Arsenal Transfer Rumours: Gunners Line Up Bid for Juan Mata
Reports in the Daily Mirror indicate that Arsenal have entered talks with La Liga giants Valencia about securing the services of talented playmaker Juan Mata for around ยฃ15 million.
Mata recently shone for the Spanish under-21 contingent in their victorious European Championship campaign.ย
This would be a bold move and something of a transfer coup for Gunners boss Arsene Wenger.ย Capturing the signature of a player as touted as Mata would be a welcome boost for Arsenal supporters who areย growing anxious amidst the club's current lack of activity in the transfer market.
Captain Cesc Fabregas and fellow attacking midfielder Samir Nasri are continually linked with big money exists.ย If Wenger loses the creative nucleus of his side, it will be hard for many Arsenal fans to feel positive about the team's realistic chances of competing for major honours.
A swoop for Mata could assuage many doubts and fears.ย The cerebral midfield schemer is the perfect playmaker to thrive in Arsene Wenger's fluid, attacking style of play.ย Mata is nominally listed as a left winger but is also comfortable directing the play from a central position.
Signing Mata would give Arsenal a lot of options in the forward areas.ย The Mestalla product's cultured passing would allow him to replace Fabregas at theย top of Arsenal's midfield triangle.ย
His terrific pace and intricate ball skills mean that Mata could also seamlessly slot into the wide left berth commonly occupied by Nasri last season.
Most of all though,ย an audacious raid for Mata would be a sign of encouragement from Arsenal to their fans that the club is seriously committed to striking for the biggest prizes this season.
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