"The transfer fee starts at 170 billion..."EPL's strongest defense, will it disband after this season? 'The Greatest Galactico Threat of All Time' is approaching
Sep 09, 2024
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Arsenal are the most threatening competitors of Manchester City in the league since the 2022-2023 season. While Liverpool was shaken for a while, Arsenal, which showed tremendous growth under Mikel Arteta, has become a strong team representing the league.
There are several factors behind Arsenal's rebirth as a strong team, including the success of several recruitments, the performance of key Bukayo Saka and Martin 외degaard, and Arteta's tactical ability, but the most important part is the overwhelming stability of the defense. Arsenal, which had a big problem in defense in the past when it was sluggish, built a stable defense and began to show good performance in the league in earnest.
The defense's performance was tremendous last season as well. Ben White, William Saliba and Gabriel Magalyangis kept their main positions, while Arsenal Soo-jin, who alternated with Oleksandr Zinchenko and Jakub Kivior, showed a tremendous defense of just 29 runs in 38 league games. Arsenal and Manchester City (34 goals) were the only teams that lost fewer than 1.0 goals per league game.
Among them, Saliba's performance was in the hands. Saliba, who started playing as Arsenal's main player in the 2022-2023 season after transferring to Arsenal in 2019, led the four-back by showing outstanding defensive skills that can be called the center of Arsenal's defense.
Physical, speed, pass, tackle, and defensive sense stood out, and the play that blocks the opponent's striker in a counterattack with tremendous speed has now become his signature defense.
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The British Tribune reported on the 9th (Korea time) 'Real Madrid is planning to recruit Saliba'
Tribuna 'Real pointed to Saliba as their top target to reinforce their aging defense. It plans to sign him in the summer of 2025. Saliba's impressive performance attracted Real's attention and was considered the perfect player to revitalize the defensive line. However, Arsenal are likely to reject all offers for the world's best centre-back, signed until 2027. Real need to convince Saliba and are willing to do the right thing with significant financial support. Real scouts have already attended the match between Arsenal and Aston Villa and watched him.' Real's interest in Saliba was expressed.
England's TBR Football has also grown into one of the best defenders in the world, so it's not surprising that Real want him. In the current transfer market, Saliba can receive at least 100 million pounds (about 170 billion won)," he said, explaining Saliba's value.
For Arsenal, it may not be easy to keep Saliba if Real's temptation begins. There is still about three years left on his contract with Saliba, so there is plenty of time to persuade him, but considering several recruitments, including Kylian Mbappe, there were many cases where players who received Real's offer refused to renew their contracts with their existing teams and pressured them to transfer. In order to protect Saliba, he is expected to show not only money but also his vision at Arsenal.
The world's best club has shown interest in recruiting, raising the possibility that Arsenal's best EPL defense will be disbanded. The heated tug-of-war between Arsenal and Real over Saliba next summer is also expected to attract attention from many fans.
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