Mikel Arteta’s Strategic Moves Behind Arsenal’s 2024/2025 Preparations
On this regard, Italian journalist Fabrizio Romano gave an exclusive look at the role Mikel Arteta played in how Arsenal was going to shape the recruitment plan for the 2024-2025 season.
Sources close to the deal have revealed that Mikel Arteta is the most influential manager of Arsenal, deep inside the transfer activities going on at the club by working very closely with sporting director Edu Gaspar. He has been pivotal, according to Fabrizio Romano, in securing key signings. “Arteta is talking about an extension which will be signed in the coming days,” he added. “What is important is his real power in Arsenal’s market operations already, especially when working in tandem with Edu Gaspar. Arteta asked for Riccardo Calafiori as a priority target and he has signed a deal. Arteta also asked for the signature of Mikel Merino.”
What looked like an otherwise slow start to their transfer window is now picking up for Arsenal, as Riccardo Calafiori is reportedly arriving from Bologna to become their first big summer signing after the preseason tour ended with defeat by Liverpool in the US.
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Calafiori, who didn’t play in any of the final tour matches, said that he used the trip to bond with his new teammates. The arrival of Calafiori is yet another fillip for Arsenal, which is still in the market looking for more signings.
This summer, Mikel Arteta has demonstrated great patience, strategically strengthening a team. The Gunners still seem keen on signing Mikel Merino, whose deal with Real Sociedad still has 12 months left. It would cost Arsenal some £25 million to land Merino, though Arsenal has been assured that he is eager to make the move to the Emirates Stadium.
Knowing that the gap to be bridged between Arsenal and Manchester City, the champions of the Premier League, is two points, quality is given precedence over quantity in the strategy of the club. Potentially important signings such as Calafiori, and probably Merino too, will grant the much-needed boost for Arsenal in the 2024/25 campaign.
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