According
to the reports Arsenal is linked with a Polish club’s, Legia Warsaw’s defensive
midfielder, Krystian Bielik. Even though the club have rejected two bids, the
Metro report that there are still ongoing talks between the two clubs. Arsenal
were ready to sign the 17-year-old at a price of 1.6 million pounds but the
Polish club want around 2 million pounds.
It
has been a practice at Arsenal that whenever the club need auxiliary players,
they get themselves linked with younger footballers rather than what is
actually needed. Currently they need a backup for Per Mertesacker and Laurent
Koscielny in the central defence. Still, the club is more serious about signing
a 17-year-old, who will not be able to contribute to the first team.
Same
thing happened in 2011 when Cesc Febregas and two other key players left, and
Arsenal collapsed but their main stress was to reach and grab Joel Campbell. Right
now it is possible to say that he does not have any future with Arsenal.
This
keen interest in Krystian Bielik shows that the manager and board sometimes
cannot prioritize properly. There are already a lot of teenager who yet have to
shine with Arsenal. The club keeps thinking about future by signing young
players and abandon the idea of winning games in the present. What will happen
to Isaac Hayden if Bielik joins too?
It
has been written in the past how Arsenal wasted so much energy in signing young
players who have left the club after that. Luke Freeman is an example.
Columnist: Taha Ahmed Khan
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