Arsenal eyeing Facundo Torres | FootballFanCast.com

Arsenal are already weighing up some strikes forward of the January switch window with a winger apparently excessive on their radar.

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The Gunners attempted to carry a large participant to north London in the summertime, registering an curiosity in Raphinha.

Nonetheless, the Brazilian ultimately made a transfer to Barcelona. Now, Edu is sizzling on the heels of one other South American ahead.

That’s in response to Charles Watts who has revealed that the Premier League aspect are in early talks to signal Orlando Metropolis’s Facundo Torres.

Taking to Twitter, the Objective reporter said: “Discussions over a possible transfer for Facundo Torres very a lot at an early stage. He has made an impression on the scouting staff, however it hasn’t actually gone past that but – Additional talks deliberate as Arsenal proceed to search for Saka cowl.”

He’s able to explode

Torres’ potential proper now could be fairly appreciable. He has already been compared to a different diminutive South American in a sure Lionel Messi and his numbers seem like getting higher 12 months by 12 months.

The Uruguayan has scored 29 career goals, 13 of which got here in the course of the 2022 MLS season. It was a fascinating marketing campaign for the 22-year-old who additionally registered ten assists whereas taking part in in a large number of roles.

The Orlando Metropolis star featured on the left, on the correct and as a second striker behind a centre-forward. It’s eye-catching that he can play proper throughout the frontline and Arsenal have already felt the complete power of his Messi-like qualities.

Mikel Arteta’s males performed in opposition to his membership aspect in a pre-season pleasant forward of the 2022/23 marketing campaign, a match by which Torres scored. Slicing inside from the left in trademark trend, the teen rifled a shot dwelling on his left foot.

It was a beautiful aim and reveals precisely why Arsenal are in discussions to carry him to the membership.

Most much like former Gunner, Joel Campbell, per FB Ref, the £6.3m-rated jewel’s numbers have been fairly extraordinary. Certainly, when in comparison with gamers in his place throughout the next eight best leagues (away from Europe’s prime 5 divisions), he ranks within the best 5% for non-penalty objectives per 90, the highest 10% for passes into the penalty space and the very best 18% for by means of balls.

It paints a vivid image that Torres isn’t just scientific, but in addition extremely artistic. The offensive “monster” – as dubbed by compatriot Luis Suarez – sits contained in the top 40 gamers for key move ending carries in MLS, proving that when he brings the ball ahead, he tends to pick a teammate with an important move.

All of this absolutely makes him a shoo-in for a spot in Uruguay’s World Cup squad. The large attacker has been capped ten occasions by his nation and is now able to make himself a family identify.

There isn’t a higher place to try this than on the World Cup, the place the nation of Qatar is able to witness his thrilling expertise.

The event kicks off in a matter of weeks so Arsenal supporters could properly have the ability to catch a glimpse of his expertise earlier than a proper January bid is launched. Based mostly on the aforementioned numbers, it could be a shock in the event that they don’t speed up their curiosity within the quick future. He is able to explode at the next stage.