Arsenal eye move for Samuel Chukwueze

Arsenal’s season goes from power to power, with the membership sitting fairly on the prime of the Premier League desk and thru to the knockout levels of the Europa League.

Defeat to Brighton and Hove Albion within the EFL Cup gained’t put a downer on issues on the Emirates as this implies fewer matches of their pursuit of larger prizes.

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It’s an thrilling time to be an Arsenal supporter and Mikel Arteta is just not resting on his laurels both as he appears to be like forward to the January switch window so as to additional bolster his facet.

The Spaniard has reportedly put in a suggestion for Shakhtar Donetsk winger Mykhaylo Mudryk, nevertheless, he’s additionally inquisitive about one other winger, Villarreal’s Samuel Chukwueze.

Gabriel Martinelli 2.0

In response to reports in Spain, Arsenal are focusing on a transfer for Chukwueze in January, and the £31k-per-week trickster would bolster the membership’s assault.

Certainly, Chukwueze may very well be Arteta’s subsequent Martinelli, with the Brazilian winger ranked first when in comparison with the Villarreal star by way of FBref’s participant comparability mannequin.

Chukwueze averages 4.34 shot-creating actions per match, with Martinelli simply edging him with 4.37 per sport, proving they pose a major attacking menace from a large place.

The Arsenal winger has made 1.8 key passes per match to this point this season, in comparison with 1.1 for Chukwueze, whereas additionally creating 4 extra large probabilities than the Villarreal winger (5 to 1). Nonetheless, the 23-year-old has began simply five video games for the La Liga facet this season, having to depend on alternatives from the bench.

Former Barcelona striker Samuel Eto’o even lavished reward on Chukwueze, dubbing him as an “incredible player” and there’s no doubt {that a} transfer to the Premier League will permit him to get even higher.

Martinelli has shone this season, registering seven purpose contributions in simply 13 matches and if Arteta does land the Nigerian winger, the added competitors might show to be a superb factor.

Arsenal ought to make their transfer in January and signal him earlier than it’s too late and in the event that they do, the 40-year-old might be including a Martinelli clone.