Arsenal are reportedly eager on signing Arda Guler, who’s struggling for minutes at Actual Madrid.
Since arriving from Turkish membership Fenerbahce in 2023 he has solely performed 747 minutes in 24 appearances, 16 of which noticed him come off the bench.
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The 19-year-old was touted as the subsequent Mesut Ozil however his begin to life in Madrid suffered a setback when he picked up an harm.
Sadly for {the teenager}, Jude Bellingham, who was signed for £88.5m from Borussia Dortmund the identical summer time, acquired off to an incredible begin of the season and solidified the attacking midfield function.
Guler couldn’t show his abilities to their fullest for Actual however he did for Turkey throughout Euro 2024 in Germany, scoring an unbelievable objective throughout their win over Georgia.
He was an enormous motive why Turkey progressed to the quarter finals and narrowly missed out on the semis.
He was hailed because the ‘Turkish Messi’ as he turned the youngest participant to attain on his European Championship debut.
However his membership profession is stalling and Spanish publication Sport stories that Guler will not be blissful at Actual Madrid and Arsenal are prepared to make a proposal to take the participant on mortgage.
A transfer to north London for Guler can be harking back to Martin Odegaard’s journey to the Premier League.
The 25-year-old initially signed for the membership on mortgage from the Spanish giants in January 2021 resulting from a scarcity of sport time.
Many followers weren’t satisfied of Odegaard’s expertise as he solely scored as soon as and assisted twice in 20 appearances.
Nonetheless, Mikel Arteta made the choice to completely signal the midfielder for £30m in the course of the summer time of 2021.
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Odegaard went by means of trials and tribulations with Arsenal, together with their eighth-placed finishes and disappointing Europa League campaigns.
Following the departure of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to Barcelona in 2022, the aspect rotated the armband however forward of the upcoming season named Odegaard as captain.
He led Arsenal by means of their first title cost in a few years however the Gunners got here up brief. Comparable occasions adopted final season as they misplaced the title to Manchester Metropolis once more.
In latest occasions, the significance of their captain has been evident.
Arteta’s aspect struggled with out Odegaard since his ankle harm in September however his return in opposition to Chelsea was an indication of excellent issues to return.
Guler will hope he can also wield such gravity inside a staff, whether or not will probably be at Madrid, Arsenal or one other membership stays unsure.
