Over years, Arsenal has had several near misses during transfers. Among the outstanding ones are Moises Caicedo and Mykhaylo Mudryk. Arsenal notably bid for Luis Suarez ten years ago. Team News and Ticks recently explored several almost- Arsenal acquisitions on Patreon, offering fascinating analysis on Thomas Lemar’s suggested action.
£90m Player Was “Very Close To Joining Arsenal“
The source said Lemar was more closer to joining Arsenal than most people thought. Lemar even paid London Colney a visit before maybe moving there. Arsenal failed to close the deal even with a £90 million deadline day bid. The insider’s story clarifies Lemar’s proximity to Gunner’s call to arms.
“The ones that got close. I can’t think of anything super exciting. Nuri Sahin, the Arthur Melo one threw me. Thomas Lemar was a lot closer than people think. That was a wild one. I wasn’t putting info out at the time, but I felt sorry for people that were because so much of that was right,” He said.
The source went on, “For anyone who doesn’t know. We agreed personal terms with him pretty early, he visited Colney multiple times. The original fee I think was about £35m, then Monaco said £45m, and we ummed and ahhed about it, it took us a while, and then we said £45m was doable and they pushed it up again. On deadline day when it looked like Alexis was going, we went in with that crazy offer that was reported, I think it was £90m, but he was playing for France at the time and there wasn’t time to get it done.”
With this contract Arsenal got a fortunate escape. Although Lemar was an interesting player in those days, he hasn’t exactly lived up at Atletico Madrid. After his time at Monaco, he hasn’t reached the heights many would have imagined. Although Lemar would not have been a horrible addition to Arsenal’s team, considering his latter performance £90m would have been exorbitant.
Looking back, Arsenal passed Lemar a bullet. The near-miss emphasizes how erratic football transfer policy is. Although it might be frustrating to miss players, sometimes it turns out to be a gift in disguise. This Lemar instance shows how not every significant financial action assures success. Arsenal’s cautious approach to acquisitions, in spite of occasional annoyance, helps the team sometimes avoid expensive blunders.
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