Mikel Arteta has done a top transformation job Arsenal After his appointment in December 2019, taking the club from the fight for the middle of the table to a consistent Premier league Title challenges.
Gunners ended up with runners in two consecutive seasons in Manchester City, who ended up in the same position this year, but for Liverpool Arne Slot.
Injuries and poor hierarchy employment in January certainly stopped the chances of the club to end their two decades of waiting for the league triumph, and the Spaniard had to work with a makeshift line in recent weeks.
However, if he will take the next step and ask for the glory of the title, the Committee desperately had to support Arthoma once again, handing over the quality and depth to him to finally go one better than the second place.
Repeating one window could make such a success, with the previous summer transmission set up a club for progress they have seen in the last few years during the rule of managers.
Arsenal transmission in the summer 2021
After the eight -placed end of the season before, the Committee awarded Arteti to improve their first -team team, Providing a 30 million pound contract to constantly sign Martin Odegaard after his ladder magic at the Emirates.
Norwegian has Ever since he has performed over 150 appearances For Gunners, who are often the most creative player on the side, as seen with his 36 goals and 28 assists of his big money.
Ben White also arrived during the same window, adding that defense quality that had been missing for so long under the administration of former chief of Unai Emery.
27-year-old cost £ 50m from the Premier League colleague BrightonMatch Odegaard in Let’s allow more than 100 appearancesBut he struggled with fitness problems in 2024/25, limiting him to only 13 games in all competitions.
However, despite the arrivals of the big money, the hierarchy also led the excellent business in the burden of multiple players, including one who was a big fan after his appointment.
A Arsenal Player hit Golden Settlement
Given the success of the Arsenal Academy, the first team usually always benefits from a young talent who want to make their request for a consistent place in the composition.
Miles Lewis-Skelly and Ethan Nwneri are just two of the latest graduates of the Academy who were challenging for regular minutes in Arththa’s side, thankfully they benefited from the current crisis of injuries in northern London.
However, another player who found himself in a similar position was a midfielder Joe Willockwho appeared in the 2017/18 campaign in the senior picture.
Englishman Made 78 appearances For his boyish side over a four -season period, with the best undoubtedly arrived in 2019/20, registering 44 appearances in all competitions – which led to Artea to the Improvers “special” talent During his first year in charge.
“He is a player I like – he has some special features and shows it with his performances, his goals and attitude.”
Willock would fall on the order of boiling in 2020/21. Seven league performances In the first half of the season, after that, he moved to Newcastle United to a loan for the second half of the campaign.
He would find a huge part of a form during his temporary stay in St. James, scored eight times in just 14 appearances,, which leads to a permanent contract of £ 25 million join Magpies at the end of the season.
However, from his movement of big money, he just managed to score a goal 10 goals in 117 appearancesstruggling to repeat the form that led to his subsequent transition to Tyneside.
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Joe Willock statistics for Newcastle from his move of £ 25m |
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Season |
Games |
Goals |
Helping |
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2021/22 |
31 |
2 |
0 |
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2022/23 |
43 |
3 |
6 |
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2023/24 |
14 |
2 |
0 |
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2024/25 |
29 |
3 |
1 |
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Total: |
117 |
10 |
7 |
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Statistics through Transfermarkt |
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An additional investment from the Newcastle hierarchy also saw that only seven league matches of this campaign began, falling command – just as he did before leaving Emirates.
Considering the lack of form, along with the fall in minutes under Eddie Howwe, Gunners certainly made a real call in allowing Willock to step down, cashing in the 25-year-old while his stock was at the highest.
His move is proof of how impressive the Academy could be for Arthoma over the coming years, allowing the Spaniard to gain a key talent for the first team, as seen with Lewis -skelly and Nwneri, or to move them and get a huge compensation – they are later helped their pursuit of the glory of the Premier League.
