Arsenal has made Douglas Luiz a January transfer priority as they aim to strengthen their squad for the second half of the season.
The Brazilian has been on their radar for a while and came close to a move to the Emirates in the summer of 2022.
However, the Gunners couldn’t reach an agreement with Aston Villa to secure his addition to their squad, leading him to sign an extension with Unai Emery’s side.
Although Villa has been one of the most ambitious teams in the league, Arsenal has not lost sight of Luiz.
According to Fabrizio Romano, the Gunners are planning to sign a new midfielder in January, with the Brazilian being their primary target.
Arsenal is considering phasing out Thomas Partey, who has struggled with injuries during his time at the Emirates, and they believe Luiz would be a suitable option.
The Brazilian has proven to be one of the finest midfielders in the Premier League since joining Villa and is expected to serve Arsenal as a reliable player.
Just Arsenal Opinion
Luiz has been one of the finest midfielders in England for several months and will do a clean job for us.
However, adding him to our squad will be expensive because Villa is an ambitious club that will only sell on their terms.
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When Arsenal wanted him a year ago, I expected him to push for a move. He didn’t. Instead, he used our interest to buy himself a lucrative new contract.
I don’t see any different result if Arsenal go for him again this January except they are willing to pay stupid money.
So, if you asked me, I would say move on to other targets
We paid stupid money for Kai, Viera, Jorginho very poor EPL players, stupid money for Ramsdale to warm the bench, stupid contracts for Cedric, Elneny, Nelson, Eddie – mediocre players suitable for league1, stupid money to wind up contracts of Aubameyang, Ozil, Pepe, stupid money for injury prone players – GabJ, Zinny. Inshort when you hire a stupid person, expect stupid decisions. Paying money to Villa will not be stupid as the lad is very talented one.
We are currently in the top four and are doing pretty well in the CL.
The likes of Aubameyang, Ozil and Pepe were not getting us anywhere. It was bold and risky to take the steps that the club took to get move them on. Looking at the big picture, quite right that these decisions were made.
Not every transfer has worked out as we would have liked but overall the club’s strategy has been sound.
Arsenal clearly need to accept that Partey is yet another brilliant player who’s never going to provide anything close to his potential each season due to being injury-prone, and that isn’t going to get any better as he gets older. It’s not like this is the first time Arsenal have experienced this scenario! So a replacement is obviously required ASAP.
What is Partey’s current injury and why can’t he recover from this?
No doubt he could be a good signing premier league battle hardened