Arsene Wenger was reportedly close to providing Arsenal with the perfect player to slot into the Arsenal midfield. The former Gunners’ boss was close to signing Federico Valverde in 2014 according to Spanish news outlets.
AS has reported that the midfielder had ‘reached a verbal agreement’ with Arsenal when he was still at former club Penarol. He had been scouted by Arsenal’s Francis Cagigao, who was Arsene Wenger’s right-hand man for more than two decades at the club.
Considering the success of Valverde who is now a regular starter at Real Madrid under Carlo Ancelotti, and Arsenal’s desperate need for midfield strengthening in the transfer window, it would have been a match made in heaven for the Gunners.
