Arsenal: Arteta already close to first signing in bid to strengthen midfield
By Bence Bocsak
The new Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has already identified his perfect target for the Gunners and a move could be made imminently.
Mikel Arteta has only just made his return to Arsenal and taken over as the next Gunners’ boss but it seems he could be close to making his first signing already.
The former Spanish midfielder faces a huge task ahead of him to forge Arsenal’s misfiring players together and get some consistent performances out of his players.
It will take a lot of time and a lot of implementation to solve all of Arsenal problems and Mikel Arteta will need all the ammunition he could get.
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It seems Arteta’s first target could be Red Bull Salzburg’s Dominik Szoboszlai.
The Hungarian has been watched extensively by the Gunners’ scouts as he impressed during Red Bull Salzburg’s Champions League campaign during the autumn period of this season. He is seen by the Gunners as someone who can go very far in the game and the ideal fit for the club’s midfield. Potentially Dominik Szoboszlai could even be a future replacement for Mesut Ozil.
And the Hungarian midfielder gave a cryptic post match interview after Salzburg’s last game of the year in the Champions League against Liverpool for the Hungarian national television M4 Sport. When Dominik Szoboszlai was asked about his future by the Hungarian reporter, the Red Bull Salzburg midfielder replied that ‘we will talk in January.’
That will fill Mikel Arteta’s ears with huge hope and it could be a hint that Dominik Szoboszlai is ready to make the next move in his career, just like his fellow teammates Erling Haaland and Takumi Minamino who moved to Liverpool earlier this week, meanwhile the former is perpetually linked with moves away.
Dominik Szoboszlai seems to have all the attributes to go very far in the game. He is still just 19 years of age and his technical ability and great pace seems to be the perfect fit for the Gunners typical style of play.
Szoboszlai is also renowned for his excellent long shots and ability to strike free-kicks with the Hungarian having scored a plethora of impressive free-kick goals already in his young career. Those traits will also be welcomed at Arsenal.
With Szoboszlai clearly willing to move in January and with Arsenal very heavily interested in the player this could easily be Mikel Arteta’s first signing for the London side in order to revitalise his squad and potentially the transfer to Arsenal’s fortunes around.
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