Agreement reached: Arsenal eye Odegaard 2.0 in "entertaining" £50m prodigy

[ad_1] It has been considerably of a difficult marketing campaign for Arsenal to date this season.

As an alternative of battling proper on the prime of the desk like they've been within the final couple of years, Mikel Arteta's males presently discover themselves a fairly distant third place within the Premier League.

One of many largest challenges the North Londoners have confronted this season has been creating possibilities from open play, though the return of membership captain Martin Odegaard has considerably alleviated that downside.

The Norwegian maestro is undoubtedly one of many membership's most vital gamers, so latest studies linking them to somebody who may very well be the subsequent Odegaard ought to excite followers.

Arsenal switch information In line with a latest report from Spain, Arsenal are intensely curious about Las Palmas gem Alberto Moleiro.

Actually, the report claims that the teenager has already reached 'an settlement in precept' to affix the Gunners in the summertime switch window.

Whereas this groundwork is undeniably spectacular from the North Londoners, they'll nonetheless need to fork out a hefty price to get their man, and in response to the report, he has a launch clause price €60m in his present contract, which converts to round £50m.

It may be some huge cash for a participant who stays a relative unknown to followers of English soccer, however Moleiro seems to be to be extremely proficient and may simply find yourself being Arsenal's subsequent Odegaard.

Why Moleiro may very well be Arsenal's subsequent Odegaard So, let's get straight to the purpose then. Why may Moleiro be Arsenal's subsequent Odegaard?

Effectively, there are just a few causes, and the primary is that, just like the Norwegian celebrity, the 21-year-old ace can be a younger and thrilling, offensively minded midfielder making his manner from La Liga to the Premier League.

Granted, transferring from the behemoth that's Actual Madrid will not be fairly the identical as transferring from Las Palmas, however just like the Spaniard, the Gunners' captain reduce his enamel taking part in for a smaller Spanish facet in Actual Sociedad, the place he too turned a core element of a crew earlier than making the leap to English soccer.

The second similarity is that, like his potential future teammate, the "silky" prodigy, as dubbed by expertise scout Jacek Kulig, is able to taking part in in multiple place.

For instance, throughout his brief profession up to now, the "entertaining" Santa Cruz-born gem, as dubbed by analyst Ben Mattinson, has made 55 appearances at left-wing, 28 in attacking midfield, 23 at right-wing, 4 in central midfield and a handful in different positions.

Moleiro's positional versatility

Place

Appearances

Left-Wing

55

Attacking Midfield

28

Proper-Wing

23

Central Midfield

4

Striker

2

Left Midfield

1

Proper Midfield

1

All Stats by way of Transfermarkt

Compared, the North Londoners' unbelievable quantity eight has performed in attacking and central midfield, off the left and proper, and he is even made one look as a centre-forward.

In the end, away from the comparisons to Odegaard, Moleiro merely seems to be to be an extremely promising younger expertise, as exemplified by the actual fact he is already racked up a haul of 24 purpose involvements in 128 senior appearances for Las Palmas regardless of being simply 21 years previous.

Due to this fact, whereas there is a component of danger in paying a lot for a younger, up-and-coming expertise, this seems to be like a deal Arsenal ought to be doing all they will to recover from the road earlier than another person swoops in.