In keeping with Caught Offside, Arsenal are poised to beat Chelsea to the signing of Santos wonderkid Joao Victor de Souza through the summer season switch window.
The Gunners didn’t make any signings through the winter switch window. The membership had been linked with Aston Villa striker Ollie Watkins within the last week, however a deal didn’t materialise.
Arsenal at the moment are anticipated to spend massive on marquee gamers in the summertime, however they may additionally concentrate on including high quality younger expertise, who’ve the potential to grow to be key gamers in the long term.
Caught Offside immediately declare that Chelsea had been involved in touchdown Santos’ Joao Victor. The Blues proposed to mortgage him out to sister membership Strasbourg to realize helpful first-team expertise.
Nevertheless, the participant and his consultant weren’t impressed. It’s now reported that Arsenal are ready to take benefit and signal the 18-year-old left-back on the finish of the marketing campaign.
Doable deal
Arsenal are at present well-equipped within the left-back division with the presence of Myles Lewis-Skelly, Riccardo Calafiori, Kieran Tierney and Oleksandr Zinchenko. Jakub Kiwior, Jurrien Timber and Takehiro Tomiyasu can play there too.
Nevertheless, the summer season may pave the way in which for loads of adjustments. Tierney is ready to affix Celtic on a free switch whereas there’s a risk that Zinchenko and Kiwior may very well be offered too. Zinchenko was on Borussia Dortmund’s radar this winter.
Joao Victor, who has been dubbed because the ‘new Marcelo‘, has already impressed scouts along with his attacking abilities and defensive attributes. It stays to be seen whether or not the Gunners can assure him common minutes with the first-team.
As issues stand, Lewis-Skelly and Calafiori are the common starters from the left-back place. If Victor had been to reach, there’s a risk that Lewis-Skelly may very well be pushed ahead right into a midfield function the place he performed for the academy.
Arsenal had their sights on a summer season deal for Palmeiras wonderkid Vitor Reis, however he ended up selecting Manchester Metropolis final month. With this in thoughts, we gained’t be stunned if the Gunners swoop for Joao Victor when the switch window reopens.
