Arsenal can repeat the transfer trick with Rodrygo as the summer plans become clear

Real Madrid star Rodrygo is one of the left-wing options that are linked to a summer movement to Arsenal and a blow to the Brazil international saw the Gunners follow a pattern

Arsenal goes to the summer transfer window in a desperate need for a new striker, but a new left wing is also high on their shopping list. Many names are linked, where the sound around Nico Williams is not leaving, but Rodrygo is the last to be advertised as an answer.

The Real Madrid star looked like the strange man in the Bernabeu since the arrival of Kylian Mbappe last summer, and that is unlikely that it will change when Xabi Alonso takes over as a manager. He was left on the couch for the Clasico defeat that actually handed Barcelona the title and was not even in the team for the last two games of Madrid against Mallorca and Sevilla.

Mbappe is here to stay, while it is difficult to see a scenario in which Vinicius Junior can move this summer. However, Rodrygo could still get a tidy sum, while he can still buy Arsenal with a discount.

The prospect to bring in a player for under their market value is perhaps not the only attractive factor for Arsenal. They have had good success with signing top talents from La Liga in the past, and manager Mikel Arteta is perhaps willing to try his happiness. Asked for interest in the Brazilian international on Thursday, the Arsenal -Baas made his wish to add to his attack.

“If you want to win big trophies, you have to be the best in the market, no? The teams who win always have the best players,” said the Gunners. “I would not like to mention a player, but there is proud because we have put the club in a position that people say next season:” You have to win a big trophy. “

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“And that means that everyone believes, and that we are an elite team in this country and in Europe. The biggest explanation is that Arsenal is there.

“What is clear with the amount of injuries we had in the front line is that we need a target threat and that we need firepower. Insight into the fact that the context can change tomorrow, we can not only rely on the figures we had earlier. We have to add goals, add figures, and that will be in various functions.”

Certainly, he will hope that history can repeat itself. The obvious striking example comes in the form of Martin Odegaard, who was allowed to leave the Spanish capital and is now the captain of Arsenal and one of their most important players.

However, he is not the only example. In 2013, the Gunners saw Madrid spend great on Isco and Gareth Bale and seized their chance. A deadline day movement saw Mesut Ozil moving to North Londs and he enjoyed different fertile years -even if things did not end in the best way.

Twelve months later, instead, they fell over Madrid’s Rivals Barcelona. The Catalan club had its own summer summer, with Luis Suarez among those to arrive, and that made Barca feel that they could handle it without Alexis Sanchez.

In defense of Barcelona, ​​they were demonstrably correct about that issue when they gained the Champions League. Arsenal, however, was also able to benefit from three big seasons, followed by a sharp fall, but the highlights were very high.

It is not the first time that Rodrygo has been linked to a switch to the Premier League. Liverpool was enthusiastic about the Brazilian international before he left his home country for Spain, but at that time he was not in the mood to leave Boyhood Club Santos.

“We didn’t close the deal because I didn’t want that. I wanted to stay in Santos, although the offer was very good,” he said in 2024.

“The path they promised to me would also have been very good for my career. I would finish my studies in England to prepare for European football.

“It had always been my dream to play in Europe. Everything was very good, but my desire spoke louder. I wanted to stay in Santos and make a little history in the club. And that is what happened: I was able to fulfill my dream to play for Santos. But it is true, I almost went to Liverpool.”

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