Premier League transfers: Arsenal complete squad upgrade

Having finished second in the Premier League for the past three seasons, Arsenal are determined to take another step towards the championship. Not only are they making massive transfers, Arsenal are also clearly showing their goal of upgrading their squad through their shopping.

ALREADY HAVE S AKA, STILL BUY MORE MADUEKE!

The transfer fee of 52 million pounds (about 1,845 billion VND) that Arsenal paid for Noni Madueke is considered relatively high, for a player who is often on the bench at Chelsea (and coach Enzo Maresca even explained the reason why he only kept Madueke on the bench, saying that he "must try harder"). On the other hand, Madueke often plays as a right winger. That is the position of Bukayo Saka - one of the best players at Arsenal. Is this transfer unreasonable, as criticized by Paul Merson in a commentary program? Of course, that is just a personal opinion. Although he has not been able to bring Arsenal to the championship, coach Mikel Arteta has always been considered successful in the past 3 seasons. He must have had his own purpose when buying Madueke.

Arsenal have reached an agreement with Sporting Lisbon to sign striker Viktor Gyokeres (right) for £66.5m

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Arsenal have been the Premier League's best defensive side (conceding far fewer goals than any other team) in the last two seasons. But Arteta has still bolstered Cristhian Mosquera this summer. He is the best defender in La Liga in terms of one-on-ones, and the most experienced under-21 defender in Europe's top five leagues. Arsenal's centre-back pairing of William Saliba and Gabriel Magalhaes are already world -class, and that's why Arsenal have conceded so few goals in the Premier League. But any time either of them gets injured, it's a concern for Arsenal's defence. Mosquera has been bolstered for that reason.

On the one hand, Mosquera helps Arsenal's defense narrow the gap in quality between the first team and the reserve players. On the other hand, Mosquera will motivate the first-team players to try harder, if they don't want to lose their place. Madueke also has the same effect on the attack. Similarly, Arsenal's "crazy" purchase of striker Viktor Gyokeres, midfielders Christian Norgaard, Martin Zubimendi or goalkeeper Kepa all have the same purpose. Arsenal's strategy of "total squad upgrade" is very clear.

NOT SHOPPING IS BEING LATE

This is likely to be the Premier League's biggest summer transfer window. There is still more than a month until the summer window closes. Yet the total number of transactions has already been almost equal to last year's entire transfer window. There are several important reasons for this situation.

This is the first time in history that a country has 6 teams participating in the Champions League (that is England, with representatives Liverpool, Arsenal, Man.City, Chelsea, Newcastle, Tottenham). No one prepares for the Champions League without actively shopping for players. Strengthening their strength is an obvious need. In addition, those teams are also confident in shopping because they will have significant income from participating in the Champions League, to balance the books. Besides, when a powerful representative of the Premier League buys heavily, of course, the main competitors are also caught up, because all will have to compete fiercely in the Premier League.

Last year, Liverpool spent exactly £10 million on the only new player, Federico Chiesa (and also bought goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili for £25 million, but that contract only took effect this year). With just that, coach Arne Slot's team won the Premier League title. This summer, Liverpool have spent around £200 million on shopping, not counting the big contract named Hugo Ekitike (around £100 million) that is about to be announced. If the price increase clause becomes a reality, Liverpool will have already bought Florian Wirtz for the highest price in the history of English football (£116 million). And they will buy more!

Arsenal, Man.City or Chelsea have all spent a lot this summer. Even MU, which is in financial difficulties, has introduced big contracts with Matheus Cunha or Bryan Mbeumo (total 131.5 million pounds). Actually, Arsenal's old force is generally very good. However, in the current situation, not strengthening new stars is falling behind.

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