Arsenal have their own Neto in Marquinhos

Mikel Arteta has led Arsenal to 6 Premier League victories of their first seven matches, with the facet at present topping the desk with 18 factors.

The Spaniard had a wonderful summer time switch window, adding in real Premier League high quality with the likes of Gabriel Jesus and Oleksandr Zinchenko whereas Fabio Vieira and Matt Turner are stable investments.

It’s, nonetheless, the addition of Brazilian proper winger Marquinhos, who has the potential to be one of many most interesting within the league over the subsequent few years, and proves that Arteta was proper to not signal Pedro Neto from Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Arteta’s very personal Neto?

Arsenal have been trying to deliver Neto to London, however with the Portuguese winger having a mighty price ticket of in extra of £50m, the membership have been proper to again away from any potential deal, particularly after they have somebody as highly regarded as Marquinhos.

The 19-year-old has pace to burn and is left-footed, identical to Neto, however he brings his personal model of Brazilian trickery which might give him one other string to his bow.

The teen shone on the highest stage in South America, scoring once in two matches within the Copa Libertadores on the tender age of simply 18 and though he averaged simply 33 minutes for Sao Paulo in 21 league matches final season, his maturity is rising and the transfer to Arsenal can see him additional his fledgling growth.

Earlier than he made his first workforce debut, the correct winger had been – within the phrases of Planet Soccer – “tearing it up” in Premier League 2, scoring three occasions and registering one help, and this was sufficient to persuade Arteta that he deserved an opportunity.

Will Marquinhos be an excellent signing for Arsenal?

He wasn’t to be dissatisfied, with Marquinhos exploding onto the scene in opposition to FC Zurich, scoring and aiding in Arsenal’s 2-1 victory, attaining a match-high SofaScore ranking of 8.9.

In six fewer matches than Neto this season, the Brazilian has already scored and assisted greater than the Wolves winger, who has zero objective contributions in eight matches, and it’s solely a matter of time earlier than Arteta provides him an prolonged run within the workforce.

It appears just like the 40-year-old’s resolution to not signal Neto has been vindicated, and it appears like he has saved the membership £50m within the course of.