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It has already been a very busy summer transfer window to ArsenalBut the spending wave seems to be taking place.
Friday, Call Maduyke was revealed as the latest new recruit of the club, arriving from Chelsea For a reported fee 52 million pounds sterling.
He is the fourth signature of the summer club, after Kepa Arrizabalaga, Martín Zubimenddi and Christian Nørgaard, while most predict that Viktor And Cristhian Mosquera will follow soon.
Nevertheless, as Mikel Arteta target it Premier league Title, it is far from finished there, the Gunners apparently ready to take a step for another “exceptional” talent.
While the table below documents, Madueke has become the seventh player in just seven years to join Arsenal of Fierce London Rivals Chélat.
Arsenal players signed in Chelsea (2019-2025) |
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Players |
Attached window |
Costs |
Call Maduyke |
Summer 2025 |
52m |
Kepa Arrizabalaga |
Summer 2025 |
5m |
Raheem Sterling |
Summer 2024 |
Ready |
Kai Havertz |
Summer 2023 |
£ 65 m |
Jorginho |
Winter 2023 |
12 million pounds sterling |
Willian |
Summer 2020 |
Free |
David Luiz |
Summer 2019 |
£ 8 |
All information with the kind authorization of TransferMarkt |
The general fatigue of Gooners when it comes to signing in Chelsea, explains part of apathy on this subject, but Sam Dean du Telegraph Think that Maduseke will be an excellent addition to the term options from Arteta.
Now, however, Mark sudden of the offside Report that Arsenal opened talks with representatives of RB Leipzig Star Xavi Simons, adding that the Dutchman is “ available ” for 52 million pounds sterling, before a potential swoop for the player.
The 22-year-old did not move to Die Roten Bullen in Paris Saint-Germain Permanent in January, Cost of approximately 43 million pounds sterlingBut a report of Yvonne Gabriel from the German newspaper Bild Affirm that he wants to leave, after Leipzig failed to qualify for a European competition, by prioritizing a move in the Premier League.
So could it become the Eighth Netherlands International to represent the arsenal, linking to JurrieWhile following the traces of Robin Van Persie, Giovanni Van Bronckhorst, Marc Overmars, Dennis Bergkamp and others?
Simons has been under the spotlight for a very long time, despite another 22 years, very well described as a Wonderkid.
He spent time in the academies of Barcelona and PSG, but his real breakthrough arrived at PSV Eindhoven during the 2022/23 season, registering 22 goals And 11 assists for the Giants Eredivisie, winning the KNVB Cup and the Johan Cruyff scale.
Given its form, PSG has promulgated A buyout clause worth only 5 million pounds sterling, although it is only done 11 higher appearances For Red-et-Bleu on two spells, loaned to Leipzig, before being sold for massive profit earlier this year, as already mentioned.
In eastern Germany, Simons certainly drew attention, scoring 21 goals and accumulating 23 assists 76 appearancesincluding the net ten times in the Bundesliga Last season.
Bavaria Munich Sports Director Christoph Freund labeled it a “exceptional player”, while Sultan Babajide to break the lines Affirms that he is “intended at the top”, capable of functioning both central and outdoors, since it is “brilliant between the lines”.
GOOD, Simon Collings of the evening standard believes that Arsenal needs a creative midfielder who can “support the burden” so strongly placed on the chief playmaker Martin ØdegaardAnd Simons certainly seems to adapt to the invoice.
But would the Dutch international be really a more exciting signature than Madueke?
Let’s compare the duo.
Xavi Simons vs noni Madueke 2024/25 Comparison (league only) |
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Statistics |
Simons |
Madueke |
Apparitions |
25 |
32 |
Minutes |
2,157 |
2,047 |
Goals |
10 |
7 |
Aid |
7 |
4 |
Shots |
33 |
57 |
Plans on Target% |
69.7% |
56.14% |
Chances created |
50 |
31 |
Big chances created |
12 |
6 |
Missed bonuses |
2 |
14 |
Success to take away% |
37.1% |
49.5% |
Touch |
1700 |
1077 |
Sofascore average assessment |
7.58 |
7.03 |
Statistics with kind authorization or transfer market, Sofas and Squawka |
As the table describes, although Madueke’s statistics are impressive, especially with regard to the shots and dribbles, it is simons that come out in mind.
Dutch figures regarding the accuracy of the shooting, the chances created and the keys are all exponentially higher, stressing what it could bring.
Bart Vliestra de The Guardian Note that Simons has always been an “early” talent, and that there has always been “something irresistible about it”, while his recent “exceptional” form suggests that he is ready to take the next step.
Thus, if Arsenal can convince him to exchange Saxony for northern London, he could be the man to dismiss them to glory.