Gunners icon Paul Merson has urged Arsenal to consider signing former CHELSEA star Ruben Loftus-Cheek following confirmation of Mikel Merino’s injury that will keep him out for a long period of time.
Merino has made 33 appearances in all competitions for Arsenal this season, scoring six goals and providing three assists, but it seems that his season could be over this campaign’
Mikel Arteta’s current central midfield options include Declan Rice, Martin Zubimendi and Christian Norgaard. An injury to any one of that trio would leave the Gunners vulnerable and place their silverware hopes at significant risk.
And amid all the speculation, Merson believes a player of Loftus-Cheek’s calibre would fit the bill perfectly: ‘Oh absolutely worth looking at,’ he said of the 30-year-old AC Milan star who has been linked with a January move to Aston Villa.
‘Loftus-Cheek is a very good player with Premier League experience. That would be a no-brainer. But there’d be a lot of other clubs that could need Loftus-Cheek, definitely.’
Paul Merson’s claim comes after Mikel Arteta came out and revealed that ARSENAL are looking to possibly sign a replacement for Merino: “We had the news a few a days ago [about Merino’s injury],” said Arteta.
“We are always active in every window. We also had the departure of Ethan [Nwaneri] to Marseille.
“We are actively looking at options – we will try to find a solution, but if we don’t we will continue in the same manner we are now.”
IcFootballnews Says…
Arteta is leaving it very late to try and get a transfer signing done that will come to ARSENAL, improve the squad, and cover a quality player like Merino, we are not sure that he will manage to get the player he really wants.
Ruben Loftus-Cheek seems very happy over in Italian football and to be honest, it would be a shock to see him come back to the Premier League to sit on the bench when he is playing in Seria A
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