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Alan Shearer says £15m player Arsenal want to sign is actually having a ‘brilliant season’

Billy Meyers

Tue 27 February 2024 19:45, UK

Alan Shearer has heaped praise on Douglas Luiz – a player Arsenal are apparently very keen to sign.

The 53-year-old made the comments when selecting his Premier League Team of the Week.

So, what did Alan Shearer say about Arsenal target Douglas Luiz? Let’s take a look…

Alan Shearer hails Douglas Luiz

Well, the Brazil international scored his eighth and ninth Premier League goals of the season on Saturday as Aston Villa recorded a 4-2 win over Nottingham Forest.

It comes after claimed that Arsenal would love to sign Luiz and are continuing to follow the South American – as the Gunners have done for a while now.

When explaining why the Aston Villa No.6 made his Team of the Week, Shearer : “Two well-taken goals took his tally to nine in a brilliant season.”

Luiz now has goals and seven assists in 37 appearances across all competitions this season – a fantastic return for a central midfielder.

With nine of those goals coming in the Premier League, the Arsenal target has actually outscored Julian Alvarez, Rasmus Hojlund, Nicolas Jackson, Luis Diaz, Kai Havertz and Raheem Sterling, to name a few.

Arsenal will have to pay millions for Douglas Luiz

Aston Villa managed to sign Luiz for just in July 2019 after he struggled to obtain a work permit at Manchester City.

Now – however – Arsenal face paying over six times that amount, according to .

The story states that Aston Villa value Luiz at a fee of £110m after his rise to stardom in the Midlands, so Arsenal would actually need to surpass the club record spent on Declan Rice.

As a result, we cannot see a deal materialising this summer, especially with Mikel Arteta and Edu seemingly planning to sign a talismanic striker such as Ivan Toney.

Nevertheless, be sure to keep an eye on the situation, as anything could happen.