Latest News: Arsenal Targets a 7-Goal Striker, Offering a Weekly Salary of £360,000
On January 14th, Beijing time, several famous journalists broke the news that Arsenal is discussing the signing of Vlahovic.
DV9? Arsenal? Unbelievable.
But overnight, three major journalists simultaneously revealed that there must be some truth to it.
ConMarbleHalls: Arsenal is internally discussing the loan action for Dusan Vlahovic.
NicoSchira: Arsenal is paying attention to Vlahovic, but has not yet made an offer. However, Arteta has liked him for many years and wanted this Serbian forward before he joined Juventus.
Daniele Longo: A one-and-a-half-year contract plus a post-tax annual salary of 12 million. Juventus wants to sell DV9 for 60 million, and Arsenal is interested.
In the past two years, Serie A's top scorers have lacked prestige in the football world.
Osimhen has been hyped for so long, but no club has offered 100 million to snatch him. The transfer interest is even less than Gakpo's.
Lukaku's indecisiveness further proves this point. He couldn't rely on anyone in the Premier League, but became a textbook example of playing with his back to goal in Serie A.
Vlahovic, this kind of "top center forward" with expensive transfer fees, high wages, and controversial skills, dares to touch him. Arsenal doesn't care about their lives anymore.
This 24-year-old Serbian center forward has obvious advantages and disadvantages.
The advantage is good physique and shooting skills.
One against six in the hotel, who would dare to say that Vlahovic's physical quality is poor.
Here, let me dispel a rumor. The widely circulated video of "Vlahovic seeking pleasure with six girls in the hotel to discuss life" is not from this season, but was filmed on May 29, 2023 when Juventus lost 0-1 to Milan. At that time, this guy was injured and did not play.
At this level, if he joins Arsenal, I would call him the strongest "gunner."
The disadvantages are numerous.
Still fighting six while injured, with significant off-field issues.
Moreover, the center forward skill set has not been developed after practicing for three seasons.
With his shooting skills and work ethic, paired with Havertz, who has the attribute of a "stirrer," it might have a miraculous effect, but the cost of signing him is too high.
A one-and-a-half-year contract, Juventus wants to sell for 60 million.
After negotiating, it is estimated that it will still cost around 50 million euros.
Personal salary, Vlahovic's weekly salary is 360,000 pounds.
In Arsenal, it exceeds the first-ranked Havertz by 80,000 pounds.
Ranking third in the entire Premier League, only lower than De Bruyne and Haaland.
Arsenal's salary system is already a bit chaotic:
Havertz 280,000
Jesus 265,000
Merino 90,000
Calafiori 120,000
Zinchenko 150,000
Calafiori's original weekly salary was 15,000, which skyrocketed eightfold after joining Arsenal.
Zinchenko's original weekly salary was 20,000, which skyrocketed 7.5 times after joining Arsenal.
Such a seven-to-eightfold increase is rare in the import and export of the top five leagues, except for a substantial salary increase due to outstanding performance in the youth training.
Seeing this, do you realize something? Previously, people praised Arteta's PPT and Edu's work, talking about the North London demon combination, but it turns out that it was all about splashing transfer fees and high salaries.
Highly paid players cannot deliver performances that match their salaries, leading to difficulties in selling and bloated salary systems. To some extent, it feels like the old problems of the broken factory's communal meal and Manchester United's difficulty in cleaning house.
Making the wrong purchases, being difficult to use, hard to handle, stubbornly insisting, this is also one of Arteta's biggest shortcomings.
Vlahovic is good, but after being selected by Tazi, it's hard to say if he's still a good player.
If they really lack a forward, they should consider moving Gabriel forward. With good headers and strong shots, just go for the 45-degree cross.
Remember to give him a raise as well. Gabriel currently earns only 100,000 pounds per week, far behind the new signings.