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Willian’s loose signing was accentuated by the arrival of Gabriel Magalhaes from Lille, with the final transfer of Cédric Soares and Pablo Mari.
With the attack and defense likely taken care of, Arsenal enthusiasts may begin to get seriously excited about the prospect of their possible new arrival in midfield.
Houssem Aouar (pronounced Ow-Arr) is the type of player who would have hailed Arséne Wenger, the cult midfielder who excels in France with Lyon.
The predecessor Arteta reportedly tastes the same in a silky midfield and plans to make an offer for the player.
With Dani Ceballos returning to the club for a moment on loan from Real Madrid, Arsenal appear to be fit for the start of the new season after their Community Shield win over Liverpool last weekend.
So what do we know about Aouar and why is it so appreciated?
Name: Houssem Aouar
Age: 22 (30/6/1998)
Height: 175cm
Nationality: France
Positions: M (LC)
Matches: 23 (2)
Goals: 3
Attendances: 4
Successful success: 85.7%
Successfully haggle each and every 90: 3
Key pass through 90: 1.1
Yellow cards: 3
Red cards: 0
According to David Ornstein of The Athletic, Arsenal is an offer for the 22-year-old to praise him outside Lyon this summer.
To bring the midfielder to the Emirates, the Gunners would first have to sell and search with Hector Bellerin on the PSG from a 30 million pound deal.
Such is the importance of Aouar for Arteta, that the long-term goal Thomas Partey of Atletico Madrid turns out to be a secondary option, being Ceballos wife of the 22-year-old midfielder.
Matteo Guendouzi and Lucas Torreira are expected to leave north London this summer to make room.
He joined Lyon at the age of 11 and signed a three-year professional contract in 2016.
In February 2017, the midfielder made his Ligue 1 debut in a 4–1 home win over AZ Alkmaar in the Europa League, scoring his first goal for the club in the second-round match a week later.
After five competitive matches for Lyon, the midfielder won the number 8 historic jersey (made notorious through club legend Juninho) after Corentin Tolisso joined Bayern Munich.
In July 2018, Aouar was nominated for the Golden Boy Award and continued to thrive in the club’s midfield, scoring 24 goals in 137 appearances.
According to The Sun, the Gunners will have to contribute 54 million pounds to keep Aouar away from France.
Big move site movemarkt.co.uk has recently valued the midfielder at £ 44.55m, putting him sixth among the most productive players in Ligue 1, Neymar and Kylian Mbappé.
Although born and raised in Lyon, Aouar qualified for the Algerian national team thanks to his ancestry, playing for the French under-17 and under-21 teams.
After an argument in 2018 with also Franco-Algerian Karim Benzema, there were rumors that the midfielder would constitute the African nation.
Speculation continued to increase when Algerian manager Djamel Belmadi proved he would go to convince the midfielder to play in the 2019 African Cup of Nations.
However, Aouar called france’s senior team last month, only to retire due to a positive COVID-19 test.
“Houssem Aouar is a great player. It’s amazing.
“There’s a lot of communication about (Tanguy) Ndombele, but Aouar’s right, too.He’s very calm with the ball on his feet, with just the right technical quality.- Pep Guardiola, Manchester City manager
“He is calm with the ball on his feet and has the perfect technical quality.- Lionel Messi, captain of Barcelona
“Lyon has a wonderful team. I’m not so much in the French league as I am in other leagues, but if I have to decide on a player who inspires me with Lyon, it would be Houssem Aouar.Kevin De Bruyne, Manchester City midfielder
“A teacher … Lyon’s leader everywhere: he wandered among the Citizens in midfield.- French newspaper L’Equipe after the Champions League quarter-finals
Mikel Arteta has honed his control and training skills by running alongside Guardiola and the influence of the former Barcelona technician is evident.
Whether it’s a 4-2-3-1 or a 4-3-3 with offensive midfielders, Arteta creates a 2-3-5 form in offensive areas.
Under Arteta, Auoar can be expected to satisfy the role played through Granit Xhaka towards the end of last season: falling to the max to get the ball and playing with plenty of area and features in front of it.
Given the young man’s ability to play in tight spaces and his composure, he could use it.
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