Fabrizio Romano has written completely for CaughtOffside’s Substack about one in every of his favorite younger gamers in world soccer in the meanwhile – Lille striker Jonathan David.
The switch information guru charges David extremely and believes he might be set for an enormous transfer within the close to future, whereas he has additionally revealed that Arsenal and Tottenham confirmed an curiosity in him just lately.
The Canada worldwide was thought-about by each Arsenal and Spurs earlier than they finally opted to maneuver for extra Premier League-proven gamers within the type of Gabriel Jesus and Richarlison, respectively, nevertheless it seems to be like he might nonetheless be one to observe after the World Cup this winter.
Discussing David’s switch state of affairs in his newest column, Romano stated: “I believe he’s an ideal striker, generally he’s underrated. He’s at all times scoring targets, nonetheless younger, nonetheless capable of enhance much more.
“I believe after the World Cup his state of affairs can be clear, let’s see if January or subsequent summer season. Price might be round €35-40m but additionally will depend on the performances this season.
“He was on Arsenal and Tottenham checklist one 12 months in the past then they determined to speculate on Premier League confirmed gamers like Jesus and Richarlison.”
David, nonetheless solely 22 years of age, first confirmed his high quality at Belgian facet Gent, the place he scored 37 targets in 83 appearances in complete earlier than his transfer to Lille.
Since transferring to Ligue 1, David has scored an additional 37 targets in complete, and it’s straightforward to see why huge names like Arsenal and Tottenham checked out him.
