Arsenal has been linked with a move for Sergi Roberto after he left Barcelona at the end of last season.
The defender is one of the most successful and experienced free agents on the market and has been tipped to join another top club before the new season starts.
Arsenal remains active in the market, and several new names are expected to join the club after Mikel Arteta hinted that they will make more signings.
Football365 reveals that the Gunners have now been linked with a move for Roberto, who has been considering his options since his last professional contract expired.
The defender has won several trophies at Barcelona and is one of their most decorated players. That experience could help make Arteta’s side champions of England.
Arsenal has focused on younger players since Arteta became their manager, but they might be open to adding Roberto, 32, to their squad if he is interested in making a move to the club.
Just Arsenal Opinion
Roberto will be an experienced voice in our dressing room; we probably need one.
Because he has had a successful career, he could inspire the rest of our players to succeed in many competitions.
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I doubt this is true. I don’t see why MA would be interested in a 32 year old.
Well the only attributes he has is that he has won many trophies and will bring his wealth of experience to the dressing room, how this may translate to result on the pitch is beyond me, methink we might just bring thiery Henry back, afterall he can still run around the pitch and screaming “let’s go boys”
I have no real idea how good sergi Roberto is or was but it’s bizarre to me how people write off players for being over 30, even over 28 in some cases – experience does bring some advantages; generally you want to have a mix of younger players with more energy and experienced players with the understanding of how to come through difficult games with high stakes, and how to recover from setbacks. That doesn’t mean bringing in older players only because they’re experienced, they have to be good enough, but equally, age isn’t a reason to not sign a player on its own. It’s part of the reason we signed jorginho.
Apparently, Barcelona didn’t offer him the widely expected short-term contract renewal when his current contract expired, despite his experience. Does that tell us something? Or should it?
Arsenal need to get cracking in bringing players in We need a top class striker full stop and a goalkeeper too if Ramsdale is the leave Caliafiori if and when signed will need time to settle Forget rumours about Nico Williams its not going to happen I have been supporring the club for over fifty years and fear the worse for the new season unless four top additions are made to squad Unfortunately i think Saka will have poor start to season and the players we have at present will not score enough goals Can see Arsenal out of title consideration by December and if wr go out early iFA Cup Arteta could be in risk of axe Hope im wrong but thats.y feelinhcat present The two keepers bought are novwhere near ready for the first team and, Hein if hes second choice not good enough little better than Runarsson
I agree with you about transfers. There’s still quite a while yet in the transfer window but as we’ve seen (and are still seeing) with the Calafiori saga, deals can – and often do – take quite a time to complete.
If Arsenal gets within two weeks of the window closing (31 August) without signing all of their targets, then I suspect that they’ll be hard pushed to do so because selling clubs probably won’t have time then to bring in a replacement – unless they have a “ready-made” one to hand (unlikely).
I see the 2024-25 season as being decisive for Arteta at Arsenal. He really has to win the PL next season and I think we all know really that the current squad (even with Calafiori) probably isn’t up to it, particularly if City strengthen theirs as well.
The only reason I can see Arsenal sign Sergio Roberto is if Partey left for some good money and a stopgap is needed to fill the vacuum at a low cost