individual players like Saka, especially if Nelson departs as expected…
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Is Neto our new Draxler? Given the constant links, it seems that way.
Not sure why Neto is always mentioned as a possible Arsenal signing. He’s always injured, and hasn’t exactly done much when fit. I would rather Nelson or ESR thank you very much!
Daniel, please stop going on about Wilf Zaha. A couple of days ago his name was brought up and I got stuck in about it. I won’t repeat my rant today. However,lots of contributors got involved so maybe that’s why his name has been brought up again. Am I being cynical ?
Let Wilf go to a desperate, impressionable club, we definitely don’t need his histrionics here. Are you just stirring the pot ? Neto was very good a couple of seasons ago but has hardly played for Wolves in the last 18 months due to almost constant injury.
I’ve seen clips of Diaby and he looks very fine. Only thing that puts me off is that another Diaby we had in the past was a bit of a nightmare at times. Remember Abu Diaby ? Hey, but what’s in a name ?
Everytime I get a chance I’m going to say MUHAMMAD KUDUS !! Not precisely the same kind of player as the others you’ve mentioned but a very good one nonetheless and an international team mate of our Thomas. How’s about that then ? I’m starving.
Pedro Neto will be perfect replacement for Nelson. No doubt about that.
No. We need a strker not a winger. Jesus can also play as a winger. Buy Toney
Yes, Toney would be very good if he doesn’t get banned. I suggested Toney to an acquaintance of mine before this season even started, and he laughed in my face !
Extend Nelsons Contract and use him as a super sub, that way he can both make an impact and hopefully stay injury free. He can create,score and he puts in the mileage and he is fearless. Keep him Don’t be stupid!
Neto or Nelson? Nelson by a mile.