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Arsenal right to snub Victor Osimhen and Amadou Onana transfers

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Arsenal right to snub Victor Osimhen and Amadou Onana transfers

With the transfer window open and Arsenal confident of strengthening their side before the end of this summer market, there are still yet to be plenty of deals done. A quiet start to this buying and selling period has not inspired much confidence or excitement from supporters so far, but with how the club has handled their moves in previous summers and their subsequent rise to established title challengers there is no need for panic just yet.

The club are keen to reinforce in multiple areas and will be aided by the expected outgoings which sporting director Edu will also oversee with newly promoted managing director Richard Garlick supporting. With such mystery about where the window will go for Arsenal, it has left the door open for plenty of speculation.




With that in mind, football.london have been talked with a ‘sell, sign, avoid’ challenge looking at a couple of players in each category. I set myself the personal challenge of going somewhat left field with each area too.

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There is a whole host of candidates for who Arsenal might and should sell this summer from Eddie Nketiah to Charlie Patino, but picking players not necessarily being spoken about as potential exits therefore becomes tricky. So much so that both my picks have almost certainly been mentioned – but they are perhaps the most debatable.

The first is Fabio Vieira who has failed to establish himself in the squad in his two seasons at the club with injuries hampering his availability. However, what he has shown is that Premier League football is certainly a challenge for some to adapt to and this is what after just two years means the ruthlessness that Mikel Arteta has shown should fall on the Portuguese player and reported interest from former side Porto should probably be entertained.

The second is the most tricky but Emile Smith Rowe, in a similar role to Vieira of course, is the second. A tough one to say goodbye to especially should he leave for another Premier League side, but with Vieira and Smith Rowe out it could open the door to a talented attacking midfielder and much better competitor to Martin Odegaard but more on that later.

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