My youngest football buddy knows quite a lot.
He’s a Man United fan.
Today he said, “Granit Xhaka is what you guys need. Because of the 4-2-3-1 system that you guys play it could be the end of Ramsey or Coquelin.”
Arsenal fans should watch the Coppa Italia at 7.40 tonight on Sky.
It’s Juventus v AC Milan.
Signing Morata from Juventus would make up for not signing Benzema twice.
Morata is 24 and in his prime.
And he would fit in between Ozil and Sanchez very well because he’s very technical and precise in the way he gets the ball and uses it
Morata is big but compact, a classy sharpshooter-poacher whose game is still evolving.
He’s one of the best centre forwards in the world but not as physical as Robert Lewandowski, who is a monster athlete.
Real Madrid have a buyback clause, as you do when you let a gifted young striker go to another league.
The story seems to be: Madrid will buy him back for £25m and sell him to Arsenal for £40m.
And Arsenal will make Morata their top earner on £155,000 a week.
I’d like to see that happen because Morata has the equipment to do very well in the EPL.
Great centre forwards don’t grow on trees.
And Wenger doesn’t buy proven centre forwards, he buys prospects and sells them on.
The proposed five-year contract would allow Arsenal to sell Alvaro Morata for big money when he’s 27 or 28.