Good morning to all.
Unsurprisingly, Man City won last night, cutting our lead at the top to 5 points. Erling Haaland says they have to ‘hunt down Arsenal’. Ominous. We will be Bart Simpson playing hooky; They will be Principal Skinner, the tireless persecutor of the adorable rascal.
Anyway, a couple of days ago I wrote about Joao Félix and the rumors of a possible loan to Arsenal. I doubted the figures that were circulating. A high loan fee + very high salaries made me seem unlikely. However, there seems to be genuine interest in the deal, as David Ornstein talked about it on NBC last night.
He confirmed the continued interest in Mykhaylo Mudryk, later saying:
They are also interested in signing Joao Félix on loan from Atlético Madrid. They have offered it to several clubs, but at the moment the numbers are too high… Manchester United, Chelsea, many others.
Jorge Mendes, his agent, knows that he needs to move Joao Félix because he is in disgrace at Atlético de Madrid.
Arsenal are keen to do it, but the numbers would have to go down for that to happen. And I think they probably will. It would only be a six month loan and that is going to be very expensive. But he is a very quality player.
Almost two years ago we brought an underprivileged player from Madrid: Martin Odegaard is now the club’s captain and one of the best players in the Premier League. Felix is ​​out of favor at Atlético, rather than Real, and while it’s no guarantee that lightning will strike twice, there’s good timing to it if it did. We also have a link to Jeorge Mendes through Fabio Vieira, who is represented by his agency.
To find out more about the player himself, here’s an interesting profile that highlights some of what he could bring to the team. The question will be how quickly he can adapt to the Premier League, but presumably that is something that the coach and manager will have taken into account if it really is an agreement that they are looking to make. I saw a journalist suggest that Arteta has some doubts about Félix (whether he is the player or the deal itself, I don’t know), and that he has an interest in another attacker currently playing in La Liga.
I guess what makes it more interesting is that it seems like we’re behind two players. With Shakhtar digging his heels into Mudryk, it may take a while to come to a conclusion, so perhaps the interest in Felix or someone else is because we feel we can do it in a more timely fashion.
It would certainly be a great window if we signed Mudryk and brought in Joao Felix/AN OTHER on loan, and you wonder if the position we’re in and the opportunity we’ve given ourselves to challenge for the title has played into decision-making. decisions in January.
David Ornstein continued on NBC:
Arsenal know they need to make progress on the transfer market if they are to make that final push for the Premier League title.
The Kroenkeses, the estate, are backing them to go get that title.
We saw Mikel Arteta and Edu in the US before the Premier League resumed, and Stan and Josh were in town for the West Ham game. Some of it, I’m sure, is about being present and visible as owners, but you have to think that discussions about how to bolster the team when the window opens in just a couple of days have been an integral part of that as well. .
We know for sure that the manager wants more firepower. He, more than anyone, knows what it takes to fight Man City all the way for the title. He will also have looked at his bench for the game against West Ham and will have known that there is a very heavy load in his starting XI, without much in the bench to change things up if necessary. It’s great that Amario Cozier-Duberry is on the team, but really, it’s more a gap in our attacking depth than his potential.
It sounds like we want to address that in this window, so let’s see how it all plays out.
See you tomorrow.
