Arsenal could land their own Son in Leao

Arsenal are reportedly all in favour of signing AC Milan winger Rafael Leao in 2023 and the Portugal star might show to be Mikel Arteta‘s personal model of Tottenham Hotspur talisman Heung-min Son.

The 23-year-old has been linked with a €100m (£88m) transfer to quite a lot of Premier League golf equipment together with Arsenal and Chelsea and just lately spoke about how impressed he was with the Gunners’ type of play this season, which sees them forward of Manchester Metropolis on the high of the division.

It’s simple to see why Leao is attracting a lot curiosity forward of 2023, as he’s solely contracted on the San Siro till 2024 and has been vastly spectacular in recent times for the Rossoneri.

To this point this marketing campaign, the pacey extensive man has contributed an outstanding six targets and 4 assists in simply 14 appearances in Serie A, averaging a robust 7.12 score from WhoScored for his performances in Italy’s high flight.

Whereas the Gunners are blessed with two of essentially the most thrilling younger wingers on the earth in Gabriel Martinelli and Bukayo Saka, squad depth is vastly necessary if Arteta’s facet need to maintain on to their place on the high of the league, and the prospect of getting Leao competing for a beginning spot on the Emirates could be a unbelievable headache for Arteta to have.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic is definitely a giant fan of the younger winger and sang his praises earlier this yr amid hyperlinks to the Premier League.

He stated: “At Milan, he has confidence, area and freedom, which isn’t a given at one other membership, it’s as much as you. Moreover, you possibly can see that he’s completely happy right here, by now he’s laughing even earlier than scoring. He’s the younger man who has grown essentially the most.

“Theo has improved a lot, De Ketelaere is powerful, and persistence is required. However Leao is on one other degree, above common. He lacks a step, he’ll solely do it when he’s absolutely satisfied of his talents.

“Right this moment even he doesn’t actually know the way sturdy he’s. Then he will likely be actually scary. And the worth will go up.”

In line with FBref, the third-most related participant to Leao when in comparison with different wingers in Europe’s high leagues is Tottenham star, Heung-min Son.

The 2 gamers have registered very related numbers this season with regard to anticipated assists (each 2.7), goal-creating actions per 90 (0.45 vs 0.48) and recoveries (34 vs 31).

This emphasises that each gamers are exhausting employees who could be extraordinarily harmful within the ultimate third, whereas WhoScored means that each Leao and Son excel at ending and lengthy photographs.

Contemplating the South Korean’s success within the Premier League in recent times, with the previous Bayer Leverkusen man hitting 136 targets and 76 assists in a Spurs shirt, together with a Premier League golden boot final season, Arsenal would absolutely be silly to show down a participant so related.

Subsequently, Edu ought to positively look to convey Leao to the Emirates in 2023, as if he can have wherever close to the affect of Son on the Gunners’ north London rivals, he will certainly be a high signing.