Arsenal’s former manager, Arsene Wenger, expressed his happiness and excitement at the news that his team had signed a sensational star player who has since become a “rock” in the team. “We signed him for a peanut amount in 2020, but now he’s worth more than Caicedo and he’s already becoming a legend in this club.” Not a single Saka, Saliba, or Odegaard

With the £27 million signing, which now makes him more valuable than Caicedo, Arsenal struck gold.

At last, the relentless Gooner is getting the credit he so richly deserves.

A crisis? Which crisis? The story about Arsenal was harsh, only a month ago.

After losing three straight games, only two of which were in the Premier League, Mikel Arteta’s team was all but eliminated from consideration for the championship race.

But the Gunners have won four straight games, including a Premier League away win over West Ham United and a crushing of rival rivals Liverpool, to put them back in the running for domestic dominance.

The front line of the North Londoners has at last begun to score goals again, but there is another first-team player who merits equal, if not greater, recognition. In recent months, this man’s value has increased above that of Premier League record-breaker Moises Caicedo.

The signing of Arteta has advanced to premier status.

Along with William Saliba and Gabriel Magalhães, the man in question has been one of Arteta’s most important players over the past few years, helping to create one of the strongest defensive pairings in the nation.

The Brazilian started his senior career in 2016 with the Avai Futebol Clube in Florianopolis. In 2017, he moved to Ligue 1 club LOSC Lille.

After arriving in France, the titan from Sao Paulo briefly played for the second team before spending 2017 and 2018 on loan at Troyes and Dinamo Zagreb.

Nevertheless, the six-foot-three defender would eventually make his debut for Les Dogues in the 2018–19 campaign, playing in 14 Ligue 1 games before making 24 the following year, contributing to the team’s second-place finish.

In 2020, the young center-back was hailed by former Lille president Gerard Lopez as a “real fighter” with a “immense physical presence.” The Gunners were impressed by his performances that year, and following a relatively straightforward negotiation, he was headed to north London with £27 million on the deal.