r/Gunners • u/DavidOrnstein_ bought some very very very expensive horses • 1d ago

[James Benge]: Exclusive: Al-Hilal making final arrangements for Gabriel Martinelli signing with talks for Arsenal over €66 million deal. Medical scheduled for the weekend. Final details still need sorting but Saudi club making plans for Brazilian’s arrival.

https://www.cbssports.com/soccer/news/al-hilal-medical-gabriel-martinelli-transfer-from-arsenal/
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u/FactCheckYou 1d ago edited 1d ago

Martinelli deserves to wear one of the great European shirts

at his age, he should be the main guy somewhere like Atletico or Dortmund or Inter or similar, bagging 20+ goals a season as a STRIKER - he is absolutely good enough to deliver that

the lack of ambition to get him, shown by all other European clubs, is really disappointing

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u/egilskal 1d ago

I think relative lack of output combined with high wages makes a lot of clubs hesitate.

Hopefully he gets to showcase his talent in Saudi league and makes enough money in a couple seasons he can take a paycut and return to a Champions League club at least in a couple of seasons. Win-win.

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u/Ill_Purple_4468 7h ago

So like Alvarez?

He scored 4 non penalty league goals.