This is admittedly disappointing. Arsenal closing in on a deal for Jorginho when such an aggressive monetary push for Moises Caicedo brought such anticipation and excitement is an obvious drop and already criticism and anger are bubbling away as it so often does.
Try as I may, to be the optimist I so often am, getting my head around this move has taken a night of reflection and consideration. Arsenal had to sign a midfielder in this window, a repeat of the 2022 January window tumbleweed would have been unthinkable with the opportunity at stake.
Furthermore, the signing had to be a player that pushed the needle of the existing depth available to Mikel Arteta. Mohamed Elneny is out for what could be the foreseeable future and Albert Sambi Lokonga has both struggled when called upon and is being asked to play the deepest midfield role which quite simply is not his position.
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