Arsenal might make a late supply in a bid to deliver Amadou Onana to The Emirates within the January switch window.
What’s the discuss?
That’s in response to Pete O’Rourke, who claimed in a latest interview with GIVEMESPORT that, after seeing a £70m bid turned down by Brighton & Hove Albion for Moises Caicedo, Edu could be tempted right into a late supply for the Everton midfielder – for whom the Toffees are reported to be demanding a determine within the area of £50m to half with this month.
Relating to the Gunners’ curiosity within the 21-year-old, the journalist stated: “He seems like an actual high participant, and likewise within the Belgium workforce as properly. So I’m positive Arsenal, in addition to a lot of different golf equipment, are maintaining tabs on his scenario.
“If there’s any chance he can be prised away before the window closes, I’m sure Arsenal and these other interested clubs will maybe make an offer for him.”
Neglect Caicedo
Whereas it's plain that Caicedo would make a sensational addition to Mikel Arteta‘s present choices within the coronary heart of his Arsenal facet, contemplating the truth that Brighton are reported have set an astonishing £100m price ticket for the Ecuador worldwide, the argument that Onana could be a dream different to the 21-year-old is a comparatively straightforward one to make.
Certainly, regardless of taking part in for an underperforming Everton facet, the £23m-rated expertise has however extremely impressed over his 18 Premier League appearances following his £33m transfer to Goodison Park final summer season, making a mean of two.6 tackles, 0.9 interceptions, 1.2 clearances and profitable 6.8 duels – at successful fee of 58% – per recreation.
Compared, over Caicedo’s 18 top-flight fixtures this season, the £16m-rated starlet has made a mean of two.9 tackles, 1.4 interceptions, 0.7 clearances and received 5.8 duels – at successful fee of 57% – per match – all whereas taking part in for a facet who at the moment occupy sixth place within the Premier League standings.
Moreover, Onana has additionally impressed going forwards, with the £100k-per-week teen having scored one objective, registered one help and created one huge probability, along with taking a mean of 1.1 pictures, making 0.4 key passes, taking part in 1.3 lengthy balls and finishing 28.1 whole passes – at successful fee of 85% – per outing.
These returns have seen the 21-year-old who French journalist Julien Laurens dubbed an “incredible talent” common a particularly spectacular Sofascore statistical score of 6.94, at the moment rating him as Everton’s fourth-best outfielder within the high flight of English soccer.
Additional nonetheless, Laurens additionally clearly believes that Onana possesses large scope for future growth, with the journalist and broadcaster revealing in an interview cited by The Echo on the time of his transfer to Everton:
“I’m as excited as you and I’m not even an Everton fan! So I wish to see him right here. The nice factor is that he actually needed to return to you and never go to West Ham United or different Premier League golf equipment that have been pushing for him. As a result of he’s an unimaginable expertise, there isn't any doubt.
“Whether or not he's a giant success right away or whether or not you need to wait a bit bit – I don’t know. However he’s received all of the qualities to reach England. I believe English soccer fits him completely and he fits English soccer completely within the sense that he’s good on the ball, he’s robust, he’s clever, he’s highly effective – he’s a [Aurelien] Tchouameni, he’s a Paul Pogba bracket of participant.
“The difference maybe [to Pogba] is that he’s a bit more defensive-minded if you ask him to be, and do that kind of work. He’s very happy, he’s not reluctant to defend a lot. He can sit as the holding midfielder.
“You would lose a bit of what makes him quite special in the sense that he’s got the power to do box-to-box, drive the ball and do things like that. But I think he can also be disciplined and be quite good defensively in 50-50s, in the air, in the duels, on the floor. All of that he can do, but I still feel his best role will be having a bit of freedom to run up and down the pitch.”
As such, contemplating his spectacular begin to life in England, coupled along with his potential for additional growth and the actual fact he's obtainable for round half of Caicedo’s £100m asking worth, it could certainly seem as if Onana would symbolize one thing of a dream different to the Brighton wonderkid for Edu to recover from the road within the the rest of the switch window.
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