Arsenal have reportedly agreed a £21 million fee with Juventus for Arturo Vidal.
The 28-year-old midfielder has been on Arsene Wenger’s radar for a few weeks now and Chilean newspaper La Stampa claim Arsenal have finally landed him for £21 million on a five-year deal.
It’s thought the move will be announced after the completion of the Copa America next week.
But while the Arsenal faithful will be excited and elated to hear that Vidal is possibly on his way to the Emirates, is he what the Gunners really need this summer?
Arsenal desperately need a holding midfielder to come in and compete with Francis Coquelin. Mikel Arteta and Mathieu Flamini are the only other two that operate in this position, but both are getting on and not viewed as regulars.
Now as much as I would love to see Vidal come in, the Chilean is not really what you would classify as an anchorman – he is more of a box-to-box midfielder – and I don’t think signing him solves our problem…unless of course someone makes way for his arrival.
With that said, if reports are to be believed, bagging Vidal for £21 million from Juventus is a great piece of business and although he isn’t the holding midfielder we need, the Chilean would certainly strengthen and bolster our midfield options ahead of next season’s campaign.
We need both vidal and morgan
to me, he’s the best, he will build a dynamic team together with the fellow monster alexis
Yes is that we realy need #arturovidal at ar3nal we can challenge for many trophies even ucl
Vidal is a 3 in 1 player, is he better than the departing diaby? Yes, is he better than arteta? Yes. Is he better than flamini? Yes. We could then offload all 3 probably recoup about £6m and save about £150k a week in wages. We could even add rosicky to that equation bring in another £3m and save another £90k a week in wages. With vidal coquelin cazorla ozil ramsey and wilshire fighting for just 3 places, plus the likes of bielik zelalem and crowley the central positions are more than covered.
i am so impressed hearing Vidal is on his way to emirates,vidal is a great player hope will help us much as we eye title next season.
Vidal is a man of action and on the pitch, he brings out the beast in him and with him, playing along side his fellow country man, we can expect one of the best seasons ever since after the reign of Henry, ljunberg, bergcamp, viera and others…But I fink that we also need a one time goal getter and a left back defender
we need a clinical stricker ,martinez would have fit the bill
vidal comin 2 arsenal is a dream move.am xo hapi tu hear dis.yes,we cn naw win d epl nd strugle 4 d ucl
i think he would really help us nezt season and seasons to come
Yes yes yes….im sure he will put in the same work rate as his compatriot Alexis