Arsenal project remains in good hands with Edu and Mikel Arteta

Arsenal has unexpectedly made headway in a transfer that may possible see the Gunners safe a deal for 22-year-old Portuguese youth worldwide midfielder Fábio Vieira.

As reported earlier from a number of sources after which confirmed by The Athletic’s ever-reliable David Ornstein, Arsenal is about to shell out £30million + roughly £4million in add-ons for Vieira, who can be on a 5-year deal on the Emirates Stadium and has already flown to London to finish his medical earlier than finalizing his transfer to the north London outfit.

? Fabio Vieira set to hitch Arsenal from Porto. Payment €35m + €5m, 5yr deal. 22yo AMF flying to London at this time & will endure medical earlier than finishing transfer. Course of began + managed by Jorge Mendes, @TheAthleticUK after @pedromsepulveda scoop #AFC #FCPorto https://t.co/b839GEGBRC

— David Ornstein (@David_Ornstein) June 16, 2022

Vieira brings one other inventive profile to Arsenal below Mikel Arteta and can add his identify alongside Martin Ødegaard and probably Youri Tielemans as properly after the membership initially was in scorching pursuit of the Belgian worldwide midfielder who might nonetheless be part of regardless of the deal for the Portuguese.

However what’s most necessary to recollect concerning the impending deal for Vieira is simply the place Arsenal have come from within the final 18-months after each Arteta and membership technical director first sunk their tooth into the membership after religion was really positioned in them by proprietor Stan Kroenke and son Josh Kroenke.

It was not that way back that numerous Arsenal followers had been left annoyed when Edu and Arteta turned to a free deal for former Chelsea attacking midfielder Willian in a bid so as to add inventive high quality to the Gunners’ ranks in a transfer that in the end resulted in catastrophe regardless of the Brazilian becoming a member of the Gunners on the again of what was statistically his greatest season in a Chelsea shirt.

However fast-forward to the current, and never solely did the membership rectify that transfer by pushing him out the door only one season later, however Edu and Arteta have turned to youth to nice impact after pushing to safe Ødegaard on a full deal within the wake of a profitable preliminary mortgage spell whereas overseeing the fast rise and growth of Hale Finish graduates Smith Rowe and Saka.

LONDON, ENGLAND – NOVEMBER 07: Bukayo Saka of Arsenal celebrates with goalscorer Emile Smith Rowe in the course of the Premier League match between Arsenal and Watford at Emirates Stadium on November 7, 2021, in London, England. (Picture by Visionhaus/Getty Pictures)

With all 4 gamers averaging at simply 21.5-years-old, this falls consistent with earlier offers for the likes of Sambi Lokonga (22), Ben White (24), Nuno Tavares (22), Takehiro Tomiyasu (23), and Aaron Ramsdale (24).

Not solely has the membership pushed for a younger core able to pushing for Champions League soccer within the current, however a youthful attacking core additionally guarantees that Arteta and Edu are gearing as much as maintain religion in a imaginative and prescient that may hopefully safe main honors frequently shifting ahead.

And there will be little doubt concerning the affect that Ødegaard, Smith Rowe, and Saka have had on the workforce regardless of their youthful exuberance.

Saka (11) and Smith Rowe (10) had been the top-scoring gamers for Arsenal in the course of the 2021-22 Premier League marketing campaign, whereas Ødegaard (7) rounded out the highest three.

London-native Saka was additionally joint-top for assists (7) final time period whereas Ødegaard (4) was behind one other younger star in Gabriel Martinelli (6) within the helper’s chart.

Legendary Arsenal supervisor Arsène Wenger might have as soon as famously quipped that you simply can’t win something with youngsters, however those self same youngsters are positive to grow to be prime footballers within the coming years, and you’ll be hard-pressed to seek out any Arsenal supporter that’s not assured about what that might imply for the longer term.