The reports have confirmed that Arsenal are getting very close to signing their third player of this summer transfer window and are getting close to making a team that will be hard to beat.
Arsenal have finished their preseason tour of the United States, and now they are going back to London and will be there very soon. The preseason was a great success for the team as they tested some new players, some of those players who were injured last year for the whole season, and they also tested some new formations, and according to the manager, all went well, and now they are prepared to play in this season with very high hopes to win the league.
However, there are still two games ahead of them before the English Premier League starts; they will be facing Bayer Leverkusen and Olympique Lyon, but all the fans are keeping an eye on the transfer window, thinking who will be the next signing of the Gunners.
Arsenal are making a new team, which will be a beast.
Mikel Arteta wants to build a new and more strong and improved squad than last year in order to win the Premier League this season. He wants to build a squad that becomes difficult to beat even by teams like Man City and Liverpool.
They have already done two signings in this summer transfer window. First, it was the goalkeeping position. David Raya’s loan move has now turned into a permanent signing.
Arsenal was very happy last year with Raya’s performance, and they wanted to buy the player as he is in their long-term plans.
The second signing was Riccardo Calafiori, an Italian defender. Arsenal always needs a new backup defender, a defender who can replace William Saliba or Gabriel Mesut if any of them gets injured. Until last year, they did not have a defender who could take over, and their best defenders are unable to play or are not playing well.
Gunners have signed the player for around £34 million plus add-ons as the transfer fee. The discussion between the player’s current club and former club remains in negotiations, but it is just a matter of time as the transfer will go head and he will be the second signing of this summer transfer window for Arsenal.
The next player on the Gunners list is the Spanish midfielder Mikel Merino. The midfielder recently won the Euros 2024; he showed his real talent in the Euros, where he played like a world-class midfielder, and it showed why Arteta wants the player at the club.
Gunners need a new midfielder to improve their squad’s strength.
Mikel Merino was the man who was on the Gunners rader for a long time, and they impressed with his performances that he has given in the last few years. He is a player who has given top-notch performances, but still his performances have stayed under the radar, but his performance in the Euro 2024 has been great, and the whole world saw his performance and what he can do; this pushed Arsenal to sign the player.
The Spanish midfielder Mikel Merino is now in the final year of his contract at Real Sociedad; other than Arsenal, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid also heavily linked to signing the player. Barcelona are in dire need of a central midfielder, and it is looking that Nico William might not join Barca as he might be looking to stay at Athletic Bilbao, so they might push for the player. On the other side, Atletico Madrid are also keeping an eye on the player as they are looking to improve their midfield. They are going all in for all the players they want, so right now it is difficult to say which club will sign the player.
But however, in Arsenal, Mikel Arteta has been pushing very hard to sign the player. There are some reports that claim that Merino has agreed the personal terms with the Gunners and the club is now negotiating with Real Sociedad to sign the player.
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