Mikel Merino the new player at Arsenal is very close to joining this team and starting playing for Arsenal in this season.
He had a good performance while playing for Real Sociedad but he left Sociedad and joined Arsenal for 39 million euros which is a good amount of money. Mikel Merino had medical tests recently and after that he is ready to officially join Arsenal. His contract will expire in 2028 and it can be extended for one more year.
A good signing for Mikel Arteta and Arsenal, he will bring good contributions to the team especially in the midfield and will help Odegard and other midfielders to help Arsenal create more chances in the team. I will be expecting Arsenal to give jersey number 8 so that Odegard will be using the jersey number 10 since Smith Rowe has left the team.He had a good performance while playing for Real Sociedad but he left Sociedad and joined Arsenal for 39 million euros which is a good amount of money. Mikel Merino had medical tests recently and after that he is ready to officially join Arsenal. His contract will expire in 2028 and it can be extended for one more year.
I think it doesn't matter what jersey number he uses, the most important thing is that he also becomes a reguler player for Arsenal because it would be useless if Arsenal bought him at a fairly expensive price but only used as a reserve player, for a 28 year old player I think 39 million euros is quite expensive.
One thing I have realized in football and the buying of players is that all the players are important. Each of them has different talents and skills they can contribute to the team. They also have ideas and managerial input that may help the coach as well. I don't underestimate any player's capacity. Let's take a look at Mikel Arteta no one ever thought that in the past when he was still playing football he would end up being a very good coach.