Arsenal in pole position for Tielemans

Arsenal thrashed Nottingham Forest 5-0 yesterday to leapfrog Manchester Metropolis on the top of the Premier League desk in what was a convincing victory that may certainly increase their confidence.

It wasn’t the one excellent news from the weekend both, with the Mirror reporting that Arsenal are at present in pole place for Leicester Metropolis midfielder Youri Tielemans attributable to Juventus’ curiosity within the participant cooling.

Will Arsenal signal Youri Tielemans in January?

CBS journalist Ben Jacobs tweeted on the finish of the switch window that the Belgian would price round £30m, nevertheless, together with his contract expiring on the finish of the season, Mikel Arteta will likely be hoping to snap him up for a lowered payment.

Arteta’s personal Casemiro?

Regardless of the Spaniard including the likes of Gabriel Jesus and Fabio Vieira to his squad in the summertime, he failed so as to add any actual high quality to the centre of his midfield.

Tielemans can be a superb addition, particularly when you think about that he’s much like Brazilian star Casemiro in line with FBref’s participant comparability mannequin.

Certainly, with the success the 30-year-old has had at Actual Madrid and now within the Premier League with Manchester United, Arteta will certainly be decided to land somebody who’s comparable.

Their attacking statistics are pretty comparable this season, with each averaging over three shot-creating actions per match – Tielemans 3.26 and Casemiro 3.50. In the meantime, they’re equally as eager on contributing with objectives and assists wherever attainable (3 to 2) proving that they will all the time supply one thing going ahead.

The Belgian “phenomenon” – as dubbed by former Sweden worldwide Par Zetterberg – simply edges the Man United enforcer by way of passing accuracy (84.7% to 80.1%), nevertheless, there isn’t a lot of a distinction as the 2 wish to dictate matches with their composure in the midst of the park.

Even defensively, there isn’t a lot separating the gamers in terms of tackles received (15 to 10), blocks (21 to 14), and interceptions (each with 10 every) which reveals that Arteta received’t simply be getting an attack-minded participant if he lands the 25-year-old, as his defensive attributes will also be extremely efficient.

Leicester correspondent Jordan Blackwell dubbed the Belgian as a “top performer” of their defeat to Man Metropolis final week and there’s no doubt he can add one thing further to the Arsenal engine room.

Will the supervisor take a plunge in January? Solely time will inform.