Arsenal have been scouting Elche midfielder Rodrigo Mendoza, according to Sky Sports.
The 20-year-old is among a wide number of promising young players the club are currently monitoring across Europe as part of their ongoing recruitment work.
Mendoza has been impressing in LaLiga this season and has already scored once in Spain’s top flight. His progress has also been recognised at international level after he made his debut for Spain’s Under-21 side earlier this year, underlining his growing reputation within Spanish football despite his young age.
Andrea Berta Stamping Authority on Arsenal's Recruitment
Arsenal sporting director Andrea Berta watching on
Arsenal’s interest in Mendoza forms part of a broader approach that has seen the club track a wide range of emerging talents across multiple leagues. GiveMeSport previously reported that the recent uptick in Arsenal’s scouting activity comes as Andrea Berta’s influence continues to grow across the club’s scouting and data departments.
Berta is understood to be taking a more active role in aligning Arsenal’s live scouting operations with their data-driven recruitment processes, creating a more streamlined and collaborative approach to how potential targets are identified and assessed.
Alongside their midfield scouting, Arsenal also continue to be linked with left-wingers despite already being well stocked in forward areas. Sky Sports Germany has reported that Arsenal are among the clubs keeping an eye on Eintracht Frankfurt winger Jean-Matteo Bahoya. The 20-year-old is a France Under-21 international and has been developing in the Bundesliga with Frankfurt.
However, Sky Sports News reported this week - amid links with Bournemouth’s Antoine Semenyo - that Arsenal already have five players capable of operating on the wide left. That update underlined the strength of depth Mikel Arteta already has available in those attacking positions, even as fresh transfer links continue to emerge.
Arsenal Tracking Several Young Players in Europe
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta reacts vs Burnley
In September, GiveMeSport exclusively revealed that Arsenal have been watching several other young players in recent weeks as part of their wider European scouting brief. Among those observed are Real Betis midfielder Pablo García, Hoffenheim defender Bazoumana Touré and Eintracht Frankfurt winger Bahoya, reinforcing the breadth of Arsenal’s monitoring across different positions and leagues. The same applies to Arsenal’s efforts in Scandinavia, where their presence has notably increased over recent months.
With attention spanning midfield, defence and wide attacking areas, the overall picture is one of a club continuing to cast a wide net across Europe’s emerging talent pool. Arsenal’s recruitment staff remain active in tracking players at development stage, ensuring a detailed understanding of potential targets long before any decisions are taken.
For now, Mendoza - described as 'one of Europe’s most talented midfielders' - remains firmly in the scouting and monitoring bracket rather than active pursuit. But with his continued progress in LaLiga and his recent step up to Spain’s Under-21 side, he is another name clearly on Arsenal’s radar as the club continue to keep close tabs on the next generation of European talent.