Re: ⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions

Mikel Merino is about to join Arsenal and play for this team soon. Arsenal want to get the team improved and finally win the premier league title from Manchester City after years of losing it and that's why they decided to hire more players for Arteta.
They want to hire Mikel Merino the player of Real Sociedad. Merino has good physics and since he is not going to expensive option for Arsenal and they should only pay 30 million euros he is a good option for Arteta and his team.

Once again Arsenal have secured a quality player and I think the decision to sign Mikel Merino is the right one. This will give Arsenal a much more creative midfield and Mikel Arteta a lot of variety in attack. I still remember Mikel Merino scoring one of the important goals when he was with Spain in the Euros and since then I think he is an underrated player who is rarely noticed.

The fee is much more affordable considering Arsenal have no competition for Mikel Merino's services and I don't think the fee from Real Sociedad is too big to increase profits. What is clear is that the relationship between Arsenal and Real Sociedad will be better in the future and I can't wait for another transfer from Arsenal that will be even more surprising.

I’m really excited about this signing. He’s a winner and a very intelligent player. Arteta was key to this deal. He’ll give them another shape if they want to initiate another tactics.
What I really like about this signing is that;

1. He makes more tackles than Rice
2. He has far more aerial duel wins
3. Wins more duels(obviously)
4. Wins more GROUND duels
5. More ball recoveries than Rice.

Now, when you watch Rice, the guy does all these things exceptionally well. Rarely has lapses. But with these metrics that Merino is bringing, Its exciting to see how they will both complement each other on the field.

Mikel Merino is one step away from becoming an Arsenal player after Arsenal offered almost 30 million euros to Real Sociedad and he has also agreed a personal deal with Arsenal at this time, apart from that, looking at Real Sociedad who has now officially signed Luka Sučić from Salzburg, it looks like the inauguration of Mikel Merino as Arsenal players are just waiting for time now, Mikel Merino has previously played for Newcastle and you can be sure he will no longer have difficulty adapting to the English league competete, I think , Mikel Merino will be a pretty solid midfield duo if he is partnered with Declan Rice, because the both players actually have statistics that are not much different at the moment, although Mikel Merino is superior to Declan Rice on defense, but in terms of assisting in attack, Declan Rice is actually superior to Mikel Merino, so I think the two of them will really complement each other to help Arsenal next season.