Arsenal are hoping to sign the Fulham midfielder Joao Palhinha in 2024.
A report from Football Insider claims that the Gunners want to bring in midfield reinforcements and they are prepared to cash in on Thomas Partey in order to raise funds for the Portugal international.
Palhinha has established himself as one of the best defensive midfielders in the country since joining Fulham a couple of years ago. The 28-year-old was heavily linked with the move to Bayern Munich at the start of the season but the West club managed to hold onto him in the end.
It will be interesting to see if Arsenal can convince Fulham to sell their star midfielder in January. The 28-year-old will add defensive cover and physicality to the Arsenal midfield and he could form a quality partnership with Declan Rice.
Arsenal are chasing the Premier League title this season and a signing like Palhinha could make a huge difference in the second half of the campaign. He could help them sustain their impressive run of form and win the title this season.
Clubs like Manchester City have been vulnerable and Arsenal must look to take advantage of that. The right additions in January could boost their title chances.
Meanwhile, the opportunity to play for Arsenal will be an attractive option for the midfielder as well. He will want to compete at the highest level and Arsenal can provide him with that platform. The Gunners could help him win major trophies in the coming seasons and the player would get to experience Champions League football with them as well.
With all due respect, tell me how this is not madness from Arteta camp? How can you dream of selling Partey? Now I know the reason why big clubs like Barcelona will always make big laws to protect big players like Messi! Randy coaches like Arteta abound everywhere!! If you take the statistics of the performances of the games Partey has started as a defensive midfielder and those he did not start, you’ll shout in exclamation! Even then we were crying for another quality defensive midfielder, for good rotation, just as any other position. The problem Arteta is having, unlike his boss Guardiola, is that he doesn’t know how to rotate . He doesn’t know how to say ‘ This Man Utd game, Partey you’ll start, Rice you’ll be on the bench, ‘ This Man City game, Rice you’ll start, Partey you’ll be on the bench’. He want to push out one player and buy a less quality one that will be happy on the bench so that the other one will start the whole 38 games! Now he want to go for another left footed Central defender instead of right footed one to deputise Saliba, whose absence caused us the league last season. Smith Rowe is our best attacking midfielder who inspires Nketiah to score more goals, as against Sheffield Utd, but he hardly get a look at. Its high time we start looking for another coach.