According to the latest news brought by the British media The Times of London, Arsenal will continue to invest heavily in the upcoming summer transfer window. Now they have two more targets, and the club are looking to sign them in the summer window. These two players are key stars of Sporting de Portugal at the moment, Jokres and Diomande.
It is reported that Arsenal coach Mikel Arteta and some of the team's senior management still believe that there are some shortcomings in the current squad on paper. If you want to make a breakthrough in the competitive Premier League, then reinforcements are necessary. After analysing the relevant functions, Arteta feels that the preferred target for the summer window is still to buy a striker and a defender. It can not only enhance Arsenal's forward finishing ability at this stage, but also further stabilize the backline. In midfield, Arteta was less worried. After weighing up, Arsenal decided to sign two key players at the same time.
Many fans in Jokris are familiar with him, and the 25-year-old Sporting striker has been in excellent form for the last two seasons. This season, in particular, he has seen an all-round evolution, scoring 36 goals and providing 10 assists in 39 appearances for the team in all competitions. Such terrifying data is truly breathtaking. According to the analysis of many external media, it is difficult for Jokres to stay in the Portuguese Super League, because the door of the five major leagues has been opened to him. He is currently valued at €55 million in Germany and has a release fee of £86 million. For Arsenal, the price to pay to sign him is not low.
Jokreth is a well-rounded striker who is able to play in two positions on the pitch. The player's finishing ability is a big reason why Arsenal want to sign him, not to mention that the player can also link up with his team-mates. In Arsenal's attacking system with a strong emphasis on holistic, Jokres will be comfortable to play and the style of play of both sides is very compatible. Considering that the player is currently 25 years old, he is basically able to adapt to the confrontation of the Premier League in all aspects of physical condition and technique. Therefore, Arsenal want to sign him at all costs, even if it is a release fee of £86 million.
On top of that, another player, Diomande, is also a target that Arsenal are eager to target. The 20-year-old's 1.9m height, strong physicality and good static talent have made Diomande comfortable in the Portuguese Super League. For Arsenal, although they have top centre-backs such as Saliba at this stage. But if Diomande can be signed, it will increase the depth of the squad. Over the course of a long season, Arsenal can minimise risk. They suffered a similar loss last season, when Arsenal held the points lead. However, the injury of key player Saliba crumbled the team's defensive system, and the loss of points in the closing stages of the season led to a collapse.
If Arsenal's squad had been thicker at that time, it would have been difficult for Manchester City to have a chance to overtake them. Therefore, after calming down, Arsenal still believes that the existing squad must continue to improve its thickness and buy some stars that can be rotated. Of course, the price to sign Diomande will not be low. The player is valued at €40 million, after Sporting had previously priced £51 million. In other words, Arsenal will have to pay around £137 million if they want to package the two stars. This is not a small amount.
However, according to the media, the determination of the Arsenal hierarchy to bring in reinforcements this time is huge, and the price of 137 million pounds is completely acceptable to them. It can be seen from this that Arsenal is paying more and more attention to results, after all, their squad is in the bonus period at this stage, and it is the right solution to get the championship as soon as possible with this lineup. That's why Arsenal are willing to invest so much. At the same time, for the rest of the Premier League, the already strong Arsenal will sign two more strong reinforcements, and the competition will be even more fierce next season.