Arsenal is looking to sign at least three players from Spain’s victorious Euro 2024 side.
The Gunners have been actively seeking several new players to improve their options, and Mikel Arteta’s team is eager to end this transfer window with more quality signings.
Arsenal has closed in on signing Riccardo Calafiori and will now turn their attention toward Nico Williams and Dani Olmo.
Both players were part of the Spanish team that won Euro 2024, and top clubs in Europe are keen to add them to their squads.
The Gunners will focus on at least one of them in the coming weeks, but they will face serious competition from Barcelona for both players.
Transfer insider Florian Plettenberg reveals on X that Barca is currently working on a move for both Williams and Olmo. Although Barcelona seemed to have been focusing on luring Nico Williams in the last few weeks, Plettenberg reveals they also want to sign Dani Olmo.
Just Arsenal Opinion
Olmo and Williams will strengthen us, but we must admit that Barca now leads the race because both players are Spanish and could favour playing for the Catalans over us.
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Don’t really get all this Barce stuff – they have no money! And we have one of the best Spanish coaches, so don’t get the negativity TBH.
That’s not quite true. Barcelona has been under very tight financial constraints for some years now. However, after several asset sales (broadcasting rights etc.) they are very close to returning to a stable financial footing.
Also, you can’t ignore that they remain a huge global “brand” – far bigger than any PL team and matched only by Real Madrid. Barcelona is apparently close to completing the biggest shirt sponsorship deal in history, for example.
They are, and remain, a huge draw for Spanish players which is why they are favourites to sign Williams (their top priority it seems). Arteta doesn’t really have much of a profile in Spain currently according to my Spanish friends and, unfortunately, neither does Arsenal.
I’m not convinced that Arsenal really need Nico WIlliams, although he does look very good. The midfielder and striker positions are more important if they’re going to spend a truck-load of money somewhere.
Partey is spectacle to having injury.and a as result can’t be rely on ti play a full season campaign in all competitions
And Jorginho is aging and has lost a yard in pace. And can’t play every game for Arsena but in some.
ESR is being sold to Durham and Vieria can’t be trusted to perform very well regularly for Arsenal at the top level of the game. Elneny is gone and a replacement signing to him is required to be signed this summer.
That leaves us with Declare Rice and Martin Ddegaard as the only two physically fit out and out reliable top midfielders in the team.
So, Arsenal will do a new top quality midfielder signings this window. And do another one if they sell ESR.
We need Dani Olmo more than we need Nico Williams, especially if news of selling ESR is true.
We need him and a striker, since we are not able to convince Chido Obi to stay.