Thursday, March 28, 2024

3 Quality Signings Arsenal Should Complete In January

2 – Dimitri Payet

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Surely Dimitri is not happy at West Ham and with time running out in his career, he would surely be tempted by a move to Arsenal, in fact we know he would. He said it would be ‘nothing but fun’ to play for the Gunners. But his current boss has not been too impressed by this with Bilic insisting he is not for sale. The thing is, West Ham may be wise to cash in on a player who is clearly not happy at the club currently.

Yes Arsenal’s options would be crowded should Payet join, but Arsenal so often suffer from injury problems in the latter stages of the season and that derails their title challenge. They also struggle when trying to contend in Europe, the league and the FA Cup, with the squad being stretched and tired legs seeing the team drop points. Not only would Payet be an option out wide, but he’d provide a great rotation or backup option for Ozil at number 10. Arsenal have no natural replacement for the German should he suffer an injury and trying to shoehorn Ramsey or promote Jeff too quickly would surely not be a good idea. Payet could provide that extra bit of quality that helps Arsenal go all the way in the title race, and perhaps to the next stage in Europe.

Despite Bilic’s public reluctance, surely he would be tempted to accept a bid north of £25million for an unhappy player that will turn 30 in March?

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