Arsenal 'closely monitoring' La Liga sensation in club-record transfer
Arsenal are presumably entertained in signing a La Liga midfielder with a £17.5million unleash disorder and are ‘closely surveillance’ his promotion.
The Gunners invested comprehensive in the summer season send abode window as Viktor Gyokeres, Martin Zubimendi and Ebere Eze authorized upward with as Mikel Arteta’s marquee signings.
It’s been coinage money well invested so much as Arsenal rest apex of the Premier League, six contents overhead Chelsea in second, after 12 arcades.
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Arsenal are not likely to administer better enlargements in the winter send abode window, but if the correct area technic follows, Arteta and sporting director Andrea Berta will possibly attractiveness to snag convenience.
One opportunity area technic is Elche and Spain Under-21 midfielder Rodrigo Mendoza.
According to The Telegraph, Arsenal are ‘closely surveillance’ the 20-year-put on and are mulling over administering a solution for him in January.
There is ‘fierce commemoration’ for Mendoza’s signature, with ‘some of the greatest crews in Spain and Italy’ also entertained.
Mendoza has a unleash disorder well worth €20m (£17.5m), which would possibly be a record sale for Elche if activated.
Among those eager are Real Madrid, who are ‘permanent admirers’ of the player contrasted to Barcelona and Spain playmaker Pedri.
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Singularly, it’s opined that Mendoza is ‘much more prospective to run away next summer season than in the January send abode window’.
A winter solution ‘cannot be ruled out’ and if his unleash disorder is activated, there won’t be much Elche can do to shun him vacating.
Arsenal have a admirable ol’ pivot tool in Cristhian Mosquera, who is Mendoza’s group-cohort for the Spanish Under-21 side.
Whether or not they are chums and if Mosquera will possibly have a word in his ear is awfully much vague, but it’s a admirable and straightforward eventuality to invent in your head.
Mendoza’s underwhelming numbers wear’t matter
Mendoza’s numbers are awfully underwhelming. In pivot metrics like pivot enacts, he lone has eight in La Liga this season, swallowing him joint 99th in the department.
The the majority of awfully beneficial statistic for Mendoza correct now is minutes tinkered. As delightfully as contrasted to the rest of La Liga, he doesn’t rank also convincingly in pivot metrics, though his snag-on numbers are exceptional, finishing 11 of his 21 dared. His 52.4 victory percentage beats Lamine Yamal, Kylian Mbappe, Vinicius Junior, and Nico Williams.
He’s recovering some priceless suffer this season. In 2025/26, Mendoza has tinkered nine times in La Liga, introducing on 5 parties.
That level of trust fund in a 20-year-put on midfielder signals us as much as 30 pivot enacts and 50 snag-ons won, for instance.