An old clip has been dug up of Mikel Arteta talking and reacting to a player is now a new Arsenal player. Making football fans start to understand why the transfer was so easy.
Jorginho has emerged as a shock target for Arsenal with a deal that moved quickly and has now been officially announced on Arsenal’s social media. But this work made football fans confused. As to why the Gunners could approach the players of their London rivals, the Blue Lions.
Jorginho has been playing at the highest level for many years and has been instrumental. In his club and country winning major trophies. Although he was at the UFABET end of his career. This move left many people scratching their heads. There doesn’t appear to be any clear recruitment strategy to explain it. However, there is one key factor that has been overlooked by those who have been skeptical of this move, and that is the admiration for the player that comes from the manager team.
Mikel Arteta seems to be a huge fan of the Italian. Which made Jorginho’s transfer from Chelsea to Arsenal a quick success, with the transfer news king Fabrizio Romano saying The Italian star has passed a medical with the club. The deal is rumored to be worth around £10m, with an additional £2m in bonuses included in a deal that will bind him to Emirates Stadium until June 2024, with an option to extend. Until 2025
Considering his age and form that had slumped from his peak level. Short-term contracts seem the clearest for the Gunners and that should please Arteta to some extent. Looking back, the two have had quite a good interaction with each other. In 2020, after the clash at Stamford Bridge, the Spanish coach looked in a very good mood. While talking to Jorginho, he responded in a similar way.
So looking back now Obviously there was mutual respect. Journalist Sam Dean also reported that “Jorginho was a very opportunistic signing for Arsenal. But it should be noted that Mikel Arteta has long admired him.” Arsenal are trying to sign Jorginho in 2020 and Arteta is at Manchester United. City when they wanted Jorginho in 2018. Later in 2019, Arteta told Marca that he liked the ‘Jorginho’ type of midfield, so although it looked like a bizarre signing, But the Italian is someone Arteta is unbelievably keen to work with.