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If you’ve seen chatter linking Arsenal with Pedro Neto again this week, it’s worth tempering expectations before getting carried away. According to well-connected transfer account Franchise (@franchisexcl), this isn’t some fresh development, it’s a story that’s been quietly ticking along for well over two years.
Mikel Arteta admires Pedro Neto since he was at Wolves
The interest reportedly traces back to Neto’s time at Wolves, where Mikel Arteta is said to have taken a real liking to him and the belief within the club appears to be that Arteta still fancies his chances of getting the best out of the player if a deal ever happened. It’s less “Arsenal have just identified a target” and more “Arsenal have fancied this guy for ages and haven’t stopped.”
Not everyone’s convinced it would move the needle. The suggestion is that, if Arsenal did go and get Neto now, it might land as a bit underwhelming given how the squad has evolved and how long this link has been floating around without going anywhere.
But Man City sniffing around changes the read
Here’s the twist that keeps this one relevant, Manchester City are reportedly in the mix too. And when a club operating at that level are still keeping tabs on a player, it’s hard to write the interest off entirely, whatever slight fatigue Arsenal fans might feel about a link that refuses to die.
For now, treat this as background noise rather than breaking news. Nothing has actually progressed with Arsenal this window, and the story reads more like a dormant admiration than an active chase. Worth filing away, not worth getting excited about, yet.
yet. obviously as i said has been an option for over two years now / mikel loved him at #wolves and probably still believes he can get the best of him. underwhelming imo if it happens but #mcfc are looking so can’t be that bad. https://t.co/6K1YLxbfKZ