Whether or not we’ll truly get an actual Premier League title race this season or not is but to be seen, but when we do then it presently seems to be prone to come all the way down to Liverpool and Arsenal battling it out for the trophy.
However either side have good purpose to search for reinforcements on the wing within the January switch window. Mohamed Salah is out of contract at Anfield this summer, in case you hadn’t heard, whereas summer season back-up signing Federico Chiesa has struggled for health.
Arsenal have in the meantime entered the second half of the season with out star man Bukayo Saka, who has gone down with a hamstring harm that’s anticipated to maintain him out for a few months. The January switch window may present an answer for each golf equipment…however not in the event that they’re each trying on the identical participant, which they reportedly are.
Feyenoord’s Igor Paixao on Liverpool and Arsenal’s radar
Caught Offside claim that Liverpool and Arsenal have joined Tottenham, Aston Villa, West Ham and Roma in taking a look at Feyenoord’s Brazilian winger Igor Paixao.
Primarily a right-footed left winger, 24-year-old Paixao would truly be the mirror picture of each Saka and Salah, however his type within the Netherlands has led to options that he could possibly wield the identical type of affect.
Paixao has chipped in with 4 objectives and 9 assists within the Eredivisie this season. Maybe extra pertinently, he has made a sizeable contribution to Feyenoord’s Champions League marketing campaign with one other 4 assists (together with one against Manchester City) and one objective.
In fact, Paixao would already be a really acquainted face for Liverpool boss Arne Slot, who was in cost at Feyenoord when the winger made the transfer from Coritiba in 2022.
CaughtOffside add that no talks have taken place nor any affords created from any membership for Paixao but, however that he can be anticipated to be out there for a value within the area of €30m-35m (£24.9m-£29m).
Paixao solely signed a brand new contract in Rotterdam in November, tying him to the membership till 2029.
For FourFourTwo, any experiences with half a dozen golf equipment linked however no precise affords made will at all times really feel like an agent making an attempt to drum up curiosity. However let’s set that apart and talk about the concept by itself deserves.
The reported price ticket might be a draw right here, provided that Liverpool solely actually presently want back-up for what might be a busy second half of the season. Arsenal may in the meantime do with another choice for the ahead line after a disappointing return from the left wing this season – one thing they’d certainly like to enhance, particularly whereas Saka is out.
For what it is value, Paixao’s numbers do look spectacular, however the Eredivisie is a notoriously robust league to gauge gamers’ means from. A lot of the division beneath the large three compete at roughly Championship degree.
Each golf equipment have had success tales signed immediately from the Dutch prime flight over time – most notably Luis Suarez – however much more have wanted an incremental step in between, whether or not that is at a Premier League membership somewhat means down the pecking order (a la Gini Wijnaldum) or loads of time to develop (like Robin van Persie).
