Mikel Arteta spent at least three years as the assistant manager of Manchester City, and his playing style at Arsenal is notably influenced by his time there.
Having worked closely with Pep Guardiola, Arteta built strong relationships with many players at City, which facilitated the signings of Gabriel Jesus and Oleksandr Zinchenko for Arsenal.
The Gunners continue to be linked with moves for several City players and are expected to target more in the future.
The latest City star on Arsenal’s radar is Julian Alvarez, who recently expressed concerns about his lack of game time at the Etihad.
Alvarez often plays second fiddle to Erling Haaland, and the Argentinian forward might consider leaving City, having already won all the top club trophies with them.
A report in the Daily Mail claims Arteta has been monitoring Alvarez and would be ready to sign him if he decides to leave City. However, Arsenal would need to make some sales to afford the Argentinian attacker.
Just Arsenal Opinion
Alvarez is one of the finest attackers in the Premier League, and he knows how to score many goals, so we must fight to sign him if he is available.
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Please bring Julian Alvarez and stop gambling and acquiring cheap stuff. The likes of Lukonga and Tavares among others were acquired in a rush for the cheap and it never worked.
Might be doable. I do think we should of bit Marseilles hand off for Nkeiteah. €27m is not too bad. He’s not set the world on fire. Suppose we could try a cash + swap or Eze or Guehi. Let’s see. Still plenty of time & taking things into account Nkeiteah. Nelson. Ramsdale. Kiwior. Tierney are a big part of our first team squad. So no panick really.
Are not a big part of our squad.
NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!
Better then what we have
I can’t see City selling him to us
If this deal is even vaguely possible it should be prioritised. Unlikely though.
I think he’d be an amazing signing – very understated style, which I think leads to him being slightly underrated by a lot of fans, but he’s very clever and effective. I’d be shocked if city sold him to us – he’s a level up on zinchenko and Jesus because he has no significant weaknesses (zinchenko and Jesus are very good players, but everyone knows zinchenko isn’t great defensively and Jesus isn’t a great finisher)
It’s so difficult to tell how truly great an offensive player is or isn’t when he’s playing in a side like MC. How does he do when he isn’t being fed the ball by the likes of KDB and Silva or having them open up spaces which would otherwise never be there with a lesser club? Regardless, I would be shocked if MC sold him to us unless Pep secretly doesn’t rate him very highly.